LEAN Construction - Expert

Lean management for experts

As a LEAN expert, you organize improvement projects in your company in the construction industry.
In workshops, you guide colleagues in analyzing existing processes and improving them together.

To do that. you will acquire the relevant tools and methods in four modules during your training. At the end of each module, you will be given a practical task to complete. "Applying it yourself" is an essential component of successful learning. Our trainers will give you tips on this in an online session and answer your questions.

You will also work on some of the content through self-study. We are convinced that self-organized learning is an important skill for the future (Future Skill).

Following the LEAN Construction training course, you can continue with the LEAN Manager training course .

4 x 2 intensive training days with a holistic approach

Module 1:
Lean Construction
Basics

  • Fundamentals of the lean construction site
  • Schedule planning on the construction site
  • Pacing in construction projects
  • Comprehensive construction site analysis
Day 1 & 2

Module 2:
Holistic construction site analysis

  • Activity analysis and spaghetti diagram
  • 5S Audit
  • Value stream analysis and value stream design
Days 3 & 4

Completion of LEAN Construction

You have successfully completed Modules 1 & 2.

Module 3:Experience best practices live at

  • Visualization and control communication live on site
  • Best practice visit to one of our partners
  • Multi-Project Management
  • Visualization of major projects
Days 5 & 6

Module 4:Effectively organizing improvement

  • The role of the manager in change
  • Define, organize, and manage improvement projects
Days 7 & 8

LEAN Construction Expert certification

You are a professional. You have completed modules 1–4.

Your requirements

To ensure that you get the most out of our academy and that the seminars are effective, successful completion of our LEAN Basic course is a prerequisite. If you have already completed a LEAN Basic course with another provider or attended a similar course? No problem! Just show us your certification, and we will discuss together how you can seamlessly get started with us.

Your dates, prices, and locations

Prices

€6760 net, including meals, course materials, exam fees, access to online resources

Seminar times per module

  • Day 1: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Day 2: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

date

  • Module 1 – Lean Construction Basics: April 8–9, 2025
  • Module 2 – Holistic construction site analysis: July 8–9, 2025
  • Module 3 – Experience best practice live: September 23–24, 2025
  • Module 4 – Organizing improvement effectively: November 18–19, 2025

places

CONBENE Improvement GmbH
Cologne location
Gottfried-Hagen-Straße 30 | 51105 Cologne

Location of the event:
Gemba walk on the construction site

Prices

€6760 net, including meals, course materials, exam fees, access to online resources

Seminar times per module

  • Day 1: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Day 2: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

date

  • Module 1 – Lean Construction Basics: June 26–27, 2025
  • Module 2 – Holistic construction site analysis: September 25–26, 2025
  • Module 3 – Experience best practice live: November 20–21, 2025
  • Module 4 – Organizing improvement effectively: February 5–6, 2026

places

CONBENE Improvement GmbH
Cologne location
Gottfried-Hagen-Straße 30 | 51105 Cologne

Location:
Gemba Walk on the construction site

Prices

€3390 net, including meals, course materials, exam fees, and access to online resources

Seminar times per module

  • Day 1: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Day 2: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

date

  • Module 1 – Lean Construction Basics: April 8–9, 2025
  • Module 2 – Holistic construction site analysis: July 8–9, 2025

place

CONBENE Improvement GmbH
Cologne location
Gottfried-Hagen-Straße 30 | 51105 Cologne

Prices

€3390 net, including meals, course materials, exam fees, and access to online resources

Seminar times per module

  • Day 1: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Day 2: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

date

  • Module 1 – Lean Construction Basics: June 26–27, 2025
  • Module 2 – Holistic construction site analysis: September 25–26, 2025

places

CONBENE Improvement GmbH Cologne location Gottfried-Hagen-Straße 30 | 51105 Cologne

Prices

€3390 net, including meals, course materials, exam fees, and access to online resources

Seminar times per module

  • Day 1: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Day 2: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

date

  • Module 3 – Experience best practice live: September 23–24, 2025
  • Module 4 – Organizing improvement effectively: November 18–19, 2025

places

CONBENE Improvement GmbH Cologne location Gottfried-Hagen-Straße 30 | 51105 Cologne Location of the event: Gemba walk on the construction site

Prices

€3390 net, including meals, course materials, exam fees, and access to online resources

Seminar times per module

  • Day 1: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Day 2: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

date

  • Module 3 – Experience best practice live: November 20–21, 2025
  • Module 4 – Organizing improvement effectively: February 5–6, 2026

places

CONBENE Improvement GmbH
Cologne location
Gottfried-Hagen-Straße 30 | 51105 Cologne

Location of the event:
Gemba walk on the construction site

Your learning goals

After completing the LEAN Construction Expert training, you will be able to... 

To apply activity and value stream analysis to identify and visualize waste.

Design improved workflows and value streams

Analyzing and improving order and cleanliness in the work environment using the 5S method

Explain cycle planning according to the just-in-time principle using a given example.

Organize cooperative planning processes within your own company.

Design and manage improvement projects in a 12-week format.

The terms leadership, regular communication, Go&See, and improvement culture in the context of 
on-site management.

Our tools

Theory
our experienced trainers use easy-to-understand presentation media to convey the theoretical concepts.


simulation 
Theory is theory—a simulation makes theory tangible

Group work
In pairs or small groups, you will share your findings and reconnect them.


Self
-organized learning is, in our view, an important skill for the future (future skills) and therefore part of our empowerment tools.

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Your continuing education opportunities...

Everyone starts small, we make sure you come out big.