Lean Construction Education Program - Units 1 though 7 - May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16

Lean Construction is driven to minimize costs and maximize value on each project completed, challenging all stakeholders to develop and apply better ways to manage the overall construction process.

To develop the tools needed to build lean, AGC has developed the Lean Construction Education Program.  Construction professionals at all experience levels will learn the building blocks necessary to transform their projects and companies into a lean operating system.  

AGC's Lean Construction Education Program is a series of courses that progressively cover a range of topics essential to Lean Construction, including:

• Variation and pull in production
• Lean Workstructuring, supply chains, and assembly
• Production management
• Management by values
• Problem-solving principles and tools

Schedule of Classes
All classes from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Thursday, May 19
Unit 1, Variation in Production Systems & Unit 2, Pull in Production

Thursday, May 26
Unit 3, Lean Workstructuring & Unit 4, The Last Planner System

Thursday, June 2
Unit 5, Lean Supply Chain and Assembly

Thursday, June 9
Unit 6, Lean Design and Preconstruction

Thursday, June 16
Unit 7, Problem-solving Principles and Tools


Course Instructor: James Johnston
James Johnston, P.Eng. is an Industrial Engineer, and an Approved Trainer with the Associated General Contractors of America.  He is a construction, operations and quality specialist with over 25 years of experience focusing on business process analysis & improvement, Lean thinking & implementation, strategic planning and business development.  He has worked  extensively as a Management Consultant & Trainer leading organizations through lean transformations, quality systems implementation and process optimization projects.  He has coached & facilitated the implementation of Lean Construction tools and methodologies on projects of all sizes, has trained thousands of construction professionals throughout North America and continues to develop programs that improve project outcomes industry wide.