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IDC Technical Papers, Presentations, and Articles

For 1997 (Back)

Lean Construction Application in High Tech Facility Construction, Robert Miles, First International Conference on Construction Industry Development, Singapore; December 1997

Faster, Better, Cheaper, Robert Miles, lecture to the University of Kansas Graduate School of Architecture, Regent’s Center; Overland Park, Kansas; December 1997

Engineers Services for the Micro Electronic and Pharmaceutical Industries, John Cronin, Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers Centenary Seminar, Dublin, Ireland; November 1997

Installation Process- A Contractor’s View, Joe McCarthy, Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers Centenary Seminar, Dublin, Ireland; November 1997

Using Strategic Planning to Prepare for 300mm Fab Construction, Terry Behrens, published in MICRO magazine; October 1997

Lean Design, Robert Miles, presented to the Northern California Construction Institute, 35th Annual Fall Seminar, Oakland, California; October 1997

New Standards for Cleanroom Design, Doug Cansdale and David Hope, published in European Semiconductor magazine; September 1997

Contracting for Lean Performance, Robert Miles and Glenn Ballard, presented to the Fifth Annual Conference of the International Group on Lean Construction, Queensland, Australia; July, 1997

Airflow Modeling Applications in the Semiconductor Industry, Douglas Cansdale, Mark Seymour, and Farzad Baban, presented to the Institute of Environmental Sciences; May 1997

The Top Fab of 1997…Digital Semiconductor Fab-6, Semiconductor International magazine; May 1997

Reduction of Airborne Molecular Contamination From Fab Construction Materials, Tom Gutowski, Hiroyuki Oikawa and Dr. Dadao Kobayashi, presented to the Semiconductor Pure Water and Chemical Conference, Santa Clara, California; March, 1997

Supercleanrooms- Design for Molecular Contamination Control, Doug Cansdale; January 1997

International Achievement Award for Air and Tension Structures, citing of award won for design of an outdoor awning structure at an IDC-designed industrial facility, Fabrics in Architecture magazine; January 1997

Ultra Fast-Track Delivery: 21st Century Partnering and the Role of ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution), Robert Miles, Lean Construction Textbook; 1997