The invisible bottleneck in modular construction

Volve CEO and co-founder Herman Smith writes in Construction Business Outlook's recent edition on Modular and Prefabricated Construction on why most failures in industrialized construction don't happen in the factory. They happen before it.

The promise is clear. Factory efficiency, faster delivery, less waste on site. But design, procurement, and manufacturing commitments happen before there's a site to recover on. That changes what preconstruction has to be. Two capabilities define whether it succeeds.

🔹 Decision quality
🔹 Decision traceability

The absence of either is where most modular initiatives quietly fail.

Read the full article in Construction Business Outlook here 🔗