Lean Construction: Core Concepts and New Frontiers

Patricia Tzortzopoulos is Professor of Integrated Design, Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise and Director of the Innovative Design Lab research centre at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield. She has developed a number of research projects examining the design process, including front-end design issues, requirements capture and management, evidence-based design, participatory design approaches, Building Information Modelling in the retrofit of existing social housing, adoption of code checking in healthcare design, among others. Patricia is an associate editor of the Brazilian Journal Ambiente Construido, and has been an active member of the International Group for Lean Construction since 1998.

Mike Kagioglou is Professor of Process Management and Dean of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield since 2013. Mike’s career spans Engineering, Manufacturing, Creativity, Design, Architecture and the Built Environment, engaged in inter and multidisciplinary research at a global level. He was an Academic Director for the £11 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded interdisciplinary IMRC in Health and Care Infrastructures Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC) and was previously the Director of the £8 million EPSRC Salford Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI) in the built and human environment. Mike has published more than 200 academic referred papers, many industrial reports and two books.

Lauri Koskela is Professor of Construction and Project Management at the University of Huddersfield. Since 1991, Lauri has been involved in research on Lean Construction. His research has focused especially on the theories of production management as well as project management, underlying Lean Construction. Lauri is a founding and continuously active member of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC). He was Director and Trustee at Lean Construction Institute - UK in 2010 to 2019. In recent years, he has also focused on the theory of design, and has actively participated in workshops and conferences organised by the Design Society in relation to this theme.