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Listing of LEAN Construction Practices

Job Order Contracting

Below is a listing of LEAN construction practices. Of these, only LEAN Job Order Contracting provides a robust framework that integrates internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a common data environment inclusive of actionable cost visibility, defined workflows, and quantitative metrics.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Is it a a fact that Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector. While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Alarcon (Ed.),

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How Interstate Electrical Services Became a Leader in Lean Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The article originally ran in Construction Dive on Feb. 12 and is being re-run here with permission from both Interstate Electrical Services and Construction Dive. This is an excellent piece that gets to the heart of managing data in the construction industry. The construction industry is notoriously resistant to change.

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Webinars & Construction Events in September 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Make sure to get your tickets now and get ready for an AU full of construction industry trends, deep dives, keynotes, product education, and so much more. To see what else is coming up in 2022-23, check out our list of top construction events for the year. Featured Construction Event. September 2022 Construction Webinars.

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Efficient Home Construction: Optimizing Rim Transport Frames

CCR Magazine

Learn how to incorporate prefabrication and modular design for efficiency. This requires paying close attention to the specifications of these frames and how they affect different construction phases. Incorporating Prefabrication Methods Prefabrication is changing how we build things, and it also helps improve rim transport frames.

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Accelerate Live! talk: From job site to factory, the future of commercial construction, Tyler Goss, Turner

BD+C

. From prefabrication to predictive visual-data analytics. Turner Construction has been at the forefront of smart job site movement. And the construction giant is just getting started. . From RFID tagging to the use of drones and rovers on job site.

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Build lean, clean, and green: Exploring off-site heavy timber construction

Construction Specifier

By Mike Banta Photos courtesy Mid-Atlantic Timberframes In the construction industry, there has long been a tendency to do things a certain way, primarily because “that is the way it has always been done.” Using a high-quality, carefully designed system such as heavy timber construction offers many advantages to off-site construction.