Indian Lean Construction Conference...delivered a keynote on “the Lean Journey at Godrej” since 2011 and their road map for future Lean implementation works through an emphasis

14-16 November 2019

ILCC 2019

Venue: NICMAR Pune

The Indian Lean Construction Conference

– ILCC 2019 was conducted at the

National Institute of Construction

Management and Research (NICMAR)

Pune from 14-16 November, 2019. It was

the 3rd

Biennial Conference organized and

hosted by NICMAR and the Institute for

Lean Construction Excellence (ILCE) that

includes ten Directors from leading

construction companies and academic

institute in India.

The theme of the conference was “Bringing

up LEAN CULTURE in Indian

Construction”. The Conference was

inaugurated on the 15th by the Academic

Patron, Dr.Mangesh G Korgaonker,

Director General, NICMAR and the

Industry Patron, Mr.Anup Mathew,

Chairman and Director, ILCE. Conference Chair: Dr.Shobha Ramalingam

Mr.Dean Reed, Director for Lean

Construction, DPR Construction, USA

delivered a keynote on “Enabling Project

Teams and Organizations through Lean

and Virtual Design & Construction”

wherein, he emphasized on the ‘simple

framework’ for project integration and the

need to focus on organizational culture –

the Toyota way.

Mr.Anup Mathew, Sr.Vice President and

Business Head, Godrej and Boyce,

delivered a keynote on “the Lean Journey

at Godrej” since 2011 and their road map

for future Lean implementation works

through an emphasis on organizational

culture.

LEAN CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE – 15.11.2019

Mr.Giridhar Rajagopalan, Executive

Director (Technical), Afcons and Director,

ILCE delivered a keynote on “Developing a

Lean Culture at Afcons” and discussed about

the need for Lean implementation in a VUCA

environment, some of the tools they had

implemented and the anti-patterns and antidotes

evident in their projects.

Mr.Sharath Waikar, CEO and Co-

founder, Lean Station, Singapore

presented on “Change, magic and Lean

Construction” and discussed about the

benefit of adopting Digital-Lean to

improve the performance of projects.

Prof. N.Raghavan, Professor of Practice, IIT

Madras and Director, ILCE shared his insight

on the “Lean culture in Indian project sites”

and methods to improve the implementation

techniques with learning’s from Toyota culture

and system.

The conference on the 15th culminated

with paper presentations. 4 parallel

tracks were held. A total of 48 papers

were presented by authors from both

Industry and Academia.

CONFERENCE - 15.11.2019

CLASSICAL NIGHT

The technical events on Day 1 of the

conference were followed by cultural

events in the evening. The following

photos showcase a glimpse of the event.

Bharathnatyam - performed by

Ms.Bhuvana and students from Mumbai

Qawwali, Hindustani, Instrumental – by

NICMAR Music Club

Dance performance – ‘Shiva’ by

NICMAR Dance Club

Dhol and Lezzim – NICMAR students

CULTURAL RENDEZVOUS - 15.11.2019

Day 2 of the conference on the 16th

commenced with technical sessions – paper

presentations. A glimpse:

Prof.Marton Marosszeky, Director,

Marosszeky Associates, Australia

delivered a keynote on “Supply chain

collaboration – a key driver for

innovation” wherein he emphasized on

Lean as an organizational strategy and the

need to create and maintain a vitalized

culture across the supply chain.

Prof. Koshy Varghese, Professor and Dean

(administration), IIT Madras and Director,

ILCE delivered a keynote on “Lean in

Design” and discussed on ‘Lean’ concepts

that were applicable in the Design

Management process through case-studies

and project insights

Mr.Alan Mossman presented on

“Organization and culture in design and

construction” and discussed about

different types of learning and the need to

collaborate and add value for clients and

society apart from the projects.


Mr.Alok Singh, Plant Head, Tata

Motors delivered a keynote on “Lean

operations for cost optimization” and

threw light on the factors influencing

productivity, logistics and work content.

Dr.Ashwin Mahalingam from IIT

Madras delivered a key note on “what

do we need to do to adopt BIM

successfully on projects?” wherein he

emphasized on adopting ‘Lean’ as a

process methodology and as an enabler.

The conference also included a panel

discussion on “the way forward in the

Lean journey” which was moderated by

Mr. R. Shankarnarayanan, Head,

Project Control, L&T and Director,

ILCE. The discussion was well-debated

by the panelists and the audience.

The valedictory function was graced by

Mr. C. Devarajan, MD, URC

constructions and Director, ILCE. The

event ended with prize distribution for

two best paper and poster awards


In sum, the conference featured 10

keynote addresses by both national and

international experts from various

quarters in the field and around 200

delegates participated in the conference.

Best Paper Awards

First Prize: Matrix of Measure:

Assessing Last Planner System

Effectiveness – Shah et al. 2019

Second Prize: Mission DHANUSH –

An experience in developing Lean

Culture – Gururaju et al. 2019

Best Poster Awards:

First Prize: Strategic partners meet for

Lean Contracting – Sutar et al. 2019

Second Prize: Clean work place with 5s

in Sewerage integration works – Kar et

al. 2019

Poster Display

33 posters were on Display for three

days which also featured case studies on

Lean implementation from the Industry.


Chair and ILCE Secretary General

A one day workshop prior to the

conference was conducted which

comprised of three parallel tracks

offered by national and international

Lean Coach and experts.

Track A: Building and maintaining

an improvement culture was

conducted by Mr.Alan Mossman,

Principal, Change Business Ltd., UK.

Around 40 participants from Industry

and Academia participated in this

workshop

Track B: Automation in Lean was

conducted by Prof.Koshy Varghese and

Prof.Benny Raphael from IIT Madras.

Around 40 participants from Industry

and Academia participated in this

workshop

Track C: Lean-Quality Thinking –

starting from Basics was conducted by

Prof.Marton Marosszeky, Australia and

Prof.N.Raghavan, IIT Madras. Around

50 participants from Industry and

Academia participated in this workshop.

LEAN CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP – 14.11.2019

VisiLean, Tactive Software and Godrej Construction took the opportunity to

display their products during the 3 day event. The sponsors for the event apart from

ILCE included: Shapoorji Pallonji Pvt. Ltd., VisiLean, URC Construction and

Afcons for workshop.

PRODUCT DISPLAY

ILCE CHARTERED COMPANIES

The technical sessions in the workshop and the conference were well-received by

both the industry participants and academicians. The conference was a stupendous

success with a right mix of technical events and culturals as also informed by

Prof.Marton and others post the conference:

Prof.Marton Marosszeky, Director, Marosszeky Associates, Australia -

Thank you for organizing such a wonderful event and supporting all of us so

well. It has been one of the most memorable experiences attending the event

in NICMAR Pune. Once again, thank you Shobha and your Director for a

wonderful experience.

We acknowledge the contribution of one and all in this event.

Mr.Prakash

Patil

Former ILCE

Secretary

General

Mr.Hrishikesh

Joshi

Former ILCE

Coordinator

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Indian Lean Construction Conference...delivered a keynote on “the Lean Journey at Godrej” since 2011 and their road map for future Lean implementation works through an emphasis