Sustainable Lean Construction

Chapter 1. Construction of 80m Steel Open Web Girder Over Gaddigodam Railway Span in Nagpur - A Lean Approach.- Chapter 2. Investigation of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among rebar workers in South India.- Chapter 3. Case Study on Value Stream Mapping for Precast Hollow Core Slab.- Chapter 4. Assessment of Factors Affecting Productivity of Pilot Tube Micro-tunneling Operation through Case Study.- Chapter 5. Application of Operational Management Tools at Precast Yard.- Chapter 6. Identification and Analysis of Lean Techniques in Indian Metro Rail Projects.- Chapter 7. Application of Lean Principles to Improve Rebar Productivity in Heavily Reinforced Structures.- Chapter 8. Application of Lean Technique in Warehouse Operations for Waste Reduction.- Chapter 9. Customizing the Last Planner System Components to Plan and Monitor Typical Concrete Cycles.- Chapter 10. Identification and Reduction of the Manpower Waste in Construction Using Work-Sampling Analysis.- Chapter 11. Employing Linear Scheduling Method and Supply Chain Principles for Optimizing Storage Demand.- Chapter 12. Optimizing Timeline of Parallel Finishing Activities in Highrise Building Projects Using Linear Scheduling.- Chapter 13. Assessment of Last Planner ® System Maturity & Engagement of Participants by Linguistic Action Perspective Approach- A Case Study.- Chapter 14. Development of Deployment Framework to Overcome the Challenges in Sustaining Lean Implementation in Construction Projects - A Company's Multi-Site Case Study.- Chapter 15. Lean Implementation: A Never-Ending Journey of a Company. etc.

Dr. Anil Kashyap is the first President and Chancellor of NICMAR University Pune and Hyderabad. He has 30 years of experience in practice, academia and research-both in India and abroad. In his leadership roles, Dr. Kashyap has been Head of UWE Bristol School of Geography and Environmental Management, Deputy Head of Coventry University School of Energy, Environment and Construction, and Founding Professor and Director of RICS School of Real Estate before joining NICMAR as the Director General in September 2021.

His expertise includes Infrastructure Development and Finance, Urban Regeneration, and Real Estate Research. Dr. Kashyap holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with distinction from NIT Kurukshetra, master's in Urban Planning from the School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, and a Ph.D. from the University of Ulster, United Kingdom. Dr. Kashyap is Alumnus of Harvard University with training in Higher Education Leadership and Change Management. He is Fellowof the Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom. 

Prof. N. Raghavan is currently Professor of Practice, BTCM division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Director at Institute for Lean Construction Excellence (ILCE), Independent Director at Vadodara-Bharuch Toll Roads Ltd., Panipat Elevated Corridor Ltd., L&T Transportation Infrastructure Ltd, and Member. He obtained a Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engg.) from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1970 and a Master of Technology (Structural Engg.) from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1976. Prof. Raghavan is Elected Fellow of the prestigious INAE (INAE has only 860 Fellows in the country across all disciplines covering academic, industry, and R&D)), Fellow of ICE(UK), IofE(I); prestigious SB Joshi Award for Excellence in Structures & Bridges, Chairman of Research Council of CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Best Overseas Article Award