- Articulate the benefits of LEAN facilities repair, renovation, and construction across the entire life-cycle.
- Pilot LEAN construction delivery methods (Job Order Contracting, Integrated Project Delivery…)
- Integrate internal and external teams (procurement, engineering, facilities management, designers, builders, building users…)
- Focus upon BEST VALUE OUTCOMES
- Develop quantitative key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor progress
- Implement common data environments (CDE), especially for repair, renovation, and construction task at the detailed line item level. Common terms and definitions and locally researched labor, material, and equipment costs should be used, as well as a standard data architecture (CSI MasterFormat-50 Division)
- Internal and externally communicate and market program requirements and benefits
- Leverage enabling cloud technology, however, don’t allow technology to be the “driver”
- Require early and ongoing collaboration of all participants and stakeholders. Note that this will require revising organizational culture, structures, processes, etc.
- Develop multi-party integrated collaborative contracts that leverage shared risk/reward, long-term relationships, fully defined roles/responsibilities/methods/deliverables, etc.
- Require initial, introductory, and advanced training on an ongoing basis for all participants
- Assure compliance with regulatory frameworks