Introduction for Call for Papers – ILCC 2026

The Indian Lean Construction Conference 2026 (ILCC 2026) invites researchers, practitioners, industry leaders, policymakers, and students to contribute to the evolving dialogue on Lean Construction in India and beyond. Organised under the aegis of the Institute for Lean Construction Excellence (ILCE) and hosted by the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, ILCC 2026 continues the legacy of bringing together academia and industry to advance collaborative, efficient, and value-driven construction practices.

Since its establishment in 2008, ILCE has played a pivotal role in promoting Lean Construction across India through conferences, workshops, training programmes, site-based implementation initiatives, and engagement with leading national and international experts. The Indian Lean Construction Conference has emerged as a key platform for sharing research, case studies, innovations, and practical experiences that support the transformation of the construction sector.

The theme of ILCC 2026, “Beyond Efficiency: The Future of Lean Construction for a Digital and Sustainable Industry,” reflects the need to move beyond traditional productivity improvement and explore how Lean principles can enable a more resilient, technology-enabled, collaborative, and sustainable built environment. As the construction industry faces increasing pressures related to cost, time, quality, safety, sustainability, and digital transformation, Lean Construction offers a powerful framework to rethink project delivery, improve workflow reliability, reduce waste, enhance stakeholder collaboration, and create long-term value.

ILCC 2026 welcomes original research papers, industry case studies, conceptual frameworks, implementation experiences, and technology-enabled solutions related to Lean Construction and its integration with digital technologies, sustainability, project management, supply chains, safety, quality, and infrastructure delivery. The conference aims to foster meaningful exchange between researchers and practitioners and to support the wider adoption of Lean thinking across the Indian and global construction ecosystem.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome.

The submission guildelines and Templates can be found at :

List of Topics

Axis 1: Lean enablers and thematic families

A. Lean production and workflow systems

• Production Planning and Control
• Last Planner® System / Collaborative Planning
• Takt Planning and Takt Control
• Location-Based Management
• Constraint Analysis and Removal
• Flow, Variability Reduction, and Waste Elimination

B. Lean design, value, and project delivery

• Product Development and Value Management
• Target Value Design
• Set-Based Design
• Design Management
• Integrated Project Delivery / Collaborative Contracting
• Contract and Cost Management

C. Lean people, culture, and organisational transformation

• Lean Leadership
• Lean Culture and Behaviour Change
• Collaboration and Trust
• Learning and Teaching Lean
• Organisational Change and Lean Adoption
• Overcoming Barriers to Lean Implementation

D. Lean, digitalisation, and data-enabled delivery

• Digital Support for Lean Construction
• BIM Integration for Lean
• Digital Twins and Lean Operations
• AI and Analytics for Planning and Control
• IoT, Sensing, and Real-Time Production Monitoring
• Common Data Environments and Information Flow

E. Lean for sustainability, quality, and resilience

• Lean and Green
• Circular Construction
• Carbon-Aware Production Systems
• Health, Safety, and Quality
• Resilient Project Delivery
• Resource Efficiency and Waste Minimisation

F. Lean industrialisation and supply networks

• Supply Chain Management and Procurement
• Modular and Off-Site Construction
• Industrialised Construction
• Platform-Based Delivery
• Logistics and Materials Flow
• Vendor and Multi-Stakeholder Coordination

Axis 2: Application area across the project lifecycle

• Strategy and Business Case
• Briefing and Value Definition
• Design and Engineering
• Procurement and Contracting
• Production Planning
• Site Execution and Assembly
• Commissioning and Handover
• Operations and Maintenance
• Renewal, Retrofit, and Circularity / Deconstruction

Axis 3: Sector / project context

• Building Construction
• Infrastructure and Civil Construction
• Industrial and Process Facilities
• Housing and Affordable Development
• Transport Infrastructure
• Water and Environmental Infrastructure
• Healthcare and Institutional Projects
• Retrofit, Rehabilitation, and Heritage Projects
• Smart Cities and Urban Systems

Committees

Organizing Committee

• Prof. Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi, Conference Chair, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay
• Prof. Albert Thomas, Conference Chair, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay
• Prof. Varun Kumar Reja, Conference Chair, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay

Venue

The conference will be held at Research Park, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to ilcc2026@civil.iitb.ac.in

Sponsors

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