The papers of the first three Lean Construction conferences  (1993 - 1995) have been published in the following volume:

Alarcón, L.F (ed.): Lean construction. 1997. Balkema,  Rotterdam. 497 p. (ISBN 90 5410 648 4). Price: EUR 109 / USD 116. Available from the publisher and bookshops.

The IGLC conference papers from 1996 onwards are available on the Web (here) and in the following proceedings:                                                

Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction IGLC-5. Gold Coast, Australia, 16 - 17 July 1997. Price: USD 20 (including delivery). Inquiries: Sherif Mohamed.

Proceedings of IGLC-6. 6th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, 13 - 15 August, 1998, Guarujá. Ed. by Carlos T. Formoso. UFRGS, Porto Alegre, 2002. 328 p. Price: USD 15 + USD 8 (packaging and posting to USA or Europe). Inquiries: Norie.

Proceedings IGLC-7. 7th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-7. Berkeley, 26 - 28 July 1999. Ed. by Iris D. Tommelein. University of California (1999). 444 p. The hard copy of the Conference Proceedings can be purchased for US$30 (includes domestic shipping and handling) and US$35 for most (send e-mail to confirm) overseas destinations (includes shipping at book rate); please make out your check (Sorry we cannot accept credit cards.) for this amount to the "U.C. Regents", add a note saying you wish to obtain a hard copy of the IGLC-7 Proceedings, the mail to Professor Iris D. Tommelein, University of California at Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 215 McLaughlin Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, USA.

Proceedings of the 9th International Group for Lean Construction  Conference. Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 6 - 8 August 2001. Chua, David & Ballard, Glenn (eds.). National University of  Singapore (2001). 488 p. Inquiries: Clarence Tan, Professional Activities Centre, Faculty of Engineering, National  University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Blk EA #04-10,  Singapore 117576, Tel: (65)   874 5113, Fax: (65) 874 5097.

Proceedings of IGLC-10. 10th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, 6-8 August, 2002, Gramado. Ed. by Carlos T. Formoso & Glenn Ballard. UFRGS, Porto Alegre, 2002. 695 p. Price: USD 40 + USD 10 (packaging and posting to USA or Europe). Inquiries: Norie.


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