“Some changes are so slow that you don’t notice, others are so fast that they don’t notice you”.
Ashleigh Brilliant
LEAN Construction Delivery and supporting cloud-based technology is gradually transforming how we do business on a day-to-day basis.
Change your relationships
Change how you create, share, & reuse information
Change your outcomes
Those who seize the opportunity of change taking place will survive, evolve, thrive.
LEAN collaborative construction delivery, a common data environment, and supporting cloud-based technology profoundly change:
the teams work, and relationships between clients, vendors, and stakeholders,
how people and organizations are measured and compensated,
the tools that are used,
our work lives.
The role of LEAN Construction Delivery (through its key players: architects, engineers, surveyors, builders, managers, owners) is to support communication and cooperation, and drive optimal project outcomes on a consistent based using a robust, core programmatic process.
Technology should NEVER be the driver for decision-making. Focus upon technology is a costly distraction. Every organization must first assure a sound programmatic process that is alignment with its overall mission.
Take BIM for example, or more specifically the “M”. For the most part the “M for Modeling” and 3D visualization has been the sole focus and driver as opposed to the “M” for management. The latter has been neglected. Process should ALWAYS be the primary focus, and that’s exactly where LEAN comes into play.
Technology itself should be neutral but can, if effectively used to enable people accomplish their objectives more efficiently, support lower cost, consistent deployment of robust organizational processes, activities, and goals.
LEAN processes and principles t create a requisite environment of trust, transparency and accountability among all participants and stakeholders to achieve common. mutually beneficial goals.
The 4BT OpenJOCTM and OpenCostTM platforms support just that.
For example, open job order contacting, supported within the OpenJOC platform, can consistently delivery 90% or more of all repairs, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to everyone’s satisfaction. This is unheard of, and certainly not the case for the vast majority of AECOO community practitioners (architects, engineers, contractors, owners, operators/operations).
The 4BT-CE Building in Cloud system supports and embeds LEAN processes and shares and manages actionable information to drive better decision-making, compliance, and best value outcomes.
4BT-CE Building in the Cloud is accessible using a PC, or Tablet.
