30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) - Edmonton, Canada - 2022

https://doi.org/10.24928/2022/0147

Method of Industrialization Potential Analysis of Construction Systems

Alejandro Vásquez-Hernández1, Jesús Ortega2, Zulay Giménez3 & Luis Fernando Alarcón4

1 PhD Student, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Assistant Professor, School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-4038
22 PhD Candidate, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, [email protected], orcid.org/ 0000-0002-1148-937X
33 Professor, School of Civil Construction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-1434
44 Professor, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-2272

Abstract

Construction is a production system characterized by inefficiencies associated with its processes. Industrialized construction (IC) is a promising approach as an optimization mechanism based on decreased variability. In this regard, it stimulates the standardization of work, which is an essential lean management principle to improve the production system. However, IC presents an incipient level of adoption and implementation. This paper describes a method for the industrialization potential analysis of construction systems (IPA), allowing design teams to identify construction systems whose standardization, modular coordination, and preassembly have more potential to improve project performance. It was developed through an action-oriented framework based on the action research methodology. Researchers, construction companies, and the cohesive entity of the construction sector (Industrialized Construction Council, ICC) participated.

Keywords

Industrialized construction, standardization, modular coordination, preassembly

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Vásquez-Hernández, A. , Ortega, J. , Giménez, Z. & Alarcón, L. F. 2022. Method of Industrialization Potential Analysis of Construction Systems, Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) , 433-444. doi.org/10.24928/2022/0147

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