LCiSectoralVisionDocumentJune2021

LCi Vision for the Irish Construction Sector Page 3 of 14 ©Lean Construction Ireland 2021 1. Enabling Sectoral Transformation 1.1. Introduction The Irish construction sector has been undergoing significant changes in recent years, with the objective of improving safety, quality, schedule, and productivity through the adoption of digitalisation, new technologies, modern methods of construction, and Lean thinking and practices. This document provides background information on Lean Construction Ireland (LCi); it details the purpose of LCi and the business case for Lean transformation; it outlines the LCi vision of the ideal state of the Irish construction sector and the LCi breakthrough initiatives to reach that ideal state; and refers to alignment with key national and international strategic objectives and reports. An overview of the LCi Client Forum is provided, detailing its role as the lead advocate for the adoption of Lean on public and private capital projects, along with the Client Forum strategy to progress various action areas, and develop discussion documents for engagement with the wider Irish construction sector, stakeholders, and contractors and their associated supply chain. The LCi Client Forum invites your organisation to collaborate in the co-development of a sectoral Lean Deployment Strategy underpinned by more relational-oriented and collaborative approaches to the design and delivery of capital projects as well as in the procurement and contractual processes. 1.2. LCi Purpose LCi is a community of learning and practice that advocates for the transformation of the Irish construction sector through the adoption of Lean thinking and practices by the entire sector to enable and sustain enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, productivity, and profitability for all stakeholders in the value chain. 1.3. Business Case for LeanTransformation i. Clients demand a new way to design and deliver capital projects in order to attain greater value- add and enhanced return on investment. ii. Contractors and Associated Supply Chain seek more value-adding, relational-oriented, and collaborative ways of working with one another and their Clients. iii. LCi has initiated a project to research and document suitable models, templates, and language that enable Lean in the procurement and contractual processes (see 1.5.i below). iv. LCi has initiated a project to develop a “Lean and Enterprise Excellence Maturity Assessment Model” (see 1.5.ii below). v. DPER (see 1.6.i below) emphasises a “collaborative and mutually supportive relationship between clients and delivery partners” (p.11 of report). vi. McKinsey (see 1.6.viii below) recommends “Reinventing Construction” (p.vi ) given that “Global Construction has a Productivity Problem” (pp.15-31 of report).