31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 31) - Lille, France - 2023

https://doi.org/10.24928/2023/0266

Capability-Building for Construction Informing Design

Dean Reed1, Chad Arthur2 & Charlie Dunn3

1Owner and Consultant, Capability-Building, Santa Cruz, CA 95050, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-8558
2Senior Design and VDC Manager, DPR Construction, Sacramento, CA 95811, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/ 0009-0009-0616-7294
3Product Design Leader, DPR Construction, Charlotte, NC 28217, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/0000- 0002-3093-7203

Abstract

The research question is whether Takahiro Fujimoto’s theory of capability-building to create the Toyota Production System (TPS) is useful to understand the creation of a capability for Construction knowledge to inform design (CID). This paper attempts to reveal what was done in sufficient detail to compare it against Fujimoto’s explanation of how Toyota’s capabilitybuilding created TPS. The method used was to create and analyze data using the Fujimoto framework explained in his book, The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota. Fujimoto’s theory allowed the authors to confirm that Toyota-style capability was created and delivered a significant competitive advantage in 2 of 4 projects where CID was attempted. The capability was created without knowledge of Fujimoto’s theory of Toyota’s capability-building. As with previous studies, it was impossible to identify routines developed to implement the process steps. It was also not possible to distinguish process steps for learning from others for production. Industry fragmentation is an obstacle to the level of integration this capability requires of designers and builders. The capability for construction knowledge to inform design can be created and requires vision and leadership to challenge the traditional design process.

Keywords

Theory, capability, autoethnography, emergence, evolutionary.

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Reed, D. , Arthur, C. & Dunn, C. 2023. Capability-Building for Construction Informing Design, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) , 1002-1012. doi.org/10.24928/2023/0266

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