The Key to Success in Production Facility Construction Projects
Construction projects for production facilities face unique challenges, including strict regulations, advanced technical requirements, and evolving market needs. Overcoming these challenges and ensuring the project requires specialized knowledge and experience. This is where the “CM (Construction Management) method” becomes crucial. At CM Plus, we have successfully completed numerous projects using this method.
Definition of the CM Method
The CM (Construction Management) method involves a specialized construction manager who comprehensively manages everything from the overall planning to project execution, helping achieve project goals. By adopting this method, we enhance project transparency and minimize risks associated with meeting stringent quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Merits of the CM Method
Ensuring Transparency
At the inquiry stage, we confirm the validity of costs and schedules in relation to the required specifications.
In recent years, ensuring transparency has been strongly demanded in production facility construction projects. The CM method addresses this need by having experienced construction managers consolidate the client’s requirements and oversee project progress and costs. This approach ensures that all aspects are clear to stakeholders, resulting in high reliability and efficiency.
Reducing Project Risks
During the planning stage, we identify major risks and propose countermeasures through a comprehensive risk assessment.
In projects, it is crucial to make numerous latent problems and issues visible and minimize their impact on the project as much as possible. At CM Plus, we conduct risk management for quality, cost, and schedule from the initial stages of the project, reducing project risks and avoiding issues such as budget overruns and project delays.
Coordination Among Stakeholders
Construction managers manage the interests of all stakeholders from a neutral position to ensure smooth project execution.
Successful projects require close cooperation among many stakeholders, including designers, contractors, suppliers, and regulatory authorities. Construction managers coordinate these stakeholders to ensure the smooth progression of the project.
Characteristics of the CM Method
Technical Neutrality
At CM Plus, our construction managers support clients with of no vested interest in the project, focusing solely on achieving the client’s best interests.
Flexible Responsiveness
In recent years, the ability to rapidly adapt to evolving technologies and changing market needs has become essential for constructing production facilities. The CM method enables construction managers and designers with extensive experience and proven track records to flexibly and optimally select solutions that meet various requirements.
Pursuit of Overall Optimization
To acheive in a project, it is necessary to meet the three key goals; cost, quality, and schedule. However, projects often present conflicting challenges related to these three goals, making it difficult to choose the right solutions. In the CM method, construction managers maintain an overarching view of the project’s status, enabling them to propose solutions that balance these objectives and prioritize overall project success.
Keys to Success with the CM Method
Involvement at the Early Stage
A significant portion of the specifications and costs of a project are determined by the basic design stage. By employing a CM company that operates from the client’s perspective without vested interests during the conceptual, basic planning, and basic design stages, clients can clearly translate their requirements into plans and designs before going out for soliciting bids. This approach allows for cost-competitive proposals from bidders.
Selecting the Right CM Company
In factory construction, experience and accomplishments are critical, but expertise in the engineering of production equipment is also a crucial factor. Therefore, selecting a CM company with extensive experience in factory construction and strong expertise in production equipment is essential for success. CM Plus has conducted numerous construction projects both domestically and internationally. We have standardized the project management and design methods accumulated through these experiences to provide high-quality services consistently. Additionally, unlike most CM companies, we have an in-house engineering team specializing in production equipment, enabling us to plan facilities centered on production equipment and support the realization of highly productive factories.
Ensuring Transparency
To ensure project transparency, CM Plus consolidates client requirements and clarifies design specifications by completing up to the basic design. This approach ensures high transparency of proposal content and estimate details during the inquiry stage. We also evaluate the accuracy of estimates using our proprietary cost database accumulated from years of factory construction experience.
Communication with All Stakeholders
The success of a project depends on effective communication among all relevant stakeholders, including designers, contractors, suppliers, and regulatory authorities. Construction managers play a role in ensuring clear and consistent information sharing and coordination among these parties.
Conclusion
Adopting the CM method for production facilities construction enhances project transparency, reduces project risks, and facilitates smooth coordination among stakeholders, ultimately leading to project success. At CM Plus, our experienced and knowledgeable construction managers support the realization of our clients’ visions.
Please take advantage of our expertise and services as professionals in production facility construction.
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