Greater focus is required upon Construction Project Delivery Leadership in the public sector.
Efficient management of the built environment is critical to the environment, economy, and our overall well being. Repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build activities however have been notoriously ill managed. Both formal and professional education have not prepared real property owners to address the basics of planning, procurement, and project delivery that enable the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build activities on-time and on-budget.
SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE
Collaborative information sharing, on an early and ongoing basis is a fundamental requirement. Owner and design-builder planning, procurement, and project delivery teams MUST work together within a common information environment and share clearly defined, mutually beneficial goals. Both technical and financial information MUST be shared at a granular level (i.e. locally researched detailed line item unit price information, inclusive of labor, material, and equipment subsets).
Until information is shared in the above manner there can be no significant improvement of the extreme levels of waste associated with architecture, engineering, construction, or operations of the build environment.
VISION
Methods, workflows, tools, and services are readily available to delivery exceptional value. Overall cost savings of 30%-40% are possible and achieved by better defined and clearly communicated work scopes, shorter project delivery times, and fewer change orders. Project delivery excellence and performance that deliver exceptional value all participants and stakeholders should be mandatory. It is a social responsibility that demands accountability for all public sector real property owners.
NEXT STEPS
- Do your homework! Research and learn about inclusive, collaborative methods
- Integrated internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams
- Emphasize education and leadership growth
- Leverage the knowledge of the actually doing the work
- Pilot robust LEAN methods (OpenJOC Job Order Contracting, and Integrated Project Delivery)
- Require a Common Data Environment (CDE) with foundational current locally researched granular cost data
- Build long term partnerships that encourage knowledge-sharing and synergistic outcomes
Knowledge management improvement would reduce systematic errors and yield significant improvements in project delivery.
