Fidelis A. Emuze is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Built Environment, and Head of the Unit for Lean Construction and Sustainability at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa. Construction research in lean construction, health and safety, supply chain management, and sustainability constitutes the main research interest of Dr Emuze, who is a member of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management and the Lean Construction Institute.

Tarcisio Abreu Saurin is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. His main research interests are related to lean production and safety management in complex systems. He has worked as a coordinator and/or researcher in funded projects related to those areas in construction, electricity distribution, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Introduction Part 1: Theory of Waste in Construction 1. Wastes in Construction: Concepts and Types 2. Making-Do or Resilience? Making Sense of Variability 3. Measuring Workflow and Waste in Project-based Production Part 2: Value in Construction 4. A Systemic Proposal for the Concept of Value in Lean Construction 5. Value is Relative: How Decision Making Theories affect Lean Construction 6. Lean and Sustainability in Construction: Creating Value Part 3: Control of Waste in Construction 7. Last Planner System: Improving Planning Procedures as an Approach to Reduce Waste 8. Guidelines and Conditions for Implementing the Kanban System in Construction 9. Use of Andon in a Horizontal Residential Construction Project 10. Genchi Genbutsu: the importance of 'Go And See Yourself' to Project Value Conclusion