Digital Lean Construction

要实现加拿大到2050年减少温室气体排放的目标，就需要向能够向最终用户提供可靠能源流的净零能源发电技术过渡。加拿大强大的能源基础设施部门对实现这一目标至关重要，而建筑行业是实现这一目标的基础。能源基础设施项目的建设离不开建筑业，而一个富有生产力和竞争力的建筑业是加拿大追求减少温室气体排放的重要组成部分。然而，建筑业特有的问题限制了基础设施项目交付的效率。这些问题在很大程度上可以解释为，与其他通过数字和智能技术提高企业生产力的行业(如制造业及其著名的工业4.0（以技术为中心）和工业5.0（以人为中心）转型相比，建筑行业采用数字和智能技术的速度较慢。为了确保加拿大能源项目的竞争力和成功，工程师和从业人员需要在设计、规划和建造能源基础设施方面取得进步。长期以来，建筑工程与管理研究一直侧重于将一套相对狭窄的研究方法应用于建筑工程问题。González博士和他的团队正在探索如何将社会、以人为中心的研究方法与新兴的数字技术和先进的数学、计算机建模驱动和基于生产理论的方法相结合，以克服目前限制建筑行业生产力提高的障碍。这种方法被称为数字化精益建筑（或精益建筑4.0），希望为建筑行业自身的数字化转型提供基础，从而提高该行业的绩效，从而提高加拿大能源基础设施部门的生产力、创新、质量和竞争力。

A transition to net-zero energy generation technologies that are capable of providing a reliable flow of energy to end users is required to realize Canada's goal of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A robust energy infrastructure sector in Canada is crucial for achieving this goal, and the construction industry is fundamental in bringing this goal to fruition.Energy infrastructure projects cannot be built without the construction industry, and a productive and competitive construction industry is an instrumental component in Canada's pursuit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, issues endemic to construction are limiting the productivity of infrastructure project delivery. These issues are largely explained by the slow adoption of digital and smart technologies by the construction sector in comparison to other industries that have boosted business productivity via digital and smart technologies, such as manufacturing and its well-known Industry 4.0 (technology-centric) and Industry 5.0 (human-centric) transformations. Advances in the way that engineers and practitioners design, plan, and build energy infrastructure will be needed to ensure the competitiveness and success of Canadian energy projects.Construction engineering and management research has long focused on the application of a relatively narrow set of research methods to issues in construction. Dr. González and his team are exploring how the integration of social, human-centric research methods with emerging digital technologies and advanced mathematical, computer modelling-driven, and production theory-based approaches can overcome barriers currently limiting productivity improvements in the construction sector. This approach, known as Digital Lean Construction (or Lean Construction 4.0), hopes to provide a foundation for the construction industry's own digital transformation that promises to boost the performance of this industry, in turn improving the productivity, innovation, quality, and competitiveness of Canada's energy infrastructure sector.