Lean Construction Ireland Annual Book of Cases 2021 72 LPS Standard for Clancy • The LPS standard will be universal across all project teams going forward. • There is a training manual to support new employees using the standard in the future. • A company champion is in place to ensure engagement with, and education about, LPS is upheld going forward. Sustaining the LPS Standard • LPS maturity will be audited externally to monitor and continually benchmark the approach used.This will enable sharing of best practices going forward. Project Performance Metrics to Drive Continuous Improvement • Improved analysis of the executed fortnightly programme which can now gather PPC, reasons for variance, and constraints to aid project teams manage their sites. • An agreed company constraints log which will aid senior management review live projects and the constraints that site teams are finding.This is invaluable to the successful running of the business. • Data collection and analysis of information managed on our projects has furthermore been developed with an investment in Procore. Gaining real time analytics from inspections, checklists, and snags is again an enhancement to our LPS journey.This can be used to review across all projects and help senior management identify trends. Figure 2. Analysis from our ClancyWeeklyWork Plans Daily andWeekly Visual Management of Project Delivery • Improvements to our site LPS constraints board will aid our site teams work through common constraints and allow them to look-ahead in a more systematic way that is universal to all sites. • Improvements to our daily white board will ensure we get the maximum value from this daily activity and ensure site teams are completing the tasks as set out in the weekly work plan. Figure 3. Clancy Last Planner Constraints Board Leadership Coaching Capability • Education of senior management in order to guide site team implementation of the LPS standard within the company.This will be backed up by the LPS champion within Clancy, along with CLS as required. • Roadmap for training of middle management now that the benchmark Clancy LPS has been set, and using CLS to ensure that dedicated training is completed. Improved Efficiencies • Improved time efficiencies in carrying out the fortnightly programme for our last planners with an estimated time reduction of over 1.5 hours each week per site manager. • The removal of additional meetings from site team agendas to free up more time within each working week. Figure 4. Clancy Fortnightly Programme (including look back) Overall SeniorTeam Feedback During the workshop process over recent months, the LPS standards were trialled across all sites to agree the benchmark. From feedback, this process showed each site team that collaboration between site teams and the last planners was a very successful way to manage projects and instil a strong team working environment. Below are some of the comments received back from the senior team to describe the work completed to date and looking forward to the implementation and continuous improvement stages that lay ahead: • “The workshops and training to date have greatly enhanced the level and consistency of our service offering across all spectrums and is at the core of our pursuit of a better way.” • “The LPS is transforming Clancy’s approach on how we engage, collaborate, and deliver projects.” • “It will enable us to form an inspired, harmonious team early in the initiation stage across all disciplines, and set the expectations,demands, and responsibilities transparently from the outset.” • “These workshop sessions have helped tomould the process into a common operating environment that can be used throughout the organisation, on any of our worksites, by any of our construction management teams. I’m really looking forward to the next steps.” This feedback was furthermore confirmed by means of external audits carried out during the implementation trial period by CLS who noted considerable uptake with the benchmark LPS and were confident that the system implementation would be a success overall. Case 19
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