ICG LED A WEBINAR ON REDUCING PREFAB PROJECT RISK USING DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION
- Barbara Hicks
- Oct 1, 2024
- 1 min read
On Tuesday, October 1, our own Coleton Callendar and Stephen Hayes, along with Autodesk's Hal Brothers, led a webinar as part of a series by Lean Construction Institute.
They spoke about how owners and project teams are increasingly using pop-up near-site prefabrication facilities to achieve improved outcomes. However, the promise of industrialized construction is not achieved simply by shifting the work off-site. Entering the prefab environment presents unique challenges, notably in line layout optimization, material flow, and workload balancing.
Easley and Rivers – in collaboration with ICG and powered by Autodesk FlexSim technology – learned to bring together craft expertise to mitigate these risks with tried-and-true lean manufacturing methods and industrial engineering best practices. By using discrete event simulation, the team has not only improved the reliability of delivery to the field, but also significantly enhanced production standards along the way.
