Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the Lean Construction Institute for their support of this research and development activity.  We also wish to thank the LCI Research Committee and specifically the Lean Deployment Planning team, including Dr. Glenn Ballard, Dr. Tariq Abdelhamid, and Dr. Clarence Waters. Finally, we wish to thank the many industry experts who openly shared their insights and experience with us: Michael Bade, John Bechtel, Bernita Beikmann, Luciana Burdi, Chris Dierks, Dan Heinemeier, Kristin Hill, Steve Lee, Will Lichtig, Bevan Mace, Eli Mastin, Romano Nickerson, Victor Sanvido, and Bill Seed.