Driving Schedule through Teamwork

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Methods for staying ahead, anticipating future challenges By Josh Farr As a superintendent, there are three things that are completely non-negotiable on a job: creating a safe culture on the jobsite, ensuring customer satisfaction and meeting the schedule. For many, even the word “schedule” can evoke immediate feelings of stress as it can be one of the most obstacle-riddled parts of construction. What makes it that way, is how it ties into every decision a project team makes. When evaluating safety, there are countless opportunities to ensure safe work planning. While you’re digging into drawings and establishing your job flow, … Read more

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‘Lean’ by Example: 3 Tips from One Superintendent to Another

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How to implement commitment, buy-in from your team & subs By Tony Creed Those of us who follow Lean construction methods understand the value behind a full project team working in sync. When one contractor isn’t in sync, it can cause the whole process to stall. On the jobsite, your schedule is dependent on that non-Lean contractor. That can impact the bottom line for both companies, so any improvement to one is an improvement to all; however, you can’t force other contractors to follow Lean. Your best bet is to show them all the benefits through your own processes, easy-to-understand … Read more

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Pushing the Envelope to Deliver Iconic U.S. Olympic Museum in Colorado Springs

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By Sean O’Keefe Leaving a legacy often requires a lifelong fortitude of purpose and character that only the best among us can realize regardless of pursuit. In athletics, the pinnacle of success is that of an Olympic gold medalist, a champion among mankind. In construction and design, legacies may not be as easily quantified but once the truly spectacular is achieved it’s hard to overlook. When the new United States Olympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado opens to the public, it will add to the legacies of design architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and general contractor/construction manager GE Johnson Construction … Read more

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Interactive Programming, Design Process Key to Completion of Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being

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KAI Design & Build has completed construction of St. Louis, Missouri’s new $8.5-million Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being—a 21,272-square-foot facility providing meeting and office space for child advocates, civic leaders and community organizers dedicated to enhancing the well-being of at-risk children. Located in the Grand Center Arts District of St. Louis City, the facility was completed in December 2017. Since time was of the essence on the project, as the Deaconess Foundation’s lease at its previous office space was set to expire on Dec. 31, 2017, the organization chose to implement the project using the Design-Build delivery method with the … Read more

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Prefabricated Envelope, Utility Racks Add Speed & Safety to Hospital Project

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IMC Construction recently broke ground on a new $100-million hospital in Quakertown, Pennsylvania for St. Luke’s University Health Network. The builder is using a fairly new process on the 131,000-square-foot project that will save time and construction costs. “We are prefabricating the exterior envelope between the patient room headwalls and the exterior brick,” explained Art Brinkworth, P.E., healthcare project director for IMC Construction. “The ceiling utilities will be installed in racks and fabricated in a warehouse offsite while we’re putting the steel, concrete and the roof on. That will save a lot of time.” IMC is working with Worth & … Read more

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