Researchers, engineering students and construction professionals will gather at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay later this month for the ninth Indian Lean Construction Conference, an event focused on making building and infrastructure projects more efficient, collaborative and sustainable.
The programme runs from November 25 to 28, 2026, at IIT Bombay. According to the official conference schedule, November 25 is designated for workshops, November 26 for industry-focused sessions and November 27 and 28 for the main conference.
The conference theme, Beyond Efficiency: The Future of Lean Construction for a Digital and Sustainable Industry, reflects growing interest in combining construction-management methods with digital tools. Sessions and research themes include building information modelling, digital twins, production planning, supply-chain coordination, safety, quality and resource efficiency.
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For civil engineering students, the gathering offers a view of how classroom concepts are applied to real projects. Lean construction focuses on improving the reliability of work, reducing avoidable delays and waste, and helping project teams coordinate decisions from design through delivery.
The event is being hosted by IIT Bombay’s Department of Civil Engineering under the aegis of the Institute for Lean Construction Excellence. Its programme brings academic research into conversation with the challenges faced by contractors, consultants, developers and public infrastructure agencies.
Organisers have published the event dates and conference themes, but the original date on which the conference was first announced could not be independently established. The event should be described as an upcoming academic-industry gathering, not as a newly announced research breakthrough.
