Lean Construction Ireland Annual Book of Cases 2021 52 It was an easy headcount check thereafter to confirm personnel numbers within the defined zones. The control granted by theTakt Planning also facilitated the following: • Governing numbers of people within strict zones. • Monitoring progression through the zones of the trades. • Regulating the flow of material to and around site. • Permitting of works by zone. • Trade partner personnel forecasting. Figure 9. Project Milestones Achieved/Bettered An unforeseen benefit of theTakt Planning was witnessed during the Covid pandemic after the return to construction sites was permitted. The previously definedTakt Zones had personnel allocations that were easily revisited and revised to allow for new maximum occupancies to accommodate the social distancing requirements. Proof of the benefits ofTakt Planning can be seen in how we used it to specifically target the most critical milestones on our project with successful results in all cases.On a project that adopted a takeoff-site approach at the concept stage, the trade partners used the Takt process to further enable off-site modularisation even into the construction stage of the project. Testimonial “By creating this culture, we enabled the team, including the very important voices from key trades, to redesign the work to reduce waste and improve flow of information, decisions, fabrication, and work in the field.Takt became a foundation for everyone. By taking the time to plan together, from the bottom up, each trade learned how to better coordinate work among themselves. By resizing work and crews to optimise the whole project using Takt, we created a much better work flow.” (Executive Director, Global Engineering Solutions,MSD). Case 13
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