1st EuGLC Conference

The EuGLC conference is the continuation of the EGLC Group, a network of lean construction practitioners and academics created in 2004.

EuGLC is a new departure for this network, which wishes to strengthen its European dimension, not limited to the European Union but extended to the whole of continental Europe. EGLC has therefore become EuGLC. Europe is rich in diversity, and EuGLC is proposing that the construction sector exchange best practice, culture and know-how, while defining its own lean approach adapted to current developments in the sector.

The EuGLC conference will be the annual event of this group, which will be piloted by the Lean Construction Institutes that exist in Europe. It includes all practitioners, consultants, academics, constructors, and students in the construction industry.

The European Group for Lean Construction (EuGLC) is a network of practitioners, consultants, academics, and students in the construction industry that meet to share, listen, learn, and debate strategies to develop and implement lean thinking in construction.

Program 

THURSDAY 3TH APRIL 2025 - Workshop day - Centrale Lille Institute

The full program is available here.

FRIDAY, APRIL 04 - Conference day - LILLIAD

• 8:00 - 8:30 AM - Welcoming and registration
• 8:30 - 8:40 AM - Inaugural ceremony
  • Chair: Prof. Zoubeir Lafhaj (EuGLC 2025 – LCI France)
• 8:40 - 9:10 AM - Can we predict the future of a project based on lean indicators to build a better future?
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Luis F. Alarcon – U. of Chile
  • Chair: Prof. Zoubeir Lafhaj (LCI France)
• 9:15 - 9:35 AM - ESG and how effective infra construction site can improve it
  • M. Jarkko HÄMÄLÄINEN – Infrakit Group Ltd – Finland
• 9:35 - 9:55 AM - Data convergence: the vital union of Lean and BIM Data Convergence
  • Dr. Ing. Janosch Dlouhy – BMW – Germany
• 10:00 - 10:20 AM - Coffee break & networking
• 10:20 - 10:40 AM - Lean construction in Ireland
  • Dr Trevor McSharry – Atlantic Technological University & LCI Ireland
  • Richard Fitzpatrick – LCI Ireland
• 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM - Round table: anticipating and forecasting: towards predictive and lean construction
  • Chair : M. Morten Skaarup Jensen (LCI Danmark) 
  • Prof. Zoubeir Lafhaj (LCI France)
• 12:00 - 01:15 PM - Lunch time & networking
• 01:15 - 01:45 PM - Lean transformation of the global construction industry?
  • Keynote Speaker – Prof. Dr. Glenn Ballard – U. Berkeley – USA
  • Chair: Prof. Zoubeir Lafhaj (LCI France)
• 01:45 - 02:15 PM - What does Lean bring to industrial construction?
  • Keynote Speaker – Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al Hussein- U. Alberta – Canada
  • Chair: Prof. Zoubeir Lafhaj (LCI France)
• 02:20 - 02:35 PM - Construction Productivity Graph: an Agile Methodology for the Optimization of Building Construction Process
  • Ass. Prof. Dr. Francesco Rossini – U. Roma – Italy
• 02:35 - 02:55 PM - Integrating lean constructrion: the three pillars driving cultural transformation
  • M. Juan Felipe Pons Achell – Think-in-Lean – Spain
• 02:55 - 03:10 PM - Integrated construction supply chain from BTP Log 4.0 Project
  • M. Fabien Font – Teamoty – France
• 03:10 - 03:30 PM - Coffee break & networking
• 03:30 - 04:40 - Round table: Reinveting construction: strategies for transformation
  • Chair : M. Alan Mossman – Change Business – UK and Prof. Zoubeir Lafhaj
• 04:40 - 06:00 PM - Business meeting chaired by EuGLC Steering Committee

About the event

EuGLC 2025 is the first international conference of the European Group for Lean Construction. It aims to raise awareness of Lean Construction as a method and catalyst for improving construction processes, particularly on a European scale.

International cooperation needs to be strengthened, which is why we have invited leading international experts and pioneers to contribute to the European construction sector as a whole. The conference is also supported by the members of the European lean construction institutes.

The European Group for Lean Construction is delighted to welcome researchers and young researchers, companies and all stakeholders in the construction sector with a workshop on 3 April and an international conference day on 4 April in Lille.