Profitable Partnering for Lean Construction

The lean procurement techniques given in this practical guide could save clients up to 40% of total design and construction costs; case history evidence is included to prove that the techniques really work. The guide goes on to explain in equal depth the lean construction techniques that supply-side design and construction firms (including trades contractors) need to adopt to deliver the savings while boosting their profit margins.Written in an accessible style, it explains why lean construction techniques will only deliver this high level of savings if they are underpinned by long-term, strategic, supply-side partnering relationships between consultants, construction contractors, trades contractors and manufacturers. This is a ‘how to’ book written in terms everyone can understand, without the need for an expert interpreter or costly training.Content: Chapter 1 What is Partnering (pages 1–8): Chapter 2 Why Partner at All (pages 9–17): Chapter 3 The Unchanged UK Demand for Improvement (pages 19–41): Chapter 4 The International Demand for Improvement (pages 43–59): Chapter 5 Partnering in the Virtual Company (pages 61–80): Chapter 6 Setting Up Strategic Supply?Side Partnerships (pages 81–133): Chapter 7 The Client's Role in Partnering (pages 135–179): Chapter 8 Effective Leadership (pages 181–204): Chapter 9 The Buzzwords Explained (pages 205–226):

The lean procurement techniques given in this practical guide could save clients up to 40% of total design and construction costs; case history evidence is included to prove that the techniques really work. The guide goes on to explain in equal depth the lean construction techniques that supply-side design and construction firms (including trades contractors) need to adopt to deliver the savings while boosting their profit margins.

Written in an accessible style, it explains why lean construction techniques will only deliver this high level of savings if they are underpinned by long-term, strategic, supply-side partnering relationships between consultants, construction contractors, trades contractors and manufacturers.

This is a 'how to' book written in terms everyone can understand, without the need for an expert interpreter or costly training.

The lean procurement techniques given in this practical guide could save clients up to 40% of total design and construction costs; case history evidence is included to prove that the techniques really work. The guide goes on to explain in equal depth the lean construction techniques that supply-side design and construction firms (including trades contractors) need to adopt to deliver the savings while boosting their profit margins.



Written in an accessible style, it explains why lean construction techniques will only deliver this high level of savings if they are underpinned by long-term, strategic, supply-side partnering relationships between consultants, construction contractors, trades contractors and manufacturers.



This is a 'how to' book written in terms everyone can understand, without the need for an expert interpreter or costly training.

This practical guide focuses on the ability of long-term strategic supply-side partnering to convert the traditionally high level of unnecessary costs into better and more sustained profits for all involved. It also explains how clients need to use partnering to ensure best value from their precurement process and sets out a selecion process for partnering. Written in an accessible style it explains why supply-side partnering makes good commercial sense and shows how to put the long-term strategic partnerships in place in each sector (consultants, construction contractors, specialist contractors, sub-contractors and manufacturers). This is a 'how to' book written in terms everyone can understand, without the need for an expert interpreter or costly training Whenever I read about partnering in construction industry publications, or whenever I come across a discussion on partnering within the construction industry, I am struck by the widely diverging views of what is meant by the term 'partnering'. This practical guide focuses strongly on the ability of long-term strategic supply-side partnering to convert the traditionally high level of unnecessary costs into better and more sustained profits for all involved