SCSI Autumn Conference

SCSI Autumn Conference 9^th November 2017 – Guest Speaker Andrew Gargan KMCS.

Innovation and your profession – Rethinking what you do for clients

 

Introduction

Speaking on behalf of KMCS and being a Project Director on large scale projects, it was my intention to cover in brief the tools and attitudes of our approach with our clients to support them to deliver their project goals.

This results in rethinking what we do for our clients. This presentation covers in brief what our service to our client is striving to achieve and deliver in a fast pace project environment on keeping the energy of the project moving in the right direction for all team members:

 

• Mindset and philosophies vs. traditional approaches
• ‘The way we work’ – changes in the last 5 years and how it is changing for the next 5 – How we manage information
• Embracing BIM and data gathering and collation for use in our day to day cost management and contract administration
• Streamlining and enabling data to produce accurate cash flows, forecasts and cost plans
• Change Management – Paramount to remain agile and flexible
• Fast pace interface with client and project teams
• Adapt quickly with work flows enabling cost management teams to do their job but remain ‘online’ with ‘client daily needs’ – aiding delivery of aggressive programme schedules

 

Innovation & Change Leadership

In order to implement innovative approaches to project administration and cost management we must build the right teams.

• Building teams to support and resource in delivering services to meet clients needs and requirements
• Fast paced projects need ‘boots on the ground’ – dedicated cost management teams for large scale projects
• Role and challenges – client delivery and team enthusiasm
• How? Give team members autonomy on their tasks – full ownership
• Train team to embrace client processes and protocols – long learning curve but worthwhile investment
• Access data in a more efficient and effective manner – BIM, SharePoint, Bluebeam, Excel Online to name but a few popular innovative platforms for sharing information

 

Cost Management Platforms KMCS engage with include:

• BIM with Virtual Reality (VR) just around the corner
• CostX
• Excel Live
• Live document SharePoint on all facets of information available on a project – Everchanging day to day
• Working groups & brainstorming on Facebook
• Workplace (Facebook platform)
• Collaborative approach. Not traditional. GC personnel, practice personnel and client personnel working on the same level and the same interactive platforms to share information and actions to gain the best outcome and a good result i.e. DELIVERY
• Using each other’s project knowledge to progress activities correctly and as efficiently as possible. TIME is king

 

Summary of views and thoughts include:

• Lead the charge
• Embrace technology
• Measure efficiently and store, collate and use the DATA!
• Pick your platforms carefully
• Collaborative approach
• Be flexible & agile to succeed