The Lean Construction Blog's Podcast
A podcast dedicated to stories, case studies and lessons learned of applying Lean Construction from around the world.
Episodes
33 episodes since 2021
Episode 33 - Evelyn Lee : How technology, innovation, and AI will impact architecture
Watch on Youtube.Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, is an architect turned tech entrepreneur who blends her design background with a passion for innovation. As an angel investor, startup advisor, and ...
August 13, 2024
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Episode 33
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58:36
Episode 32 - Victor Sanvido : Pioneer and Transformer
Watch on Youtube.Victor Sanvido has been thinking about better project delivery since he worked in his family’s business in Cape Town. He came to the States to study with many of the lumi...
June 26, 2024
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Episode 32
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1:09:27
Episode 31 - Daniel Pink : The Importance of Artistry, Inventiveness, and Empathy
Watch on Youtube.Daniel H. Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. His ...
May 22, 2024
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Episode 31
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1:03:35
Episode 30 - Glenn Ballard : The Godfather of Lean Construction
Watch on Youtube.Glenn Ballard, Research Associate, P2SL - UCBerkeley began lecturing on productivity and quality improvement at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 and was na...
January 18, 2024
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1:12:00
Episode 29 - Vince Chapman: Keeping Collaborative Contracts Transparent
Watch on Youtube.Vince Chapman started his tenure at the University of Texas as a philosophy major. He didn’t do well in his first accounting course, so like a never fail Longhorn would d...
December 17, 2023
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Episode 29
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1:18:44
Episode 28 - Howard Ashcraft: Crafting the Collaborative Contract
Watch on Youtube.Howard Ashcraft is the most recognized and most honoured currently practicing lawyer in the Lean Design and Construction Community. He has been thinking about and draftin...
October 25, 2023
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Episode 28
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1:06:49
Episode 27 - Luciana Burdi: Master Builder reimagining design and defying construction norms
Watch on Youtube.Luciana Burdi returned to Southern Italy after receiving her masters in Architecture from Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) in Venice, Italy. She ...
September 02, 2023
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Episode 27
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Episode 26 - Mark Van Buren : Major Infrastructure: a Perfect Match for Lean IPD
Watch on Youtube.Mark Van Buren came to Queens University in Kington, Ontario looking for a degree in Architecture. He stayed 8 years and ended up with Ph.D. in Civil Engin...
June 01, 2023
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Episode 26
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1:12:47
Episode 25 - Stuart Eckblad : Delivering a $4 Billion Capital Program at UCSF using Lean IPD
Watch on Youtube.Stuart Eckblad has been thinking divergently since he left home for Kent State to pursue a degree in architecture. That led him to the University of Wiscon...
May 04, 2023
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Episode 25
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1:01:00
Episode 24 - Jessica Kelley : Big Innovation at Big Pharma
Watch on Youtube.Jessica Kelley lives in the Pennsylvania farm house she grew up in, and that her Mom also grew up in. Her two-year-old son is the fourth generation in that house. W...
April 11, 2023
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Episode 24
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1:15:19
Episode 23 - Iris Tommelein: Grand Dame of Lean
Watch on Youtube.There is much talk these days about women in construction. How about a woman who’s name is synonymous with thought leadership in construction? Iris Tommelein describes he...
February 07, 2023
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Episode 23
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Episode 22 - Will Lichtig : The origins of the integrated form of agreement (IFOA)
Watch on YoutubeWill Lichtig is Executive VP and Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company. Many know Will by his informal title, "Chief Provocateur." Will was the author of the ...
December 08, 2022
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Episode 22
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Episode 21 - Andreas Phelps : An intentional life, intentionally lean
Watch on Youtube.Dr. Andreas Phelps is an original thinker of the first order. He has a phd in Construction Management from Penn State University and is the CEO of the Collective Potentia...
November 13, 2022
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Episode 21
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1:16:40
Episode 20 - Mike Casten : Using Timelapse to Understand How Construction Actually Happens
Watch on Youtube.Mike Casten started his construction career as a carpenters’ apprentice before attending Colorado State University as an Industrial Construction Management major. He was ...
October 11, 2022
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Episode 20
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1:11:55
Episode 19 - Gerry McCabe : Increasing Reliability of Cost Estimates
Watch on YoutubeGerry McCabe is the Managing Director of Turner and Townsend in Canada. He was a founding member of his own company that was acquired by Turner and Townsend in 2010. ...
September 09, 2022
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Episode 19
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53:50
Episode 18 - Gary Fischer : Deliberately Designing the Project Production System
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August 06, 2022
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Episode 18
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1:09:49
Episode 17 - Rex Miller : The Importance Of Soft Skills In Construction
Watch on Youtube.Rex Miller was a successful manager for a major office furniture manufacturer when he got down-sized—as in out of a job. He knows hard times. He also kno...
July 05, 2022
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Episode 17
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1:10:13
Episode 16 - Jennifer Khan : Diversity and Inclusion in the Construction Industry
Watch on Youtube.Jennifer Kahn has been working at Ellis Don for more than a decade, focusing on inclusion, diversity and people and culture. In April, she was named Vice President ...
June 07, 2022
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Episode 16
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Episode 15 - Mark Konchar : Using Lean for Rail and Infrastructure Projects
Mark Konchar learned how to collaborate, growing up playing hockey. He is one of the PhD’s that Victor Sanvido turned out of Penn State that has so influenced our community. He and Victor collaborated on an early Design Build Study ...
May 04, 2022
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Episode 15
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55:24
Episode 14 - Tom Soles, Guy Gast, Jim Morgan : Addressing The Skill Labor Shortage
Watch on Youtube.The pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have left all of us in the design and construction industry short of supplies and lack of clarity. Add to that the...
April 16, 2022
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Episode 14
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58:36
Episode 13 - Mark Cichy: More Than Just Building Information Modeling
Watch on Youtube.Mark Cichy, well-known digital pioneer chats with Dick Bayer about BIM, AI and what’s next in our evolving technological landscape. Data, information, proc...
March 06, 2022
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1:10:24
Episode 12 - Barbara Jackson, PhD: A Life in "Not Just Construction"
Watch on YoutubeBarbara J. Jackson, Ph.D., DBIA is the Director of the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management (RECM) in the Daniels College of Business at the Un...
January 26, 2022
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Episode 12
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Episode 11 - Henry Nutt: Bringing Respect to Craftworkers and Helping People Find Their AHA Moments
Henry Nutt has been in the trades for 35 years as a sheet metal worker, foreman, superintendent, and general superintendent. Henry talks about how to make the trades more attractive to young people, allowing people working in the trades to unde...
December 06, 2021
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Episode 11
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1:03:22
Episode 10 - Amy Marks : The Queen of Prefab
In this episode, Amy Marks the Queen of Prefab talks about digital waste and how we can improve the design and construction process. Amy explains how there is a convergence of industrialized production, new business models, and productization o...
November 11, 2021
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Episode 10
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1:11:08
Episode 9 - Keyan Zandy : The Lean Builder
Keyan Zandy is a longtime Lean practitioner, enthusiast, and advocate. As Skiles Group’s COO, he has a dual focus on client service and on nurturing a progressive company culture. He is ultimately responsible for the oversight of the firm’s dai...
October 26, 2021
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Episode 9
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1:06:24