Consistently Implementing Facilities Projects ON TIME and ON BUDGET isn’t “ROCKET SCIENCE”
Robust processes, tools, and support services are readily available to enable ANY organization to consistently delivery quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget.
The requirements are as follows:
#1 Owner leadership, commitment, competency, and accountability
#2 Robust process focused upon people achieving well defined, mutually beneficial goals within a positive environment.
#3 A common data environment (CDE) inclusive of current, actionable, granular construction task data organized using a standard data architecture (expanded CSI MasterFormat, expanded UNIFORMAT).
While many “partial solution” tools are available (Last Planner System (LPS), Critical Path Method (CPM), Kaizen, TVD, Poka Yoke, VSM, Takt time, Kanban, 5Whys, 5S, Andon, Jidoka, Gemba, JIT, Heijunka, Hoshin Kanri, Kaikaku, Kanban, Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA), TPM, …), systems thinking based solutions that integrate internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a common programmatic process and common data environment are needed to significantly reduce waste.
4BT OpenBuild and 4BT OpenJOC are the only integrated systems thinking based solutions available that incorporate all the requisite elements… and more.
Identify and engage champions and leaders.
Develop a written Execution Guide / Operations Manual that is integral to associated contracts.
Leverage a phased approach for all alliance partnerships and activities. Accept that not all participants will implement change at the same rate and the both learning and improvement are continuous.
Mandate initial and ongoing training for all participants and stakeholders.
Leverage appropriate technology to build and retain knowledge.
Acknowledge and leverage the experience of those actually doing the work.
