Elevate Construction

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In this podcast we cover: Why personal and professional development is key Our desires shape our results Why the conditions on our project site are directly tied to our desires If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

In this podcast we cover: Change and why it is difficult How you can endure the hardships of change What it takes to make lasting change If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

In this podcast we cover: People and process The steps in people development How to fix problems in our culture If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Takt Planning & Integrated Control has not yet taken hold throughout the world like it should, and it needs to be empowered as the main scheduling tool to either replace the Critical Path Method or at a minimum, to hold it accountable and govern it. One of the main reasons the construction industry still typically produces projects behind schedule-with a crash landing at the end and with poor quality-is because we incentivize this with the variation, lack of transparency, and chaos that comes from CPM scheduling. It is time for this to stop, and Takt is the solution.

Scrum works well with Takt for complex areas like lobby, hoist erection, medical equipment, MEP renovations. The product owner populates backlog from Takt work steps. The team autonomously moves items from sprint backlog to in progress to complete. Last Planner integrates perfectly under Takt. Five levels: master, phase pull, make ready lookahead, weekly work, day planning. Elementary classroom clarity measures if a third grader understands the plan. Target is over 80 percent. Crash landing means compression ignored until damage is done. Team pushes harder, increases materials and workers, takes project out of flow. Controlled landing means compression recognized early. Flow is maintained. Worker counts stay consistent. Pushing only extends the end date. What you'll learn in this episode: Scrum steps: pick product and team, prioritize backlog from Takt work steps, daily standup, sprint review and retrospective Last Planner levels: master, phase pull, make ready lookahead, weekly work, day planning Takt KPIs that obey production laws: work completion ratio, flow consumption area, buffer ratios, elementary classroom clarity over 80 percent Crash landing causes: pushing, increased inventory, out of flow, firefighting mode, personal lives expendable Controlled landing: maintain flow, consistent worker counts, optimize sequences, shorten batches, increase capacity To recover you must focus on increasing system capacity not pushing work through limited capacity. If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊). Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels: · Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg · LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt · LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured · LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw

Detailing a CPM schedule at schematic design is not only a waste of time. It is useless, distracting, and irresponsible. Submitting a CPM schedule says we had one person detail this plan without team input and are now asking you to trust this person guessed what you want perfectly. Submitting a Takt plan says our team sketched out the simplest plan possible and we can quickly collaborate with you to accomplish your needs. Takt planning in schematic design is fast, nimble, and real time. Designers and stakeholders can learn to adjust the Takt plan themselves. This saves countless days redoing CPM schedules. Your scheduling department has more capacity to delight the owner in preconstruction. More time for constructability reviews, coordination, integration, design pull planning, cost estimation, target value design. What you'll learn in this episode: Why proposal with Takt shows wisdom: uses historical production rates and process analysis instead of guessing detailed logic without design The design development workflow: finalize strategy, identify constraints, perform Takt analysis, develop roadblock system, begin at 50 percent DD The three huddles: afternoon format for day planning, morning worker for entire site, crew preparation 15 to 25 minutes with pretask plans The five sections of integrated production control: plan, environment, accountability, continuous improvement, presumes respect and stability for workers What workers need to succeed: what building, how to install, where to put it, materials, equipment, clean environment, safe environment The Takt plan is one of your best referencing tools when managing a project. If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊). Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels: · Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg · LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt · LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured · LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw

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There are three levels of Takt plan development. Macro level is the process analysis where you create the overall Takt plan and identify preliminary zones, time, and sequences. Norm level is harmonization where resource leveling occurs, buffers are integrated, and work steps are created for each work package. Micro level is crucial and cannot be omitted. This is where you detail work packages to make work ready, create quality deliverables and standard work, and begin Takt control meetings. There are three ways to implement Takt. Total Takt management is the preferred method because you achieve flow in all directions: workflow, logistical flow, and trade flow. Excel is viable and recommended for getting familiar. Tacting is free and forces proper planning. Timoti integrates with Last Planner. Be skeptical of applications that do not follow production laws. What you'll learn in this episode: The three levels of Takt development: macro creates preliminary zones and sequences, norm adds work steps and buffers, micro details work packages and begins control meetings Why total Takt management is preferred over integrated control: total management achieves flow in workflow, logistical flow, and trade flow simultaneously The specific outputs at macro level: preliminary zones identified, preliminary time identified, sequences created by phase, phases networked with interdependence ties Why Excel is recommended for initial plans: easy to manipulate, everyone has access, thoroughly tested, less friction when learning Takt The warning about Last Planner applications: some tack on Takt as selling feature, applications must adapt to theory not the other way around Micro level planning is crucial and cannot be omitted from the system. If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊). Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels: · Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg · LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt · LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured · LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw

The current industry approach is chaos. Workers do not see the planning. Foremen try to follow an uncollaborative dictated schedule or they ignore it completely. The famous Office fire drill episode shows what this looks like. People run around in different directions with false urgency. Deadlines are unnecessary or too late. Teams throw workers, money, materials at the project. It is like putting out a fire with one hundred dollar bills. Last Planner and Scrum are better. They introduce phase planning with pull planning. Make ready schedules identify roadblocks. Workers receive 50 percent of planned information. The integrated production control system with Takt is best. Workers receive 75 percent of planned information. Information flows through multiple paths, not a single point of failure through the foreman. What you'll learn in this episode: Why CPM creates chaos: look-ahead schedules are given to subs as directive without collaboration, workers do not see any planning How Last Planner improves things: phase planning with pull planning, make ready schedules, weekly work plans, percent plan complete tracking Why Takt with integrated production control is best: work packages and work steps planned early, roadblock removal is primary responsibility The three huddles that get information to workers: afternoon format huddle 16 hours before work, morning worker huddle for entire site, crew preparation huddle with pretask plan How information transfer improves from 50 percent with Last Planner to 75 percent with Takt because of multiple communication paths instead of single point of failure Workers see as much of the plan as possible and have input. If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊). Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels: · Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg · LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt · LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured · LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw