The Indian Lean Construction Conference – ILCC 2023 is to be held in New Delhi, India from 27th November 2023 to 30th November, 2023. Continuing with the strong legacy of the past successful ILCC Conferences, the 2023 Conference extends the outreach of Lean Construction Principles into the Design Management paradigm. And hence the theme “Lean Design, Design Management with Lean Construction and Digital Technology for Decarbonizing Built Environment”.

The Institute for Lean Construction Excellence (ILCE) is a nonprofit entity established in November 2008 focusing on the development and dissemination of lean practices in construction, adding value to all stakeholders through faster and more reliable project delivery and promoting cooperation between academic and research institutions, and industry.

The Department of Building Engineering and Management, the Conference Host at SPA-New Delhi is in pursuit of Construction Project Management since 1979. Design Management is a specific academic interest endeavored during Masters and Doctoral Research activities. In conjunction with ILCE Conference 2023 theme of Design Management, the sustainability paradigm within the 21st-century environment and climate change challenges have been an integral part of teaching, research, and outreach. The SPA-New Delhi provides a perfect ecosystem of studies in the built environment to host this Conference on Lean Construction focused on early-stage Lean Thinking through Design Management leading to the effectiveness of Lean Construction Principals a notch higher than the Lean Outreach hitherto. The platform of SPA-New Delhi and the host department add a pull- factor to the Design Community of Built Environment i.e. the Architects participate in the Hands-on Lean Ideation Challenge, The Lean Ideation Hackathon, Industry Connect, and Academic Conference events during ILCE Conference 2023.

The legacy of Lean Conferences has thus far established the recognition of Lean Principles in the construction industry in India with the conviction of experience. The lean practicing community has multiplied over the years and Lean Conferences have played a significant role in providing the opportunity to share experiences and share knowledge. The ILCC 2023 builds further on the legacy of past Lean Conferences ILCC 2015, ILCC 2017, ILCC 2019, Lean International Conference IGLC 2018, Lean in Public Sector LIPS 2019, ILCC 2021, and ILCC 2022.
ILCC 2023 aspires to expand its base in terms of the body of knowledge, inclusion of design professionals and focus on the global crisis of Climate Change through ‘Decarbonization’, a natural positive outcome of lean practices'. The theme of ILCCC 2023 is pathbreaking as it ‘now’ unifies the work outcomes of all stakeholders of the AEC industry, i.e. Architects, Design Engineers, Procurement Process Managers and Construction Teams towards ‘Decarbonization, through Lean Principles, facilitated by 21st-century Digital Technology. Ensemble of ideas, professional engagement, and the inclusion of the Climate agenda fostered by the AEC Industry in India is a pathbreaking way forward.
The Lean Practicing community is poised to render Global Leadership in the true sense of “Jagatguru’ by sharing the experiences and work processes with rest of the world in true sense of Vasudhaiva Katumbakam, वसुधैव् कटुंबकम. ILCC 2023 embarks on exploring processes, adaptability, and agility interventions towards creating ‘Lean Design Thinking’ for nurturing Lean Design solutions. Collaborative planning, process improvement, responsive physical solutions and design protocols are opportunities to build customer-centric value chain, eliminating ‘system-wide’ wastes. Integrating ‘Lean Design Thinking’ further with wider connotation of ‘waste’ as a Climate Crisis, the ILCC 2023 embraces the ‘Decarbonization’ as the ‘performance indicator’ for eventual Lean Principles. And, Digital Technologies are inevitable realities to exponentiate the overall efforts. Hence, the theme of ILCC 2023!

05 Feb 2015