{"id":931,"date":"2025-10-10T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aikon.34018.net\/blog-voces-agc\/planning-well-to-build-better-how-were-applying-lean-construction-at-agc\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:00:32","slug":"planning-well-to-build-better-how-were-applying-lean-construction-at-agc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aikon.34018.net\/en\/blog-voces-agc\/planning-well-to-build-better-how-were-applying-lean-construction-at-agc\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning well to build better: how we&#8217;re applying Lean Construction at AGC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What if construction planning didn\u2019t stay in the office, but actually reached the construction site? 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