According to a study by the consulting firm FMI Corporation,”projects carried out with prefabricated products have almost tripled from 2010 to 2016″ and contractors will double their investment in prefabricated products over the next five years.
A trend that is not only the initiative of companies in the AECO sector, but is also supported by technology companies dedicated to the digitization of the sector: BIM, CAD and manufacturing techniques that improve efficiency, costs and quality.
In recent days, Autodesk has invested in a startup (ManufacturingOn) dedicated to streamlining and managing the prefabricated supply chain. Thus, the AECO industry is moving towards industrialization and towards software that centralizes tasks. In the case of ManufactOn, it is a collaborative platform capable of managing the production materials, prefabricated, and supply chain of construction. It is software in the cloud that can be accessed from different devices and allows all the agents involved in the chain to be in contact and supervise the project.
The aim of the startup is to integrate its software with those dedicated to BIM so that users can see the items and orders within BIM 360 Docs, as they will be linked to the ManufacturingOn system so that users can track prefabricated products within the supply chain.
Finally, the final idea is that users can obtain the prefabrication plan of the elements and how to produce them.
Today, the construction sector is seen as an industry with a very high risk for such a low margin. The trend towards industrialization means that the work that is done, by moving it to an enclosed place such as a factory or workshop, can be controlled more and the time and cost margins are more predictable and safer.
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