“Planning is great as long as you get someone else to do it and works better when they do.”

Tough contract language and administration is a lousy substitute for good planning. This attitude goes a long way toward making the construction process a less stressful and risky adventure.

The statement above is true. Plans are better when the right people are involved. This article will describe an approach for distributing responsibility for short-term planning to those best able to accomplish it. This approach has resulted in significant cost and schedule savings (up to 30 percent) while making work at the jobsite a lot more tolerable. It’s an approach called lean construction.

 
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