Despite decades of innovation, construction remains trapped in a system driven by cost-plus and billable-hour compensation—structures that reward inefficiency and inflate labor demand. As a result, indirect and overhead costs now consume 80% of total project budgets, while actual construction work accounts for just 20%. This article unpacks how we got here and introduces a data-driven, performance-based alternative modeled after lean manufacturing’s success.
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