Discussion of “Reducing Variability to Improve Performance as a Lean Construction Principle” by H. Randolph Thomas, Michael J. Horman, Ubiraci Espinelli Lemes de Souza, and Ivica Zavřski
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Volume 130, Issue 2
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Volume 130 • Issue 2 • April 2004
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Gregory A. Howell, M.ASCE
Managing Director, Lean Construction Institute, Ketchum, ID 83340.
Glenn Ballard, M.ASCE
Research Director, Lean Construction Institute, Oakland, CA 94619.
Iris D. Tommelein, A.M.ASCE
Professor, Construction Engineering and Management Program, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, 215-A McLaughlin Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712.
Lauri Koskela
Senior Researcher, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1800, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland.
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