Process improvement and automation in construction: Opposing or complementing approaches?

Koskela, LJ

Abstract

It is widely recognized that there must be wide-ranging changes in construction before automation can be
implemented in practice. On the other hand, the innovation rate of construction is rather low, and thus it is
unclear, how the steps necessary for automation could be realized. It is argued, that an insufficient attention to
process improvement is a major barrier to automation and other technological progress of construction.

Citation

Koskela, L. (1992, June). Process improvement and automation in construction: Opposing or complementing approaches?. Presented at The 9th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Tokyo, Japan

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: The 9th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction
• Conference Location: Tokyo, Japan
• Start Date: Jun 3, 1992
• End Date: Jun 5, 1992
• Publication Date: Jun 3, 1992
• Deposit Date: Jun 16, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Publisher URL: http://www.iaarc.org/
• Related Public URLs: http://www.iaarc.org/publications/proceedings_of_the_9th_isarc/process_improvement_and_automation_in_construction_opposing_or_complementing_approaches.html
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference