Lean Construction Ireland (LCI) has organised events, webinars, and launched a new website in the past year. There is a growing interest in Lean Construction in Ireland. Irish building magazine spoke to Richard Fitzpatrick of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board to get a client’s perspective and Gary Widger of

Sagging Productivity in Construction The McKinsey Global Institute reports: "Rvery year, there is about $10 trillion in construction-related spending globally, equivalent to 13 percent of GDP. This makes construction one of the largest sectors of the world economy. The sector employs 7 percent of the world’s working population ..." However,