Best value construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methods are readily available to virtually assure maximized environmental and economic returns on AEC, facilities management, and other physical infrastructure repair, renovation, or new construction projects.
Flawed-decision making process on the part of real property owners is the primary reason for the AECOO sectors legacy of waste.
Decision-making methods within LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery frameworks enable and assure full stakeholder (buyers, designers, builders, building users, FMers…) participation in early stages of the project considerations and support collaboration among previously conflicting sustainable criteria and adversarial team members.
Robust LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery and Job Order Contracting (1) Define the goal and review alternatives for reaching it in a detailed and fully transparent manner, (2) Establish priorities and goals within an environment of shared risk and reward (3) Follow defined processes and workflows to communicate and synthesize information and decisions and (4) Continuously check and improve upon the outcomes and proceses.
| FACTOR/PROCESS | LEAN | NOT LEAN |
| Outcomes | Life-cycle based | First-cost centric |
| Decision-making | Input from those using the result and those doing the work | Owner-centric, closed-door |
| Information access | Full visualization and transparency throughout process | Silo-based information access |
| Documentation | Full document management system tracking current information and all revision – Centralized cloud-based access. | Paper-based, and/or email-centric |
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