Viewpoint For Projects (VFP)
LCI – Supply Chain Collaboration
Richard Harrison
Viewpoint for Projects
Senior Manager : Global Professional Services Team
Richard is one of the earliest members of the Viewpoint for Projects
team with 18 years experience in the construction collaboration
arena. He manages a team of 15 consultants globally in USA, UK, UAE
and Australia.
Trained as an Architect in England, Richard understands design
pressures to produce, issue, store, revise and retrieve information
easily and quickly.
PRINCE2 project management practitioner and twice Ironman
Triathlon finisher (Switzerland & Austria).
For further information on Viewpoint products and service
please call 0044 191 525 2400 or email:
[email protected]
Confession! I am not a LEAN expert
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More meat less fat
Not about cost, about value
Less waste
Just in time – rare is best
Perfection
Viewpoint for Projects and the supply chain
Traditional Communication
VFP Collaboration
Client
Contractor
Client
Contractor
Architect
SubContract
or
Engineer
Facilities
Manager
Supplier
Project
Manager
Architect
SubContract
or
Engineer
Facilities
Manager
Supplier
Project
Manager
Viewpoint for Projects is LEAN !
• Integrated Project Delivery
– As a CDE we provide full access to all information to all parties “single
source of project truth”. Full version control and auditability.
• Supply chain collaboration
– All parties having access and are visible to be found and contacted by
others : User Directory
• Continuous Improvement
– Permanent Record of project information and clear monitoring of
information flow, comment and approval : organized structure
• Last Planner meetings
– Workflows for approvals and notifications processes
• Document involvement
– Full integrated project delivery for all document types, BIM models and
DATA
• Plan - Work – Monitor
– Defining deliverables in the information planner, Workflows, Reporting,
Monitoring Tasks
Integrated Project Delivery
 As a CDE we provide full access to all
information to all parties “single source
of project truth”.
 Logical structure for the information.
 Full version control and auditability.
 Familiar, we all like windows explorer!!
 Cloud based
Supply Chain Collaboration
 All are visible to be found and
contacted by others
 User Directory
 Organisations List
Continuous Improvement
 Organised structure
 Permanent record of project
information
 Clear monitoring of information
flow, comment and approval
Continuous improvement
 Workflows
 Control and monitoring
 Comment and sign off
 Notifications processes
 Central and co-ordinated
 Scheduled
 Automated
Continuous Improvement
 Grouping:
 Fixed revision for reports /
tender
Continuous Improvement
 Grouping:
 Live revision for sub contract
packages
Remember the Feasibility Work Stage report!
Document involvement
 Full integrated project delivery for all document types
 BIM models (IFC format) review
Document involvement
 Full integrated project delivery for all document types
 BIM models (IFC format) review
 COBie DATA validation
Document involvement
 Model Viewing
 Commenting
 Integrated EIR, Execution plans and protocols
Plan – Work - Monitor
 Defining deliverables in the information planner
 Last Planner – weekly meetings to review and plan the future
Plan – Work - Monitor
 Defining deliverables in the information planner
 Last Planner – weekly meeting to review and plan the future
 Task Monitoring – Action list for effective management
Functionality Recap
 Project information repository – Common Data
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Environment
Supply chain directory
Central RFI task list
Information flow/process management: Workflow
BIM viewer, Information planner and information
validating including COBie data
Centralised Package management and automated
subcontractor issue
Efficient information issue
Lots of new
information
New information
slowly replaced
and overtaken by
revisions of exiting
information
New information
virtually stopped
just management of
revisions required
Traditional
Effort to
Manage the
flow of data
Automation
of issue
Viewpoint
Project duration - time
Questions
For further information on Viewpoint products and services
Call: 0044 191 525 2400 or
email: [email protected]
Information upload
Chain identifying a link
to another area.
Link to package
Properties show linked areas
Link to Scheduled Matrix Transmittal
Properties show issue data