Links to related Web services

Lean construction research groups and related initiatives

Agile Construction Initiative

Australian Agile Construction Project  

Berkeley, University of California

Construction Best Practice Programme

CSIRO, Construction Process Re-engineering
Reengineering of construction is the main focus of CSIRO.

Lean Construction Institute
Much good material on lean construction.

NORIE, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

University of Sussex, SPRU

VTT Building Technology - Concurrent engineering

Center of Studies on Civil Engineering "Prof. Inaldo Ayres Vieira", Universidade Federal do Paraná

Lean production, concurrent engineering and related iniatives

APICS Online Home Page
Good down-to-earth stuff on production control. Among other things, interesting clarification of the theory of constraints.

Design for Competitive Advantage
This is a very good example of Web scholarship and authorship! Covers concurrent engineering, etc., etc.

Lean Aerospace Initiative

Lean Enterprise Institute (UK), Lean Enterprise Institute (US)
Good stuff on lean production.

Manufacturing Management & Technology Institute
Note especially the thoughtful articles by Michel Baudin.

Productivity Press
This is a publisher dedicated to lean production and related fields. Many translations from classic and current Japanese books.

TWIGG's Operations Management Index
Resources on operations management in general.

Project management resources

IPMA - International Project Management Association

PMI - Project Management Institute

APM - Association for Project Management

IRNOP -The International Research Network on Organizing by Projects

Firms practising lean construction