Interactive

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• Interactive
• Method for
• Measuring
• PRE-assembly and STandardisation
• benefit in construction

Christine Pasquire, Nick Blismas, Alistair Gibb
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Workshop Agenda

• 1030am Session 1
• Welcome
• Importance of Standardisation and Pre-assembly to
  the industry
• Context of the IMMPREST research project
• Toolkit Demonstration
• Lunch 1245-130

• Session 2
• Interactive Session (hands-on toolkit trial)
• Session 3
• Industrial users experiences (Turner and
  Townsend)
• Benefits of research to industrial collaborators
• The Way Forward (Future Research)
• 330pm Close

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The importance of pre-assembly

• ALAN CRANE
• Chairman
• Rethinking Construction

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Why Rethink Construction ?
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Rethinking Construction

• The Report
• - Commissioned by the Government
• The Scope
• - For improving the quality and efficiency of
  UK construction
• The Task Force
• - Led by Sir John Egan included only people
  from other industries

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Rethinking Construction

• Based its recommendations on tried and tested
  methods from other industries
• Set out a model for change and improvement

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Rethinking Construction a summary!
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Rethinking Construction objectives

• Promote innovation for Performance Improvement
• In Business Process
• In Procurement
• In People through Respect
• In the Product Components
• PROVE the CASE CHANGE THE CULTURE!

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PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

• Value, not Cost-
• It is not cheaper things that we want to possess
  but expensive things that cost a lot less
• Measurement
• If you do not know where you are, how will you
  get where you want to be?

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PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
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STANDARDISATION
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PRE-ASSEMBLY
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RETHINKING CONSTRUCTIONhas the evidence

• DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS in the last 3 years
• Represent 3 of industry output
• Have killed ZERO people- rather than 8
• Have reportable accidents 70 lower than official
  industry rate and 15 of real rate
• YET

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RETHINKING CONSTRUCTIONhas proven performance

• 30 better on Time and Cost predictability
• 32 better on Quality
• 29 higher productivity
• 33 higher Client satisfaction
• And 35 higher profitability

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COINCIDENCE?

• THAT
• Projects efficiently managed by committed, well
  educated trained challenging people working
  together achieve better business performance
• THAT
• Better business performance provides a happier,
  healthier, safer and more satisfying workplace

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RETHINKING CONSTRUCTIONhas proven performance

• Based on Demonstration
• Based on collaborative, clustering integrated
  teams attempting innovation
• But it needs to become the norm
• Simple tools for Simple People
• Available Now- IMMPREST

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What is IMMPREST?

• Interactive Model for Measurement of PRE-assembly
  and STandardisation benefit in construction.
• Measuring benefit helps to overcome barriers.

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IMMPREST overview

• Comprises 3 tools
• Toolkit A is information background
• Toolkit B operates at project strategy level
  focusing on the project drivers
• Toolkit C provides detailed elemental evaluation
  of benefit

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Benefits classified as

• Cost
• Time
• Quality
• Issues that are relatively well understood

• Health and Safety
• Sustainability
• Benefits from site activities
• Softer issues, often overlooked in evaluations.

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IMMPREST outputs

• A structured investigation of pertinent aspects
  of a project definition of project drivers
• What if..? simulations allowing comparison of
  alternatives.
• Risks are highlighted as are benefits along with
  what to do or not do
• The route taken to reach a decision is auditable
• Printed reports are available at every stage

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Who can use IMMPREST?

• Its main use is for evaluating design options
  principally by cost consultants
• Manufacturers will find it useful for marketing
• Project managers/contractors can use the outputs
  to assist risk management and site constraints
• Planners can use outputs to identify critical
  activities

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Other uses

• The need to define project drivers encourages a
  team approach to the project strategy
• The more the toolkit is used, the greater the
  potential to develop a comprehensive data base.
• The structured framework requires a more
  considered approach to knowledge management

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IMMPREST does not give you THE answer (not
appropriate or desirable for software to do this)
It helps the team develop the best answer
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Clients, industry and government working together
to improve UK construction
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Generally

• IMMPREST builds on earlier work and links closely
  to related research
• This forms an integrated effort to achieve real
  uptake of pre-assembly