Elevate Construction

Ep.289 - Prefabricate Everything! - Integrated Production Control System Series


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If you can't draw it, you can't build it, and that one principle is the foundation of why prefabrication changes everything on a project site. In this episode, Jason Schroeder breaks down why prefabricating as much as possible is one of the most powerful moves a project team can make, from protecting workers by creating safer and more stable environments to finding coordination problems before they ever impact the work in the field. This is a challenge to stop tolerating stick-built as the default and start treating prefabrication as the standard.

What you'll learn in this episode:

  • Why the two non-negotiable reasons to prefabricate are worker safety and early problem detection through coordination
  • How to use BIM coordination, typical prefab, advanced prefabrication and room kitting as a layered system on your project
  • Why the rule should be that everything is prefabricated and stick-built work is by permission only
  • How prefabrication enables Takt to move faster by turning field assembly into a predictable, flow-driven process like putting Legos together
  • Why thinking outside the box on prefabrication, even when it looks counterintuitive, consistently produces fewer defects and shorter schedules

When you prefabricate as much as possible, you are not just improving production; you are protecting the people doing the work.

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Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg

· LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt

· LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured

· LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw

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