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What is Lean Construction?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The Lean methodology is most often associated with manufacturing. Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, pioneered the thinking and processes that are now known as Lean. The other core elements of Lean are maximizing customer value and continuous improvement. The methodology focuses on collaboration and accountability.

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Why digital construction software is the right tool for collaboration and construction management

LetsBuild

Digital construction software is changing how companies operate and improving their productivity in the field and in the office. The construction industry is notorious for being slow to adopt new technologies, but failure to digitise your processes in today’s landscape isn’t an option.

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Improve construction collaboration by leveraging construction analytics

LetsBuild

It’s no secret that the construction industry faces many project management challenges. Cost overruns are one of the most common results of these challenges, leading to construction companies going significantly over budget more often than they’d like to admit. This is key for improving construction collaboration between teams.

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6 Steps Towards Public Sector Efficient Physical Asset Management – Robust Process, Collaborative Teams Valid Data, & Enabling Technology

Job Order Contracting

Public sector efficient physical asset management requires robust process, collaborative teams. Moving beyond traditional methods that are responsible for rampant economic and environmental waste requires that public sector real property leadership focus upon forward thinking and change management. contact-form].

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Rehabilitation Extends Life, Restores Historical Aspects of Minneapolis’ Third Avenue Bridge

Civil + Structural Engineer

More recently, a Minnesota Department of Transportation assessment of the state’s historic bridges resulted in the Third Avenue Bridge being included among 24 bridges selected for long-term preservation under MnDOT’s Statewide Historic Bridge Management Plan. The first phase of the contract simply aimed to identify the scope of work needed.

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Collaborating Across the Supply Chain in Finland to Deliver Agile and Reliable Outcomes

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Suomen Aluerakennuttaja (SARA), are experts in providing living space solutions and a pioneer in the construction industry process development in Finland. Lean Working Methods. Both companies have established working practices based on lean methodologies. Scaling for Successful Collaboration.

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5 effective ways to simplify complicated construction project management tasks

LetsBuild

But there’s a problem: Complicated construction project management tasks are around every corner, hampering the productivity and efficiency of every stakeholder. We’ll discuss some of the problems construction project managers face and five ways you can simplify complicated construction management tasks.