The pandemic has impacted not only our day-to-day lives but it is forcing us to reexamine long-accepted approaches to how collaborative delivery firms specify and procure materials and equipment for our projects. A global scarcity of shipping containers, skyrocketing shipping rates, clogged ports, and shortages of manufacturing components are driving firms to evolve their procurement approach to avoid long lead times and escalation charges.
Collaborative Delivery
Collaborative Project Delivery in Action: The Altoona Water Authority
Beyond simply being an alternative to the traditional design-bid-build method, collaborative project delivery offers wastewater utilities and authorities several benefits. Two of the most salient benefits of collaborative delivery are the flexibility it allows during the project development process and the performance guarantee it provides.
A New Perspective: Meeting in the Middle Through Collaboration
After 18 years working as a design engineer for a nationally recognized water consulting firm, I switched career paths to the other end of the spectrum: construction. I was not actively seeking a new position but accepted an invitation from a colleague to consider an opportunity with one of the country’s largest builders, Walsh Construction.
Document Control: An Essential Piece of a successful Collaborative Delivery project
In real estate, the mantra “location, location, location” means choosing the wrong site for a development could cost you dearly later. In construction, the same can be said for document control.
How Cost Transparency, Using Collaborative Delivery, Can Manage and Mitigate Escalation
It is well known that the economic conditions of the last few years presented enormous global challenges across multiple industries. Supply chains have been strained to their breaking point and costs of goods climbed to their highest levels.
Can Collaborative Delivery Help Owners Manage Market Volatility and Provide Cost Control?
Simply put, yes. The last two years plus have been remarkable in terms of dynamic and compounding events affecting the global supply chain, thus resulting in market uncertainty.
Helpful Preplanning Tips for a Collaborative Delivery Project
Collaborative delivery projects almost always begin with the project team having the mindset that the project will be completed safely, within budget, and on time.
Catch a Break: How to Reduce Construction Fatigue at Your Facility
My wife and I tell our guests to make themselves at home, but this can quickly go awry. Several years ago, with only two months until our first child was due, we decided to buy a fixer-upper and start a complete “gut and rebuild.”