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Contents Lean Construction Ireland Annual Book of Cases 2020 24 Case 5 We then utilised the final hour of the day from 5pm to 6pm to pour column kickers which gained us a day in our reinforced concrete frame cycle. The higher strength concrete also ensured we were at our necessary 30N concrete strength after 3 days, enabling the stripping of the formwork decking system with associated back propping installed. iv. Measuring outputs per gang proved to be a very simple task and gave us close control both of schedule and cost. The frame contractor field supervision could see immediately that the efforts were directed at boosting their productivity, not “catching them out”, and they bought-in readily. v. Direct observation studies provided simple approaches to pre-commencement activities to focus the tasks on maximis- ing outputs for operatives once the task had commenced. The pre-task organisation brought immediate buy-in from the operatives on the ground as it removed their frustration in organisational aspects of their tasks and allowed them to focus on the productive elements. vi.The formwork operatives on site were motivated, cooper- ative, and genuinely interested in the Lean techniques imple- mented on site. They were able to identify our interest in their performance and how we actively sought their feedback on the measures to find out what was working and how we could make alterations to further align the Lean initiatives.