e-Builder Construction Management Podcasts

This podcast highlights the BIM strategy developed for UTSW to address typical construction problems and avoid costly overruns and schedule delays on an $800 million fast-track project.

This podcast focuses on the challenges of enabling an efficient reporting process that provides capital project owners with visibility into key performance indicators.

This podcast features Mr. Guillermo Ramos, Director of CIP at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In this interview Mr. Ramos talks about the risks of managing the change process in construction using Excel, and some of the benefits achieved by using an integrated project management system.

In this podcast, Kip Edwards, VP Design and Construction at Banner Health, shares his expertise on the topic of capital project cost forecasting, and shares some quantifiable benefits achieved through an efficient process.

This podcast will focus on the Metropolitan Council’s approach to Project Controls in the delivery of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (CCLRT) project. The CCLRT project is an 11-mile corridor currently under construction with revenue service planned for 2014. We will explore best practices, strategies and lessons learned in establishing the Project Controls organization, developing systematic business processes, and employing technology to manage and mitigate risks.

The Project Controls unit, a seamless integration of agency and AECOM staff, was established early in the project. Key aspects of the Project Controls unit will be explored, including: organizational structure, resources, skill sets and responsibilities.

Change is inevitable; however, managing change through effective business processes has kept the CCLRT project on time and on budget. The Central Corridor Project Office (CCPO) established an initial baseline definition to measure changes against. As the project advanced, the baseline definition was refined through the evaluation of design alternatives and resolution of technical issues. Configuration management will be discussed as an effective means of controlling project scope creep.

The CCPO leveraged technology from e-Builder to support the Project Controls unit. In addition to scheduling and estimating software, the CCPO implemented e-Builder, a web-based capital project management system, to support collaboration and streamline business processes. The paper will review CCPO’s early challenges, successes after implementation and lessons learned.