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IGLC 30 · Edmonton, Canada · 2022

Method of Industrialization Potential Analysis of Construction Systems

  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, avasquez5@uc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-4038
  2. 2 PhD Candidate, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, jaortega2@uc.cl, orcid.org/ 0000-0002-1148-937X
  3. 3 Professor, School of Civil Construction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, zmgimenez@ing.puc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-1434
  4. 4 Professor, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, lalarcon@ing.puc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-2272

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

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

Cite this paper

APA 7th edition

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

Shortened reference for IGLC papers

Vásquez-Hernández, A., Ortega, J., Giménez, Z., & Alarcón, L. F. (2022). Method of Industrialization Potential Analysis of Construction Systems. IGLC30. https://doi.org/10.24928/2022/0147