Construction Brief.pdf

INDUSTRY DAY

CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING

LESSONS LEARNED

Presenter Presentation Notes JED AE/RE/QA Chief Briefs

15C0014 Repair Towers 867 & 868:

AGENDA

• Organization – Okinawa Area Office (Construction)

• Lessons Learned

• Safety

• Construction Schedule

• Quality Assurance

ORGANIZATION – OKINAWA AREA OFFICE

(CONSTRUCTION)

• Area Engineer

• Resident Engineer / Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO)

• Lead Project Engineer / Alternate ACO

• Project Engineer / Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

• Quality Assurance Representative

• Chief, Quality Assurance

• Technical support personnel

• Negotiation and Contract Admin support personnel

Presenter Presentation Notes Introduce the construction organization

LESSONS LEARNED - SAFETY

1) Near Miss Reporting is critical in tracking preventable safety mishaps and maintaining a healthy safety culture.

2) Continuously monitor for proper PPE and safety hazard controls.

3) Ensure there is competent and qualified personnel for all specific features of work such as scaffolding, fall protection, hazardous energy, electrical, confined spaces, etc.

4) Ensure you have appropriate safety coverage when expanding to multiple areas of construction

5) Ensure load handling equipment is properly inspected and that Critical Lift Plans and Standard Lift Plans are properly administered.

6) Fall from heights hazards will require proper mitigation. There will be minimal situations where PPE is the preferred safety method.

7) Demolition safety poses unique challenges.

8) Notify appropriate authorities when discovering environmental hazards

Presenter

Ensure your SSHO is keeping track of the smaller near misses and “good catch” safety deficiencies and letting the Corps know about these. Report them in your weekly and/or monthly coordination meetings.

LESSONS LEARNED – CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE

1) Establish Initial Project Schedule (baseline) within time frames required by contract. Requests for Time extensions require a time impact analysis. Maintenance of schedule monthly is critical to Contractor being able to properly justify time impacts.

2) Be detailed in developing realistic timetables and activity durations so the Government and Contractor can accurately track work progress and manage available resources efficiently to achieve timelines shared with stakeholders and mitigate delays.

3) Conduct regular project meetings as required to ensure timely information flow and accountability on action items.

4) Monitor weather, especially during typhoon season and schedule power outages and work accordingly.

5) Coordinate Work Clearance, Laydown Area, and Outage Requests with USACE and Kadena personnel.

Presenter

Realistic Baseline is critical to establishing goals and provides a roadmap on how the project will be completed within the CCD and meet the customer’s needs. The schedule is paramount to logical sequencing of construction, measuring progress, and forecasting probable effects to the CCDs due to changes, delays, etc.

LESSONS LEARNED – QUALITY ASSURANCE

1) Confirm product, equipment, labeling, and/or specific testing requirements with USACE and Installation Representatives as applicable

2) When reviewing product requirements, consider maintenance and life cycle costs to customer. Innovate and be creative by discussing opportunities to provide higher quality product at lower cost. Consider Value Engineering Change Proposals.

3) Check existing site conditions and review contract drawings early to confirm and report discrepancies and recommended solutions.

4) Follow Three Phase Inspection requirements as coordinated with USACE project team.

Presenter

-When reviewing product requirements, consider maintenance and life cycle costs to customer and when appropriate, propose use of local products for approval to satisfy requirements

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

Presenter

VIABILITY= The degree of chance that construction timetable and durations will succeed