Over 220 delegates from across the Irish engineering and construction fraternity attended a seminar organised jointly by the Lean Construction Institute (Ireland Community of Practice) in collaboration with PM Group in Cork recently.
The seminar aimed to raise awareness of Lean principles in the Irish Engineering and Construction industry and demonstrate how members can implement Lean as a collective group through knowledge-sharing and collaboration between owners, designers, contractors and trades.
Pictured above are Richard O’Connor, TBI; John French, Intel and LCI (Ireland CoP); Richard Keegan, Enterprise Ireland; and from PM Group, Mick Lynam, Colm Fitzgerald and Michael Kerr. (Missing is Sarah Fitzgerald of MSD who also spoke at the event)
Amongst the speakers was renowned Lean Practitioner Richard O’Connor, who has led Lean Initiatives in the UK including the 16,000 sq m Birmingham Gateway Development and the development of a Lean Improvement Strategy for the Hinckley Point nuclear building project. Commentating at the event Richard said ”Lean equals better value and taking a Lean approach to the complete project life cycle yields strong business benefits. We have recently seen reductions of 30 to 60% in construction programme duration and productivity improvements of 20 to 35%.”