The recent innovation in construction technology has powered the rise of 360° reality capture, an exciting, AI-based solution that is helping builders of all sizes to create more efficient workflows, improve collaboration, and unlock new opportunities to reduce waste and build more sustainably. In honor of Earth Day, we wanted to share ways that builders can mitigate some of the environmental impacts of their projects through Lean construction practices.

The Lean Construction Institute defines Lean construction as a project delivery process that uses Lean methods of maximizing stakeholder value while reducing waste by emphasizing collaboration between teams on a project. The goal of Lean construction is to increase productivity, profits, and innovation in the industry.

Originally based on the principles of Lean manufacturing, Lean construction has evolved into a powerful way to deliver projects as efficiently as possible. By implementing Lean practices, project teams have a faster response time to conditions in the field, greater day-to-day control over how resources are allocated, and a more collaborative way of sequencing tasks for better flow. Teams that apply lean principles aim to avoid the “8 wastes,” which are: transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, overprocessing, defects, and skills. In order to avoid these wastes, leading builders are using best practices and emerging technologies like reality capture to collaborate more effectively, avoid rework and destructive investigations, build with greater efficiency, reduce travel, and more.

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