Beyond Boundaries: Leveraging No-Code Solutions for Industry Innovation
Mortenson Construction - Bluebeam IRC 2013
1. Case Study: Exempla Saint Joseph
Heritage Project
Nick Pfenning | Mortenson Construction
Presenter:
“Collaborating in the Field on the Fast Track”
2. Outline
Personal Background
Mortenson Background
Past Projects
Project Case Study: SJHP
• Challenges
Extremely Fast Schedule
Extensive Design Changes
Mobility of Digital Documents
• Solutions
Leveraging Bluebeam Revu
Project Tracking with Studio
3. Personal Background
Employment History
• Great Grandfather was
born in Sweden, 1895 -
Traveled to the United
States at age 11
• Started as a Laborer with
Mortenson, 2007
• Graduated from Colorado
State University, 2009
• Promoted to Assistant
Superintendent, 2013
4. Mortenson Background
Company History
• Founded in Minnesota in 1954
• Established in Colorado in 1981
• Average Annual Revenue
Exceeding $2.5 billion
• 200 Salaried Team Members /
300+ Craft Workers
• Self Performed Work Includes:
Concrete, Masonry, Doors / Frames /
Hardware, Equipment, & Accessories
7. Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Past Projects
• 376,000 Square Feet
• $150 Million Construction Cost
• 30 Month Schedule
(Mar. 2008 thru Sept. 2010)
• Building Services
12 Room Surgical Suite
72 Bed Patient Tower
Private Women & Infant Birthing
Center
9. Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center
Denver, Colorado
Past Projects
Home to the Supreme Court, Court of
Appeals, & Attorney General Office
10. Past Projects
• 695,000 Square Feet
• $200 Million
Construction Cost
• 27 Month Schedule
(Aug. 2010 thru Nov. 2012)
• LEED Gold
Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center
11. Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center
Past Projects
First Project to use Bluebeam in
the Denver Operating Group
Digital Documentation
Drawing Mark-up & Phase
Plans
In-wall / Above Ceiling /
Punchlist Inspections
Door, Frame, & Hardware
Tracking
12. Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center
Past Projects
Project Metrics
13. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Denver, Colorado
Case Study
• 831,127 Square Foot Replacement Hospital
• $367 Million Construction Cost
• 31 Month Construction Schedule (Jan. 2012 thru July 2014)
15. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Case Study
• Challenge: Fast Schedule
• Solutions
Work Smarter not Harder on Inspection Process & Documentation
$1 Million of work being installed every day, no single person can be
responsible for inspecting everything – share the responsibility
Put all information into a collaborative cloud based solution
(Bluebeam Studio)
Pre-fabrication – Shift Labor Resources to an Off-site Facility
Reduce trade stacking on site
Better Safety, Higher Quality, Faster Production
Track production across town or across the country (Bluebeam
Studio)
16. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Working Smarter on In-wall / Above Ceiling / Punchlist Inspections
Case Study
TRADITIONAL INSPECTION PROCESS
17. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Working Smarter on In-wall / Above Ceiling / Punchlist Inspections
Case Study
CLOUD
BASED
COLLABORATION
18. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Pre-fabrication – Shifting resources to produce more work in a shorter time frame
Case Study
Exterior Wall Panels
19. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Pre-fabrication – Shifting resources to produce more work in a shorter time frame
Case Study
Bathroom PODs
20. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Pre-fabrication – Shifting resources to produce more work in a shorter time frame
Case Study
Multi-trade
MEP Racks
21. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Pre-fabrication – Shifting resources to produce more work in a shorter time frame
Case Study
Headwalls
22. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Pre-fabrication – Shifting resources to produce more work in a shorter time frame
Case Study
Headwalls
23. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Case Study
• Challenge: Design Changes
• Solutions
Get accurate information to the field
Collaborative Design Scrub Process with all Project
Stakeholders
Using Sync/ Overlay functions to coordinate across disciplines
Distribute information in a timely manner
Real time updates with cloud based files
Hyperlinking between drawing sets
26. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Getting Accurate Information to the Field
Case Study
27. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Getting Accurate Information to the Field
Case Study
28. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Case Study
• Challenge: Mobility
Now that everything is in the cloud, how do we access
information with no internet connection?
