Facilities Management and Entropy

By peter.cholakis@verizon.netWhy LEAN Construction Matters

Facilities Management and Entropy –  Left unchecked disorder increases over time.  Energy disperses, and systems dissolve into chaos.

 

Entropy, Facilities Mangement, and the AECOO sector have more in common than they should.  

 

It’s well beyond time to stop running with the pack.  Where has that gotten us?

construction cost management

 

Certifications, traditional formal education, and professional training related to facilities life-cycle management and AECOO practices and practices have done little to address “Understanding and dealing with the concept of value.”

Virtually every other industrial sector has a grasp of the concept of value. Companies compete on a daily basis on offering varying value propositions.

 

The lack of a consistent understanding of value creates fundamentals barriers to effective communication and teamwork resulting in high levels of financial and environmental waste.

#1 Value-centric outcomes must be established and understood at a granular level by ALL participants and stakeholders early on and throughout the “construction life-cycle”.

 Value = ‘the most cost-effective way to reliably accomplish a function that will meet the user’s needs, desires, and expectation’. (Dell’Isola, 1997)

#2 Real propert owners must provide leadership, commitment, and a accountability for value definition and the overall planning, procurement, and project delivery process, with the support and collaboration of associated services providers.

#3 Deliverables must be defined at a granular “construction task level” using current, objective, and verifable information. Cost and techincal aspects must be fully transparent to all participants and stakeholders.

The lack of understanding of value in construction has resulted in the pervasive misperception of project Scope of Work  and indistinct roles, responsibilities, and required outpcomes acros disparate value-related disciplines.

via 4bt.us – Value creation throughout the whole life cycle of construction, repair, renovation, and maintenance.

Collaborative, multi-skilled team environment supported by owner leaership and accountability.  Process requires innovation and the involvement of stakeholders in the
development and execution of value propositions.

#construction #value #productivity #cost #management #costdata

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Organizational facilities management excellence is essential to realising value through managing risk and opportunity to achieve the desired balance of benefits, costs, risk and performance.