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CASE STUDIES > STRAITS CONSTRUCTION
STRAITS CONSTRUCTION
Remain relevant while the construction industry is rapidly changing by utilizing Lean PlanDo in your projects to constantly refine your capabilities and while achieving digitization in all your processes.
2.9%
Project cost saved through delay mitigation and avoidance by utlization of Lean PlanDo®.
25%
Increase in floor-floor construction cycle times through optimized flow between trades.
57%
Projected delay mitigated through collective involvement of all stakeholders.
Company
Straits constuction is celebrating 50 years of construction in 2019 and is an award-winning building construction company.
Headquarters
Singapore
Sector
General / Main Contractor
Sector Speciality
Creating and building environments where people thrive.
Website
www.straitsconstruction.com
The Challenges
Straits Construction partners with agencies and developers to construct extremely complex building projects in a fast tracked manner. Before Lean PlanDo, Straits faced the following challenges: 1. Faced challenges in site work due to mismanagement of information flow. 2. Delays were being caused by subcontractors and were not able to effectively establish project control. 3. Issues were hidden, and this led to delayed troubleshooting to arrest issues on time which caused delays to the project.
The Outcomes
After Straits adopted Lean PlanDo in their projects, the following improvements in project execution were seen. The advantages of using Lean PlanDo were: 1. Established collaborative control over the subcontractors to achieve smoother production processes on a weekly basis. 2. Clear objectives set to all the stakeholders and information flow was seamless through the digital tools thus boosting up the rate of progress weekly. 3. Transparency promoted collaboration which in-turn promoted proactive actions from the team which helped in avoiding many issues preventing delays.
Our Solutions
With the goal of delivering projects on-time and within budget, Lean PlanDo could address the challenges Straits Construction was facing through its Integrated approach to Lean project delivery: 1. Lean PlanDo allowed the Project managers to use the last planner system and the theory of constraints with the use of the sofware tools and effectively establish collaborative control. 2. Due to its effective use to manage the project, it helped in idenifying constraints and delays for proactively handling the issues. 3. Priorities and due dates of key activities were effectively identified and stakeholders were made accountable to meet the relable plans. 4. Subcontractors were trained and empowered to participate collaboratively to effectively achieve smoother production.
RECOVERING WITH MINIMUM LOSSES
A successful story of project recovery through Integrated Lean Project Delivery (ILPD) & collective team efforts.
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Practice collaborative planning and commitment by adopting Lean PlanDo as a management philosophy to drive the forward planning mindset all the way from the top to the bottom across your team.
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Sadiq Razali
“Lean PlanDo helps in planning better by identifying the constraints and crucial dates. We are of the view that, the more stakeholders there are in the Lean PlanDo team, the more effective it would be”
Dr. Mangesh G. Korgaonker
“Keeping pace with the current needs of the construction industry, NICMAR has acquired academic licence of Lean PlanDo and trained faculty to bring a paradigm shift in the AEC industry in India towards collaborative planning for enhanced productivity and performance of projects”
Laxana Naidu
“Lean PlanDo software uses lean principles and Last Planner® System methodology to make planning predictable and reliable. Adopting Lean PlanDo for projects in Malaysia will help to improve collaboration and commitment of project team to meet project demands. Construction companies can reduce waste in their operations and grow the margin with Lean PlanDo”
Han Sen Goh
“Lean PlanDo helps in planning better by identifying the constraints and crucial dates. Plans are more reliable and helps in reacting to challenges proactively”
Alan Ong
“Stakeholders at all levels – including contractors on the ground – need to be involved in planning and implementation, and Lean PlanDo promotes this through an open and decentralised approach. This gives every individual greater ownership over tasks and in turn higher motivation to carry them out”