LEAN Adaptive Construction Drives Significantly Improved Outcomes. LEAN construction delivery methods are process-centric solutions proven to consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, and construction projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget.
“Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better.” – W. Edwards Deming
LEAN Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, for major new construction and LEAN Job Order Contracting, JOC, for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction, are proven solutions that are readily available to real property owners that have the requisite levels of leadership and competency.
Real property owners must lead the effort to motivate their internal and external teams to focus upon BEST VALUE OUTCOMES for all participants, throughout the physical infrastructure life-cycle.
Integrated procurement and construction contracts, complete with Operations Manuals/Execution Plans and a Common Data Environment (CDE) drive success and embody the following characteristics/requirements:
- Focus upon best value outcomes
- Required collaboration – LEAN processes
- Common data environment, CDE – Including locally research detailed line item cost data with tasks described in “plain English” and organized in a standard data architecture
- Mutual respect/trust
- Shared risk/reward
- Long-term mutually beneficial agreements
- Oversight without excessive control
- Required initial and ongoing training
- Continuous improvement
- Enabling cloud technology
