Contractors want to use more off-site techniques on projects to boost efficiency and productivity and save costs. Prefabrication isn’t always the right fit, but the technique is rapidly being adopted across construction projects. One of the critical challenges for preconstruction teams, design teams, and clients is identifying prefab opportunities for their construction projects. Prefab refers […]
8 Safety Advantages of Prefabrication and Modular Construction
Every week should be national construction safety week in construction. With safety being a constant issue in construction, it’s important to understand how modular construction, prefabrication, and offsite construction provide numerous advantages to construction companies seeking ways to make their projects safer. Prefabrication and modular construction are techniques from manufacturing utilized to improve construction processes and […]
Everything you need to know about Electrical Prefabrication
Although prefabrication strategies have been utilized in construction for quite a long time, they are fairly new to the electrical industry. Modular construction, building offsite, and assembly on the jobsite connect components in a warehouse or facility before delivering partially or finished parts to the jobsite for installation. Working in a controlled environment has many […]
Bad Construction Data Costs Industry $1.8 Trillion Worldwide
Autodesk and FMI Consulting released a study on Sept. 14, 2021 on the prevalence of construction data usage and the losses resulting from data errors. It estimates that bad data in 2020 may have caused $1.8 trillion in losses worldwide and was potentially responsible for 14% of avoidable rework, amounting to $88 billion in costs. […]
3 Keys on why Prefabrication is Improving Production in Construction
Before diving into the best practices and benefits around Prefabrication, it’s important to understand what it entails. Prefabrication refers to fabricating assemblies (components of a building) in a controlled factory setting. From whole buildings or rooms to much smaller elements, buildings are becoming increasingly constructed off-site in secure facilities and then transported to the job site for […]
7 Keys for Maximizing Fabrication Shop Performance
Fabrication managers have an essential and intricate job. They must ensure an efficient flow of work going in and out of the fabrication facility to the jobsite. The shop’s floor layout, timely order fulfillment, and many other procedures are common challenges for fabrication managers, requiring maximum optimization and efficiency. In addition, it requires a strong […]
What are the Top 10 disruptions reshaping Construction
The construction industry and its broader ecosystem erect buildings, infrastructure, and industrial structures, creating the foundation of our lives and economies. It has successfully delivered unique, challenging projects, from skyscrapers to undersea tunnels. However, the construction industry has underperformed for an extended period in many regards. The COVID-19 pandemic and high inflation for materials may […]
The Rise of Prefabrication in Construction
Many owners and developers are beginning to incorporate pre-assembly and prefabrication processes into their construction projects rather than a more conventional approach. With prefabrication and pre-assembly, the construction firm will set up a particular commercial space (fabrication shop) to prefabricate and assemble materials readied for the jobsite. Examples include pre-poured slabs, pre-assembled modular walls, […]
What is offsite construction?
For decades, the construction industry has been contending with an aging workforce, extended labor shortages, lack of innovation, and narrow profit margins. So it’s no surprise that, on average, large construction projects tend to be 80% over budget and take 20% longer to complete than estimated. This issue has ignited interest in adopting offsite construction methods. […]
Electrical Prefabrication is here. Why it’s Important?
Electrical prefabrication is rapidly taking shape in the construction industry. Like other construction industry areas, the need to increase productivity and reduce costs without sacrificing quality drives prefabrication to become popular in the U.S. electrical industry. As a result, there has been a rise in prefabrication and modular construction methods, with growing evidence in productivity improvements, […]
