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Introduction
Industry Success
Live Demo
Q&A
Janet Poses, Aconex
Roger Gagnier, AECOM
Mark Smith, Aconex
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Agenda
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Industry landscape
• Baseline – what is the starting point and where to from here?
• Proactive monitoring – using data to look ahead
• Accessible and actionable – data to manage performance
Top 3 ways data reduces review cycles
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• The right information for your project
• Accessibility of complete project-wide data
• Up to date information
• Usable format that doesn’t take hours of analysis
Challenges
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Background
• 29 years in the AEC industry
• 25 years with AECOM
• 29 years in transportation infrastructure
• Roles
– Integration Manager on GLX
– Technical Design Lead on Eglinton Crosstown Launch Pit
– Construction Manager on Silver Line III
• Accomplishments
– BS in Civil Engineering
– MS in Construction Management
– Registered Engineer in the State of MA
– Constructech 2015 Vision Award Gold Winner
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Project examples
Specialization in underground and light rail
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
– GLX
• 4 miles of new track
• 7 new stations
• New maintenance facility
– Silver Line II
• South Station in Dewey Square
• World Trade Center station
• Ground freezing NATM tunnel - Russia wharf
– Silver Line III
• China Town station
• Boylston station
• A mile of cut and cover tunnel
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• Producing a quality product
• Operational and technical excellence
• Reduce risk and liability
• Safety
• Profitability
• Client satisfaction
• Repeat business
• #1 in ENR‘s “Top 500 Design Firms”
• 7 continents
• 150+ countries
• 90,000 employees
• US$18B revenue
About
Goals
AECOM
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• Project size and complexity
• Standardizing processes across projects
– Different geographies
– Varying roles
– Contract types
• Distributed project teams
• Varying client requirements
• Differing regulatory/ compliance requirements
Challenges to accomplishing these goals
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• Cross organizational system
• Centralized document management
• Standardized processes: RFIs, submittals, reviews
• Real time tracking and reporting
Processes standardized and easily mapped into Aconex
How we solved those challenges with Aconex
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Old school Construction Phase Services was a very labor intensive process
• Multiple copies required for each submittal - all processed by hand
• Reviewing time was lost in processing
• Manual transferring review comments and marks ups
• Response times are difficult to achieve
• Status tracking was done on spreadsheets
• Risk and liability were high due to manually transferring comments
• Processes were not consistent enough to set a baseline
• There was no project-wide system to alert us to potential issues
• Lack of insight made us difficult for us to improve project to project
Original manual process
Construction phase services
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Today’s Construction Phase Services using Aconex is streamlined
• There is one file in the system - not multiple copies
• The workflows keep the submittal moving through the review cycle
• The reviewer places the comments on the submittal directly
• The reviews are performed at the highest level of accuracy possible
• The system keeps track of all statuses
• Tracked performance and set aggressive/attainable goals
• Automated alerts let me proactively manage review cycles
• 100% visibility highlights potential issues
Aconex process
Construction phase services
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• Quality product
– Reduced errors
– Better decisions
• Client satisfaction
– Accurate and timely design reviews
– Up to date project reporting
• Profit
– Valuable engineering time saved - accurate and efficient review cycles
– Fast turnaround on RFIs and submittals help avoid idle crews
• Reduce risk and liability
– Accuracy and efficacy of reviews
– Clear record of a documents and communication
• Repeat business
The last job worked on is the job your client will remember
Profit
Benefits achieved
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REDUCED
HEADCOUNT
AfterBefore
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Contract & Certification Managers(No. of Staff p/a)
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REDUCED
SUBMITTAL TIME
AfterBefore
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Submittal turnaround time (Days)
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3X FASTER
FASTER SEARCH
TIMES
Document Retrieval
Delivering measurable value and ROI gains across the project
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• Baseline workflows
– Standardize processes and set cycle times
– Fast, accurate, consistent distribution and reviews
• Proactive monitoring
– Transparency provides accountability
– Visibility highlights potential issues early
• Managing by information
– Reporting
– At a glance information I could act on
3 ways AECOM uses data to reduce cycle times
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Field
Inspections
Connecting teams project-wide
OperateConstructDesignBidPlan
Document
Control
RFIs &
Change
Orders
Bidding &
Tenders
Workflows &
Approvals
BIM
Collaboration
Submittals Handover to
Operations
Cost
Management
Dashboards
& Reporting
API
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Subcontractor
Contractor
Engineer
PMClient
Consultant
Single secure platformRespects ownership of your data and decisions
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Scope Changes 40% reduction 10 Days6
Days
Dispute Management 22% reduction 9 Days 7
Days
Shop Drawings 43% reduction 7 Days4
Days
Design-reviews 50% reduction 8 Days4
Days
RFIs 50% reduction 6 Days3
Days
Driving productivity across the project lifecycleTypical cycle times: Aconex projects vs industry averages
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Specific Project Configuration
• Fast setup from pre-configured templates• Local, multi-lingual implementation teams• Unlimited training & support for all project participants
Business Unit & Model Flexibility
• Configurable platform supports BU needs• Supports full project lifecycle with flexibility for DBB, DB,
EPC, JVs, PPPs, etc.
Defined Enterprise Standards
• Standard workflows, terminology, document & mail classification
• Project and enterprise level reporting and insights drive continuous improvement
• Risk mitigation by corporate-wide best practice implementation
Control across the enterpriseBenefits of control and standardization, with flexibility
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Case study: International contractor enterprise portfolio performance
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Workflow & Mail Processes Mail Response Times
Workflow & Mail Processes
Enabling enterprise performance improvements
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• Workflows
• Searches and exports
• Reports and Insights
A live Aconex demo was presented. Visit aconex.com/Demo to see Aconex.
Demo: How data can help improve project productivity
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• Setting the baseline – data is configured to your process
• Proactive monitoring – time series based indicators and alerts
• Actionable information – dashboards provide insights at a glance
3 ways Aconex supports using data to help reduce review cycles
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Nine of the top 10 global EPCs
23 of ENR’s top 25 global design firms
Every Fortune 500 construction and engineering firm
More successful projects delivered than any other platform, industry-wide