33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33) - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan - 2025

https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0287

Implementation of VDC in the Construction Stage of a Hospital: a Case Study

Adrian R. Gutiérrez Alvarez1, Ronald R. Nuñez Quispe2, Isaac M. Ccoyllar Escobar3, Mauricio A. Melgar-Morales4, Felipe M. Arteaga Linares5 & David A. Manrique Pacheco6

1Project Control Engineer at Costa del Sol S.A, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Lima, Peru, [email protected], orcid.org/ 0000-0002-1391-1546
2Junior Production Engineer at Cosapi, Peru, [email protected], orcid.org/0009-0006-0993-4442
3Student Researcher, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0003-3736-0993
4Student Researcher, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru, [email protected], orcid.org/0009-0007-6491-4134
5Project Manager at Cosapi, Lima, Peru, [email protected], orcid.org/0009-0009-4641-3058
6Production Engineer at Cosapi, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru, [email protected], orcid.org/0009-0001-4220-1439

Abstract

The construction industry faces a number of challenges, including cost increases, schedule delays, and dissatisfied customers. The Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) methodology has emerged as a response to this. However, there is a research gap on the applications and results of VDC specifically in hospital projects. This study focuses on how the implementation of VDC influenced the results of the hospital project in the construction phase and its monitoring through metrics, using on-site observations, document analysis, and unstructured interviews as sources of evidence. Among the results, a 22% reduction in the time for dismantling the tower crane was achieved, a 24% reduction in the time for constructing the structural shell, and a saving of 25,000-man hours in the formwork, steel, and concrete items. In addition, the safety goal of zero accidents was met.

Keywords

Hospital, Virtual Design and Construction, VDC, productivity, case study

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Alvarez, A. R. G., Quispe, R. R. N., Escobar, I. M. C., Melgar-Morales, M. A., Linares, F. M. A. & Pacheco, D. A. M.. (2025). Implementation of VDC in the Construction Stage of a Hospital: a Case Study. In Seppänen, O., Koskela, L., & Murata , K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33) (pp. 622–633). https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0287

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Alvarez, A. R. G., Quispe, R. R. N., Escobar, I. M. C., Melgar-Morales, M. A., Linares, F. M. A. & Pacheco, D. A. M.. (2025). Implementation of VDC in the Construction Stage of a Hospital: a Case Study. IGLC33. https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0287

 

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