The demand for single and multi-trade prefabrication continues to rise as Owners, GCs, and Trade Partners seek to realize the efficiency, quality, cost and schedule benefits of Industrialized Construction.  ICG’s Industrialized Construction Maturity Assessment (ICMA) data suggest that many leading prefabricators still face challenges with line layout optimization, material flow, and workload balancing – especially in a multi-trade environment.  Enter Discreet Event Simulation – a potent tool from manufacturing ready to help the construction industry tackle these challenges.

Discrete-event simulation has been a cornerstone in the manufacturing sector, offering an unparalleled ability to optimize production systems, test new ideas and new methods, and identify and mitigate risks.  This learning and case study-based presentation showcases the transformative potential of simulation in prefab, offering insights into achieving optimized production planning (pre-construction), fabrication, materials management, and installation sequencing.

Key takeaways and practical applications you can expect:

• Explore Discreet Event Simulation applications to construction – including plant layout, production sequencing, and more.
• Understand how to leverage simulation to see process pitfalls and test out ideas to optimize performance – before we start building.
• Hear real examples of how Simulation helped to break through entrenched mindset – shifting conversations from “that won’t work” to “what if we tried this?”
• See real production results realized by construction teams who shifted from batch production to single-piece flow – guided by discreet-event simulation.
• Explore why this potent tool remains underutilized within the construction industry and how to change that!