Master of Science, Civil and Enviromental Engineering at Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1994-98/99
Graduate Programme in Economics and Business Administration, + cources on Bachelor/Master level for entering the graduate program. 2000-2002
Experience as consultant: Norman/Scandiaconsult/Rambøll, Venator and SolidPlan.
Experience as construction client: Statoil at Kollsnes, Advansia at Nye Ahus.
Experience as contractor: Skanska (10 years)
Assistant professor 100%, continuing part-time education as PhD student, Phd courses passed: ME612, ME613, IN618, TFL601, EX602, BYG601
Completed UniPed
Started phd project, within lean construction, on the 15th of januar 2018.
Phd working title: A leadership framework for Guiding Principles
BYG 225 Project management with Lean Construction
IND 419 Engineering Management.
IND 422 Risk and opportunity Management
ORG996 Processoriented value creation in practical use
TFL940 Process-oriented and principle-centered leadership
TFL941 Process improvement and value creation
TFL 942 From vision to sustainable cultural change
IND 590 Master Thesis
Supervisor Master Thesis construction/ Lean
Supervisor Bachelor's Thesis construction/ Lean
PED 989 Modern principles for construction
19 years in the construction business.
Experience both from the consultant, client and contractor side.(Scandiaconsult (Now: Rambøll), Nye Ahus/ Advansia (Now ÅF Advansia) and Statoil Kollsnes, Venator and Skanska).
10 years in Skanska working with lean construction. Project Manager for implementing lean construction in Skanska Norway. Member of the Global Expert Group for operational efficency in Skanska AB, member of Task Force Group for forming the strategy on operational efficiency on Skanska AB level. Worked as HSE and QA Manager on region level +planner and design manager at project level.
Started in 2017 Solid Plan AS, a consultancy firm within lean construction.
November 2017 100% Employed as an assistant professor at UiA.
Main interests: Strategies on Operational Efficiency, continuous improvement, and leadership with lean philosophy.
Specialty: Lean Construction, Last Planner System, Guiding principles
Skaar, John; Kalsaas, Bo Terje (2021) The Importance of Alignment. Annual Conference of the International Group of Lean Construction doi: https://doi.org/10.24928/2021/0211
Skaar, John; Bølviken, Trond; Koskela, Lauri; Kalsaas, Bo Terje (2020). Principles as a Bridge Between Theory and Practice. Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction. ISSN: 2309-0979. doi:10.24928/2020/0065.
Skaar, John (2019). The Power of Lean Principles. Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction. ISSN: 2309-0979. s 393 - 404. doi:10.24928/2019/0201.
Kalsaas, Bo Terje; Skaar, John; Thorstensen, Rein Terje.
Implementation of Last Planner in a medium-sized construction site. I: Proceedings of the 17th Annual conference of the International group of lean construction (IGLC). Taipei: IGLC 2009 ISBN 978-957-41-6530-8. s. 15-29
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