Luderick’s embraces a lean culture that is centered around collaboration and planning, providing efficient workflow from conception to completion with the elimination of wastes.

The value that the lean construction process brought to the table was the team’s ability to continue to meet our schedule, be nimble in their approach to changes, and keep the team and subcontractors in unison and lockstep throughout the project. Overall, we were very pleased at the final outcome.

For most project we use Procore software, iPads and mobile data vaults on-site eliminated the need for hard-copy sets of documents in the field. Everything is always well-orchestrated to meet the lean goal of having “no work waiting for workers, and no workers waiting for work.”

Afternoon huddles provided opportunity for teams to review their day’s activities and make any changes needed to remain—or get back—on track, and at the end of each week, Luderick’s produced a Percent Promises Complete (PPC) Tracking Report. It showed work hours by each entity, charted issues and the lessons learned from them, calculated the percentage of PPC for the week, and set an agenda to discuss improvements going forward.

Following their lean path, the team achieves some impressive results.  Most notably, they delivered the project on design, under budget and ahead of schedule—enabling the owners to open for business several weeks earlier than originally planned.