A Lean Construction Common Data Environment is important to improving collaboration, quality, delivery times, and overall project satisfaction.
Job Order Contracting, JOC, and Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, the two most common LEAN construction delivery methods, both require a common data environment (CDE). A unit price book is an example of a common environment for JOC.
Here are a few considerations with respect to designing, using, and maintaining a CDE…
- Program/project information management roles and responsibilities.
- Overall information requirements – cost, technical specifications, maintenance requirements, granularity,
- Information delivery milestones and timelines – version control, update frequency
- Data architecture standard(s) / classification system (CSI Uniformat/Masterformat)
- Information production formats and standards – digital, PDF, print
- Procedures for adding new content
- Ownership/licensing issues