Why It’s Time to Forget The Sticky Notes & Maximize Wall Space
Former project superintendent Andrew Piland explains the value gained by taking the stickies off the wall and moving them to a digital space.
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Project Production Management: Use Non-Repetitive Work for Your First Takt Plan (Part 8)
George Hunt & Hal Macomber show how to develop a Takt plan for non-repetitive work
Project Production Management: Pace Construction to Bring Sanity to Your Construction Project (Part 7)
George Hunt & Hal Macomber discuss “Takt” and the value it can deliver as part of the construction planning process
Project Production Management: Flow When You Can — Pull When You Can’t — Stop Pushing (Part 6)
Hal Macomber & Adam Hoots discuss the laws of production and the consequences that can happen when we ignore, do not understand, or are oblivious to them.
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Getting Started with Predictive Analytics in Construction
Discover how construction technology helps teams work on projects more efficiently and effectively with data analytics.
Pull Planning Lean Construction Practice vs CPM
Learn about the difference between Pull Planning and Critical Path Method (CPM) and how to identify problems to find solutions.
How to Improve Construction Efficiency
Learn about resources and tools to better understand and improve efficiency, productivity, and quality control in construction.
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.
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.