Securing and sustaining skills, productivity and performance Securing and sustaining skills, productivity and performance Terry Lazenby MBE Chairman, ECITB Changing to Compete Review of Productivity and Skills in UK Engineering Construction Full report downloadable from www.bis.gov.uk
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Securing and sustaining skills, productivity and performance
Success Factors for Good On-site Productivity
1. Having a clear scope of work that once established remains fixed
2. A complete design that has also taken into account ease of construction factors and
future maintenance requirements3. Effective control of prefabricated components (design through to manufacture) to ensureno need for site re-work because of either design or manufacturing mistakes
4. Ensuring ease of access to the work site for people and equipment and avoidance ofdelays caused by from such procedures as permit to work requirements (especially truefor R&M in or near live plant)
5. Once work is authorised, leadership and supervision of the on-site teams to maintain
work flow – there needs to be a stable supervisor group with strong links with thesite/project management team
6. Ensuring the individuals doing the work have the necessary skills and competences(including safety behaviours) for the task(s) at hand to ensure timely and qualitycompletion
7. Ensuring that the team or individuals are appropriately motivated to meet the required
performance levels for delivery on schedule, quality and cost
Securing and sustaining skills, productivity and performance
Success Factors for Good On-site Productivity
8. Ensuring that the client expectations are both realistic and managed via effectivecommunication from the site management team and that changes to scope or designwhilst construction is underway are avoided
9. Ensuring that if changes are required, there is an effective system of change controlthat includes rapid assessment of the cost and schedule impact
10. Ensuring that the plan and expectations are appropriate for the nature of the work.There are marked differences between repair and maintenance and new build andthese need to be fully understood by all parties. Effective site organisation andcoordination of materials and people is critical
11. Ensuring that the team has the right culture and attitude to minimise non productivetime and not to allow the client to set an unrealistic schedule in an attempt to energisethe team to unachievable goals – ultimately these issues usually combine to givedissatisfaction all round – client – contractor - workforce
12. A partnership approach between client-contractor and sub contractors has beenproven to be successful by reducing silo behaviour and ensuring designs andconstruction flows smoothly. (Recent market behaviour has been moving away from
Securing and sustaining skills, productivity and performance
Success Factors for Good On-site Productivity
13. Ensuring that the forms of contract are appropriate for the level of definition and scope
of work (for each work packet). A fixed price contract is not usually correct when there
is a low level of detail, when risks cannot be correctly assessed and mitigated14. Ensuring that there is an effective approach to risk identification and management
which is closely linked to ensuring effective project control processes to give good
management information and early warning of deviations (for mitigation) and success