McGraw Hill Construction, the Lean Construction Institute and Dassault Systèmes teamed up recently to produce an in-depth report on Lean Construction. Below is an excerpt we wanted to highlight.
Lean Strategies for Employing Prefabrication
Lean design and construction focuses on improving total project performance, rather than reducing the cost or accelerating the delivery of single activities or phases.
While the use of prefabricated components and modular construction is not new to the industry, their application has increased dramatically in recent years.