The Costs of Non-Industrialization

INDUSTRIALIZATION = IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY = LOWER COSTS

While other industries have significantly increased their productivity, the construction industry has seen its productivity decline considerably due to its heavy reliance on labor and on-site work, much of which involves a significant degree of improvisation.

Labor shortages, rising material costs, and low productivity are not inevitable. They are the symptoms of a model that has run its course.

The time has come to industrialize the construction sector, from the earliest stages of design through to the execution of the project.

Industrialization in the 21st century must move beyond the dimensional and modular coordination-along with the 20th-century catalog-based approach (which has not succeeded)-toward industrial coordination and a program-based approach, which should guide this new and definitive wave of industrialization.

This book is a reflection based on more than 20 years of experience in the industrialized construction sector, with over 200 completed projects. It is a book intended to help developers who need clarity regarding the business models for their projects; builders seeking to improve efficiency in terms of timelines and profit margins; architects who desire creative
freedom without compromising on quality and sustainability; public authorities in need of affordable, quality housing; students who sense that the sector must change; and all those who, when looking at a construction project, are certain that we can do much better.

What isn't measured isn't managed. And what isn't managed is wasted.

The Authors are a multidisciplinary team of professionals with many years of experience in architecture and industrialized construction engineering. Since 2009, driven by a desire to improve the sector's efficiency and productivity-and
ultimately to reduce costs-they have devoted countless hours to research and innovation in order to serve an industry
that was inevitably headed toward industrialization.

Begoña López Ferrer
Jose Luis Suárez Sierra
Jose Manuel Pisa Menéndez
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