Run leaner job sites. Deliver more. Waste less.
Learn the Last Planner System, A3 problem-solving, pull planning, and visual management — the same Lean tools that top construction teams use to slash schedule variance and stop leaving money on the table.
"I built this academy to give construction professionals the tools that actually work on a job site — no fluff, no manufacturing theory dressed up in a hard hat."
— Beyond 40 Construction Training
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Apply the Last Planner System to dramatically reduce schedule variance and missed commitments on complex projects
- Identify and eliminate the 8 wastes of Lean Construction across planning, procurement, and on-site execution
- Run effective pull planning sessions with subcontractors and trade partners to build reliable phase schedules
- Implement daily huddles and visual management boards that keep crews aligned and problems visible in real time
- Use the A3 problem-solving framework to diagnose root causes and drive continuous improvement on your projects
- Calculate and communicate the ROI of Lean practices to stakeholders, owners, and skeptical team members
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 26 lessons
Lean Construction Foundations
Establishes the core philosophy, vocabulary, and mindset shift required to lead Lean on any job site.
- 1.1Why Construction Is Broken — and What Lean FixesIncluded
- 1.2Core Lean Principles for the Built EnvironmentIncluded
- 1.3The 8 Wastes of Lean ConstructionIncluded
- 1.4Mapping Your Value Stream on a Construction ProjectIncluded
The Last Planner System
Builds a complete, practical command of the Last Planner System to reduce schedule variance and missed commitments.
- 2.1Last Planner System Overview — The Five ConversationsIncluded
- 2.2Master Scheduling and Milestone PlanningIncluded
- 2.3Pull Planning Sessions — Building a Reliable Phase ScheduleIncluded
- 2.4Make-Ready Planning and Constraint RemovalIncluded
- 2.5Percent Plan Complete — Measuring and Improving ReliabilityIncluded
Visual Management and Daily Huddles
Equips teams to surface problems in real time and keep crews aligned through daily visual management routines.
- 3.1Designing Your Job-Site Visual Management BoardIncluded
- 3.2Running an Effective Daily HuddleIncluded
- 3.3Leading Indicators — Tracking What Predicts PerformanceIncluded
- 3.4Sustaining Visual Systems Through Project PhasesIncluded
A3 Problem-Solving and Root Cause Analysis
Develops the structured thinking skills needed to diagnose recurring problems and implement lasting fixes on any project.
- 4.1Introduction to the A3 FrameworkIncluded
- 4.2Defining the Problem and Understanding Current ConditionsIncluded
- 4.3Root Cause Analysis — The 5 Whys and Fishbone DiagramIncluded
- 4.4Developing Countermeasures and Implementing ChangeIncluded
- 4.5Reviewing Results and Standardizing the FixIncluded
Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Scales Lean thinking beyond individual tools into a team habit and organizational practice that compounds over time.
- 5.1Kaizen on the Job Site — Small Wins, Big ImpactIncluded
- 5.2Engaging Trade Partners and Subcontractors in LeanIncluded
- 5.3Leader Standard Work for Superintendents and PMsIncluded
- 5.4Lessons Learned — Capturing and Transferring Knowledge Across ProjectsIncluded
Making the Business Case for Lean
Gives construction leaders the data, language, and narrative to justify Lean investment to owners, stakeholders, and skeptics.
- 6.1Quantifying Waste — Putting Dollar Values on InefficiencyIncluded
- 6.2Calculating Lean ROI on Your ProjectsIncluded
- 6.3Communicating Lean to Owners and Executive StakeholdersIncluded
- 6.4Building Your Lean Implementation RoadmapIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Construction Project Managers
Ready to replace reactive firefighting with a reliable system — from pull planning to Percent Plan Complete — that keeps complex projects on track.
Site Superintendents
Field leaders who want daily huddles, visual boards, and Leader Standard Work that actually stick on the ground with their crews.
General Contractors
Seasoned contractors looking to systematize Lean across their projects, reduce rework costs, and bring trade partners along for the process.
Operations Leaders
Construction operations directors who need to quantify waste in dollars, build an ROI case for Lean, and drive company-wide implementation.
Lean Coordinators & VDC Leads
Professionals who own the Lean program on their projects and need a rigorous, construction-specific curriculum to deepen their practice.
Up-and-Coming PMs
Early-career project managers who want to build their career on modern Lean principles before bad habits from the old-school status quo take hold.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Beyond 40 Construction Training
If you're reading this, I'm guessing you're tired. Tired of schedules that slip the moment a subcontractor misses a delivery. Tired of morning meetings that turn into blame sessions instead of solutions. Tired of knowing there's a smarter way to run a project and not having the system to back it up.
I've spent my career on construction projects — not in a consulting firm, not in a corporate training center. On actual job sites, dealing with actual trade partners, actual owners, and the very real chaos that shows up when you're trying to coordinate dozens of moving parts on a tight schedule and a tighter margin. I know what it's like to inherit a broken schedule and have to fight your way back to float. I know what it's like to watch rework eat a week of progress because nobody caught the coordination issue in time.
Lean Construction changed the way I work. Not because it handed me a magic formula, but because it gave me a shared language, a set of reliable tools, and — maybe most importantly — a way to involve the whole team in solving problems instead of just assigning blame. The Last Planner System turned my pull planning sessions from painful exercises into actual commitments. The A3 framework stopped me from chasing symptoms and started helping me fix root causes. Visual management boards made my daily huddles 10 minutes long and actually useful.
I built Lean Build Academy because I kept seeing the same thing: construction professionals who are smart, experienced, and capable, but who've never been given the right tools. Most Lean training is written for manufacturing, and the translation work gets left to you. This academy does that translation. Every concept, every framework, every example is grounded in construction — in the realities of subcontractor coordination, phased scheduling, constrained sites, and owners who want answers, not excuses.
You don't need to blow up how you work overnight. The roadmap in this academy is designed to let you start small — a better daily huddle, a first pull planning session, one A3 on a recurring problem — and build from there. The teams that have stayed the course with Lean don't go back. The work gets more predictable. The projects get less stressful. And the results start to speak for themselves.
If you're ready to stop accepting the status quo as inevitable, I'd be glad to have you in the academy. Let's get to work.
— Beyond 40 Construction Training
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