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The Lean Construction Institute - Canada (LCICanada) has been established by the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) in order to deliver formalized education and best practices about lean construction to the industry.
CCA recently announced the establishment of LCI-Canada as a special committee of the association. This new group finds its roots through discussions between CCA and a group of industry members who were looking at establishing a formal lean construction body of some kind in Canada. LCI Canada's special committee status within CCA is similar to the association's other special committees, such the Canadian Design-Build Institute.
"We like to have all the construction-related groups under one umbrella/' explained Anibal Valente, current CCA chair.
"We will be able to collaborate with them, come together and become a bigger, more powerful and supported group."
Lean construction is a series of concepts and goals which aims at capitalizing on efficiencies...