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Virginia Tech

CEM-3064: Intro to Lean Construction

Description: Introduction to Lean Construction thinking, principles, and practices, definitions, history, theory, and fundamentals related to project production systems. Operating system, organization practices, commercial terms. Pull planning and Last Planner System, teh Big Room concept, and Integrated Form of Agreement (IFOA). Conventional Lean practices A3 problem solving, 5 Whys Root Cause Analysis, and 5s Methadology. Continuous improvement, respect for people, elimination of waste, reducing variability and increasing plan reliability.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: BC-2024 or CEM-2104

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.53 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 54.43%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Ashley L Johnson202469.1%21.2%6.8%1.1%1.8%0.0%3.524
Robert W Muir202065.2%26.8%6.5%0.0%1.6%0.0%3.542

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W