31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 31) - Lille, France - 2023

https://doi.org/10.24928/2023/0254

Investigation of the Supply Chain of Mass Timber Systems

Rafael V. Coelho1, Aaron K. Anderson2 & Iris D. Tommelein3

1PhD Candidate, Civil and Envir. Eng. Dept. and Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0003-3298-3622
2Director of Innovation, Swinerton Inc., San Diego, CA, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/0000- 0003-2307-8516
3Distinguished Professor, Civil and Envir. Eng. Dept., Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-9941-6596

Abstract

How well production systems and their supply chains are designed, configured, and managed affects the delivery of construction projects. Industrialized Construction (IC) and mass timber present a shift from traditional project delivery: they are reshaping existing supply chains and creating new ones within the construction industry. The rapidly increasing number of mass timber projects in North America and the emergence of mass timber supply chains bring the need to study and seek ways to design and improve the production systems that deliver customer value by means of such projects. Accordingly, this paper presents an exploratory case study that describes the characteristics of the mass timber supply chain in North America and the major steps in the process of designing and delivering a mass timber structural system for a multi-story residential building. In addition, we present a list of recommendations for designing and delivering mass timber systems.

Keywords

Mass timber, supply chain management, industrialized construction, off-site construction, production system design.

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Coelho, R. V. , Anderson, A. K. & Tommelein, I. D. 2023. Investigation of the Supply Chain of Mass Timber Systems, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) , 824-835. doi.org/10.24928/2023/0254

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