Professor Lauri Koskela

Professor of Lean Theory Based Project and Production Management

  • Maxwell Building Room 412a
  • T: +44 (0)161 295 6378
  • E: l.j.koskela@salford.ac.uk
  • SEEK: Research profile

Office Times

Monday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Tuesday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Wednesday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Thursday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Biography

Before being nominated Professor at the University of Salford in 2004, I worked at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. I am a founding member of the International Group for Lean Construction.

Teaching

Module “Lean Integrated Design and Production”

Research Interests

  • Lean production, as adapted to various contexts, such as construction or healthcare
  • Builidng information modelling
  • Production management, project management, design management
  • Theory of production, theory of design
  • Causes and cures for the irrelevance problem of management reserach

Qualifications and Memberships

MSc, LicSc, DSc

Director at Lean Construction Institute UK

Member of the International Group for Lean Construction

Adjunct Professor at Tampere University of Technology

Visiting Professor at Aalto University

Publications

Dave, B, Koskela, LJ, Kiviniemi, A O, Tzortzopoulos, P & Owen, R L (2013).  Implementing lean in construction: lean construction and BIM, Guide, CIRIA, London.

Koskela, L & Ballard, G (2012). Is production outside management? Building Research & Information, 40(6), 724-737.

Koskela, L J, Sacks, R & Rooke, J A (2012). A brief history of the concept of waste in production.  Proceedings for the 20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction.         

Koskela, L J (2011). Fifty years of irrelevance: the wild goose chase of management science. Proceedings IGLC-19 (International Group for Lean Construction), 85-96.

Sacks, R, Koskela, L, Dave, B A & Owen, R (2010). Interaction of lean and building information modeling in construction. Journal of construction engineering and management, 136(9), 968-980.

Tezel, B A, Koskela, L J & Tzortzopoulos, P (2010). Visual management in construction: Study report on Brazilian cases, Technical Report, University of Salford, Salford, UK.