The consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to everyone’s satisfaction is routine for facilities management professionals with appropriate leadership skills and competency.
LEAN construction delivery systems assure high performance and full financial visibility. Successful implementation, however, requires the integration of new managerial operating approaches. Put another way, people, processes, information, and technology must be implemented in ways significantly different from traditional project delivery methods such as design-bid-build and design build.
The focus of LEAN construction delivery methods such ad Integrated Project Delivery and the OpenJOC LEAN Solution(TM) is upon best value outcomes for all participants and stakeholders.
WHAT IS A PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEM
A project delivery system is process used for the planning, procurement, and execution a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction activities. It spans multiple disciplines and knowledge domains. Characteristics of optimal project delivery systems include… 1. Mandatory early and ongoing cross-functional discovery and collaboration among all participants. 2. Common data environment, including a locally researched unit price detailed unit price book organized using CSI Masterformat. 3. Long-term relationships built upon mutual trust and respect. 4. Shared risk/reward. 5. Written multi-party agreements with associated operations manuals / execution guides. 6. LEAN processes and workflows. 7. Supporting technology. 8. Key performance metrics.
LEAN construction project delivery optimizes the arrangement of relationships among the various parties involved in the planning, procurement, and construction phases Both the the scope and distribution of responsibility and risk are fully defined and shared. Focus is upon efficient delivery to the owner. Workflows, timing and sequencing, acceptance criteria, are all fully documented.
