Lean Construction

A late drawing or a stalled document approval in solar EPC can paralyze procurement and construction downstream. In this article, Bernardo Etges shares a case study from two large solar projects in Brazil buff.ly/oMyc8LD

Most construction tech events are twenty minutes of vendor slides with a customer quote at the end. At the LeanConstruction+AI Virtual Summit the order is reversed. buff.ly/jD1IkHQ

One day. Four tracks: Preconstruction & Design, Planning & Production Control, Field Execution & Reality Capture, Owner & Builder Case Studies. An owner opens the day, a design-builder follows, and Respect for People closes it. buff.ly/jD1IkHQ #LeanConstruction

Most projects start with inspiring sketches and a budget everyone quietly hopes will hold. In this article, Tom Richert makes the case for designing to the target, not to the hope. buff.ly/2XlWsTZ

[Upstream] Most teams find their worst problems in the rear-view mirror, once they're expensive to fix. In this Upstream episode, Dean Reed discusses with Ed Beck why leaders should inspire Lean rather than delegate it buff.ly/6Z7XQWL

Catch an MEP clash after the duct is already hung and someone climbs the ladder twice — and the team eats the rework. In this article, Gautham Prasad shows how augmented reality turns field verification into a quick tablet check. buff.ly/W8WAfPW

[Upstream] On a jobsite, you know whether you're on track — cost and schedule tell you. In the design phase, where you actually have the most leverage over the outcome, that signal goes fuzzy. buff.ly/0Idy2fO