Project Production Management: Bigger Batches Create Longer Projects (Part 5)
Hal Macomber & Colin Milberg look at small batch production and its ability to significantly reduce the time to complete construction projects.
Collaborate with Lean Construction
Stay updated on lean principles and best practices. Explore project production management, takt, and other topics to help you on your lean construction journey.
Why Percent Promises Complete (PPC) is Critical To Construction Productivity
Data that is captured via the Percent Promises Complete (PPC) feature in Touchplan makes it apparent to all the members of a construction project team that various elements are being tracked allowing all to see any trends or issues and make changes to mitigate them.
Project Production Management: Delay’s Increase Exponentially as Utilization Increases (Part 4)
George Hunt & Hal Macomber take on how high utilization in the presence of high variation leads to project delays and the actions and countermeasures that can be taken.
Project Production Management: Bottlenecks Rule — Make it the Policy (Part 3)
Hal Macomber & Terri Erickson examine 5 types of bottlenecks that can be encountered on construction projects and how to best tame them.
College Students Prepare For Their First Construction Job With Hands-On ConTech Training
Touchplan partners with colleges and universities to provide real-world construction technology in the classroom
Project Production Management: Beware, Variation Compounds with Dependence! (Part 2)
Learn more about variation on your projects and five steps you can take to counteract it.
Flow Provides Focus for Project Production Management
Hal Macomber & George Hunt examine Product Production Management and will explain the key principles behind it and the power that pursuing flow via PPM has for project outcomes, profitability, and team health
Revisiting the Five Big Ideas Transforming the Design and Construction Industry: What Comes After the Five Big Ideas? (Part 10)
EVP Hal Macomber is joined by George Hunt as they look at Systems Thinking to address the challenges and change underway in the AEC industry.
Lean Construction Principles and Management
Learn about the application of lean construction principles and educational opportunities to advance your career.
Lean Construction Defined and How to Implement It
Uncover ways to get started with lean construction by learning how to implement lean construction thinking into your job site.
Revisiting the Five Big Ideas Transforming the Design and Construction Industry: Adopting the Five Big Ideas on Your CM/GC Projects (Part 9)
EVP Hal Macomber speaks with Layne Hess, Corporate Director of Planning, Scheduling & Lean at Jacobsen Construction, and how Layne led the company’s adoption of the Last Planner System of Production Control and the value it is bringing to the company’s project outcomes.
So You Want to be a Superintendent…Thoughts from a Touchplanner Who Worked in the Construction Industry
Andrew Piland takes us back to days as a superintendent for a major contractor and talks about how structure, with some added flexibility, can make the most of a jam-packed day on a construction site.