Industrialized Construction Forum May 18, 2016
IndustrializedConstruction Forum
May 18, 2016
Jerker (Jerry) Lessing• Visiting lecturer at Stanford 2016• Director of R&D at BoKlok (Skanska + IKEA)• PhD from Lund University• Backgound: Advisor to building
companies, Consultant and managingR&D projects
• Worked with IC for 15 years
A need to change our industry
• ”All projects are unique”• Unique technical solutions• Unique teams• Unique production methods• Unique supply chains
• Low predictability• Low profitability• Low sustainability
Weather exposure
Production facility?
Sustainability
Supply chain management
Production methods
Safety issuesEfficiency issues
Menlo Park, CAExclusive house-building?
A few miles away…-This is developed!
Potential for
innovation!Jerker Lessing, April 2016
Industrialization
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Prefabrication
Automation
Factory production
Assembly
Standardized processes
Materials handling
Digitalization
Building systems
Standardized technology
Prefabrication
Automation
Factory production
Assembly
Standardized processes
Materials handling
Digitalization
Building systems
Standardized technology
INTEGRATION
J. Lessing
• The concept is complex
• Several aspects need to be integrated
• Continuity is the key!•Technology•Processes•Relations
A model for industrialization
Lessing (2006)
Platforms for increased continuityInspiration from other industriesProduct platforms enable a technological structureConfiguration instead of project-unique design!
Platforms for increased continuity
DesignPlanning Manufacture Assembly
Sitework
Groundworks
Specific building project
Integration
Lessing (2006)
Knowledge flow
Development of Technical platform
Development of Process platform
Jerker Lessing, April 2016
Development of Technical platform
Development of Process platform
Project X1
Project X2
Project Y1
Project Y2
The projects are part of a continuous process
1.0 2.0
Jerker Lessing, April 2016
Key word:
Continuity• Technology and Systems
• Process and methods• Team and relations
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Industrialized construction in Sweden• Sweden is leading globally in
industrialized construction concepts
• Single-family houses follow a long industrial history and 80 % are built with industrialized methods
• 20% of the multi-family residential buildings are built with industrialized construction methods
Industrialized construction in Sweden• Industrialization is on the agenda
in companies, in academia and at authorities
• Production methods• Platform development• Business models
Industrialized Construction at Stanford• Industrialized Construction course
(third time)• 24 students, 14 nationalities• Close collaboration with companies• Study trip to Sweden
Sweden
International impact
Sweden
China
Lebanon
Phillipines
Mexico
Venezuela
India
Indonesia
ColombiaUSADom. Rep
CanadaCosta Rica
Study trip to Sweden in 2014Planned also for 2016
Active knowledge transfer!Ideas grow when people meet!
- That’s why we are here today!
Today’s program• Sweden’s recipe for industrialized construction Prof Lars Stehn,
Luleå University of Technology
• Further development of industrialized construction Ast Prof Niclas Andersson, Malmö University
• IKEA’s and Skanska’s house-building company: BoKlok Lars Gath, VP BoKlok
• BONE Structure: Innovative technology for high-quality house-building, Charles Bovet
• Project Frog: Platforms for building schools, data centers and medical buildings, Mike Eggers
• The CORE: Modular approach for sustanable and scalable house-building, Derek Ouyang
• Reflections, Jerker Lessing
• Panel discussion
• Networking, wine and chesse
Reflections
May 18, 2016
Platform, System, Product
• Choice of platform strategyaffects process structure and organization
• The business model changeswith the platform strategy
• Difference in offer and company role
Opportunities• Product-orientation enables
high design value (customer appreciation)
• Specialization gives high efficiency through optimized production systems
• Product offering companies are not contractors
• New business models!
Opportunities• Scalability!
• Sustainability!
• Continuity!
• Profitability
• “Productability”
Thank you!
May 18, 2016