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The 8 wastes of lean construction

Fieldwire

We’ve outlined the cause and solution for all seven below, according to Lean literature, along with an eighth waste that’s emerging in the construction industry: 1) Transportation Transportation waste involves the unnecessary movement of materials or equipment. Optimize your inventory to reduce this type of waste.

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Supply Chain Challenges in 2023 & How to Overcome Them

Construction Marketing

The situation in 2023 The companies went through the 2022 challenges by selling through inventory and focusing on the working capital. Another factor that imposes challenges in the supply chain is the increased transportation prices. They faced stock shortages, backroads, and delays.

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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

Job Order Contracting

Base year GHG inventory is step one and determines your facilities carbon footprint, Step 2 is Reducing Carbon Footprint, Step 3 = Offset. Source building material, bricks, cement, aggregate and sand from the closest source to reduce the transport distance and related emissions. How to reduce the carbon footprint of a building?

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Talent and Tech: The Keys to Unlocking Prefabrication Success 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Material and resource logistics and management There are so many logistical factors involved in prefabrication. This isn't an easy lift; it's a complex orchestration that involves organizing and executing the transportation, storage, and handling of modular components.

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LIVEXCHANGE 2013: Tim Feemster Joins Business Facilities LiveXchange Speaker Lineup

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Tim Feemster, Senior Managing Director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. Tim Feemster, senior managing director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank , will be among the all-star list of guest speakers featured at the upcoming Business Facilities LiveXchange event.

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April Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

CFPM, chair of the Institute for Supply Management ™ Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. Inventories. ISM’s Non-Manufacturing Inventories Index grew in April for the third consecutive month. Of the total respondents in April, 26 percent indicated they do not have inventories or do not measure them.

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State of the Construction Industry: August Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

For example, paying attention to how AI applications help with transportation route optimization or inventory management in retail could prove useful when contractors do start looking more seriously at AI. The takeaway: AI in construction may realistically be a long way off, but it still looms on the horizon.