For what sort of facilities is Outcome E²C™ best
suited?
We are not “bricks and sticks” contractors,
nor are we standard tenant improvement contractors. Outcome
E²C™ is focused on high-risk facilities that must
be operational through the entire construction process and
are critical to our client’s core business. For example:
live data centers, live laboratories and hospital environments
where downtime causes catastrophic safety and financial impacts.
Our collaborative engineering and construction team provides
a significant difference to the phasing and choreography,
schedule, quality and function of a project.
We’ve had bad experiences in the past with
design-build. Why would this be different?
This
is not design-build. In the design build delivery model,
the engineer provides the engineering concept and then relinquishes
control in the hand off to the contractor-lead design-build
team. This is where design-build doesn’t meet the client’s
expectations for a robust technical facility. Our Outcome
E²C™ process is a collaboration of engineers and
constructors who, from day one, are assigned responsibility
for balancing the systems integrity and operations with cost
and schedule compliance.
How is it possible to have engineers involved all the
way through and not have the cost go up?
Because the Project Manager is technically-savvy, they can
manage projects most effectively and pull both construction
and engineering resources at the right time.
Historical data shows the total project cost using Outcome
E²C™ (or turnkey delivery methods) will go down
compared to traditional design-bid-build. Most cost overruns
come from unclear project scope. Gray areas in the scope
result in miscommunications during the multiple stages of
planning, design, construction and operations. Outcome E²C™ drives
this waste out of the process, ensuring clear project goals
are set day one, and then measured and tracked through the
project with NO HAND OFFS. This results in a more efficient
process and the reduction of total project costs.
How do you ensure the integrity of the engineered systems?
You’ve known and trusted Syska Hennessy Group to deliver
superior MEP systems. It’s the core of our business
and why our customers continue to trust us with their most
difficult projects. Outcome E²C™ doesn’t
take us away from that commitment. In fact, it further enhances
our ability to deliver system-driven projects. It couples
our engineering focus with highly skilled builders, and a
process dedicated to achieving system integrity. Our reputation
and ability to build a long lasting relationship with you
depends on it.
My builder can do that with your drawings and oversight.
The
model you describe is design-assist, and works well for large
projects that have some technical components as
opposed to a truly technical facility. In design-assist there
is still a hand off to someone who isn’t fully versed
in the technical aspects of the project.
How do you accelerate the schedule?
There
are many ways Outcome E²C™ makes things
happen quicker. For example, the ability to streamline communication
between the engineer and builder allows instant feedback
of constructability to the designers, and immediate technical
feedback for the constructors.
Also, because we are the engineer and builder, we can shift
risk and move tasks up in the schedule. We can buy equipment
early and typically at 30% of retail cost. We can start demo,
framing, etc. while permit documents are in plan check.
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How are my operations really enhanced by this?
Facility
operational considerations are taken into account at the
earliest planning stages of the Outcome E²C™ process.
In traditional processes you will see the design lacks operational
understanding and the facility does not run optimally, and
eventually requires a change of the infrastructure systems.
This is not because the design teams are bad designers, but
because they have not had exposure to how that facility team
works, or even how the facility will actually operate under
various loads and working conditions.
This is becoming more and more key as the need to be competitive
and scarce dollars are forcing owners to lower their operational
costs.
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