• Solutions
Local Sync
Local Sync on a desktop PC at a Plan Room Computer
Local Sync on a mobile device with a Tablet PC or an iPad
29. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Working Offline in an Online World
Case Study
30. Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project
Working Offline in an Online World
Case Study
“good afternoon” in swedish - god eftermiddag (good-ef-ta-me-daug) stak-holmI’m ¾” swedish and my mother is 100% swedish – great grandpa = Nils GustafTag-line “Collaborating in the Field on the Fast Track”
Fast paced schedule is driving design
Started as a summer job and ended up working full time to put myself through school Bachelor of Science in Construction Management
Trust.We place trust at the center of every relationship—with customers, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers and fellow team members.Teamwork.People are our greatest strength. Mortenson people work with customers and business partners in a spirit of collaboration and trust to tackle the challenges of construction.Responsibility.We are responsible to team members, customers, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers and the communities in which we live and work.Safety.We are committed to eliminating all worker injury. Every Mortenson team member and every customer, subcontractor, supplier, architect and engineer can expect that our work sites place their personal safety as our highest priority.Service.We embrace a customer service culture. We believe our future is secured by advancing the interests and success of our customers.Stewardship.We will perpetuate our business for future generations and support the communities in which we live and work
11 Operating GroupsHeadquarters in Minneapolis, MN Newest groups open in Toronto Canada, Shanghai China, Guam
Gained TCO on the core & shell + Basement and 1st Floor while still working on the 2nd & 3rd floor / lobby build-outDiscuss using on-screen take-off to generate drawings similar to what bluebeam can do today
13 Story office tower / 5 story courthouse January 2013 held the first court session
Square footage is almost twice as much as LutheranConstruction cost is 25% moreProject schedule is 3 months shorterLiquidated damages 30k-a-dayConstruction is getting crunched, design is getting crunched, fosters the need for real time collaboration among all project stakeholders
Implemented the services that Bluebeam offers to improve our construction workflow on a digital platformPushed for as much paper less documentation as possible (CDs, Specs, RFIs, Submittals, As-builts…)
CJC Stats:50% reduced printing costs40% average savings in time for in-wall/ above ceiling inspections 2 month overall schedule savings4.5% overall project cost savings
20% larger than CJCTwice the construction costOnly 4 month longer construction schedule
Project consists of:7 city block campusEnabling work to re-route 19th and DowningAssociates Parking GarageMedical Office Building Re-modelCentral Utility PlantHospital Parking GarageChapel Hospital:7 story, 360 bed patient towerMother baby suite with 14 LDR rooms, 3 dedicated C-section ORs, & 33 NICU class 3 NICU rooms21 operating room surgical suite10 room cath/ interventional labFull service emergency departmentFull kitchen and serveryRobotic pharmacy “hub” that will fulfill all distribution needs for the 3 sister hospitals in the surrounding areaAutomated sterile processing department
Pre-fab Benefits:Safety – employees working at ground level instead of off lifts and ladders in the fieldQuality – controlled environment, not exposed to the elements (rain, wind, heat and cold temperature swings)Productivity – repetitive nature of the task increases productivity
Traditional Process for a job of this scale could take anywhere from 2-3 weeks for all the paper trail to catch up to the work in the fieldAll paper – what happens if someone drops their binder in a puddle of mud? - that signature is useless
One source of truthAccessible to all project stakeholders simultaneouslyReduces 2-3 week traditional time frame to a matter of minutesVideo: Difference between projects and sessionsAbility to sort by date modified or name Attendees, Documents, Record – keep track of everything that happens in the session linked to graphical representation and mark-up viewDescribe legends keynotes for sub room status all status are custom and can be managed outside of the studio sessionChanging statusSub-contractorRoom statusMark deficiency – add a noteTalk about spaces and how the upfront creation of the document exponentially saves time on the back end (thinking smarter instead of working harder)
At the end of the day, we are all in the business of building structures for future generations, and it all starts with the craft workers in the field. Whatever means or methods we use, we have to get accurate information to the craft level in a timely manner in order to get the job done (right the first time)
Complex spaces and an extremely fast schedule led to construction being on-top of design Started a design scrub process with all project stakeholders to get the design caught up3-4 hour meetings Twice a week 6 monthsBox walks – touch on later in presentation
Color coding for different entities (owners rep, architect, consultant, general contractor, sub-contractor)Making mark-ups using custom tool setsAllows you to retain the history of the initial design – dim content
Big part to the design scrub process was to get the end user to confirm the design intentBox walk/ paper doll review of every area in the actual room so the user groups could touch and feel and use the space as they will in the end condition
Had one typical OR but really none of them are typical Using snapshot tool and some horizontal flipping, we are able to create the elevation of the backside of the wall and review any in-wall conflicts