To improve the productivity in construction is vital, given the market condition and tightened supply of raw materials. It is a bed time story in the construction industry that performance improvement-even at a small scale can have significant impact on the economy of real estate markets and thence on the national economy.
Demand for improvement in the construction industry will provide higher quality in the output, reduce construction costs and thereby end product pricing, help in offering a better process and end product to the customer and increase safety and conditions at the construction site.
Aliens Group and other builders, having realized that this is the best way so far to reach their goals, have adopted techniques of lean construction in their construction process.
Two of the well known strategies employed in Lean construction are:
Making construction like manufacturing: to reduce the complexity of construction processes to a level where the principles from the ordered world of manufacturing can be used/applied directly for improved efficiency and simplified implementation
Developing construction as a process: making the process in a way such that more and more processes of the construction are done offsite, thereby making the construction site work mere assembling work, thereby giving more scope for strategy and planning.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Lean is in
In this blog, I'll introduce the latest fad in the construction industry.
Lean thinking means more output with less effort, less time, less space and less equipment. You get the idea, right?
Given the market conditions, lean construction is the order of the day.
Like how recession streamlined processes in many industries by making efficiency the key, recession has brought in lean construction into the construction industry that had for a long time required such check!
Lean construction refers to streamlined and efficient construction operations and construction enterprise management arrangements that make construction process more robust.
Lean construction concept brings with it,
Shorter construction periods
Improved designs
Reduced costs, less waste
Improved safety and health
Improved quality, fewer defects
Productivity gains
Satisfied customers :)
Next, we'll see more on this.
Lean thinking means more output with less effort, less time, less space and less equipment. You get the idea, right?
Given the market conditions, lean construction is the order of the day.
Like how recession streamlined processes in many industries by making efficiency the key, recession has brought in lean construction into the construction industry that had for a long time required such check!
Lean construction refers to streamlined and efficient construction operations and construction enterprise management arrangements that make construction process more robust.
Lean construction concept brings with it,
Shorter construction periods
Improved designs
Reduced costs, less waste
Improved safety and health
Improved quality, fewer defects
Productivity gains
Satisfied customers :)
Next, we'll see more on this.
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