This chapter highlights the challenges faced by the construction industry in America and discusses the potential benefits of adopting offsite construction methods. It emphasizes the need to improve productivity, reduce costs, and protect workers, and introduces the idea of combining traditional and new construction methods to address industry issues.
Most industries have become more productive over time. But not construction! We identify the causes — and possible solutions. (Can you say ... “prefab”?)
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- Vaughan Buckley, founder and C.E.O. of the Volumetric Building Companies.
- Carrie Sturts Dossick, professor of construction management at the University of Washington.
- Ed Glaeser, professor of economics and chair the economics department at Harvard University.
- Michael Hough, director of MJH Structural Engineers.
- Ivan Rupnik, professor of architecture at Northeastern University.
- Chad Syverson, professor of economics at the University of Chicago.