Lean Gurus See Big Gains in Use of Lean Project Delivery
Gregory A. Howell, co-founder with Glenn Ballard of the Lean Construction Institute, is part philosopher and part skeptic. Since the early 1990s he has been on his soapbox to transform project delivery along lean principles: eliminate waste and add predictability and accountability.
Due In large part to Sacramento-based Sutter Health’s crusade, lean is picking up speed in the U.S. “Relational contracting is probably what will get Lean Project Delivery a bigger share of the spotlight,” says Howell, who is based in Louisville, Colo. “The alignment of incentives it brings, coupled with the ability...to invest a dollar here to save two there is arguably necessary for optimum project performance.”