Facts not FeelingsFacts not Feelings Presented by James M Benham The Future of Data Driven Decision...

Facts not Feelings

Presented by James M Benham

The Future of Data Driven Decision Making

James M BenhamCEO

@JamesMBenham#JBTechTalk

[email protected]

jbknowledge.com | @JBKnowledge

Contact Info

linkedin.com/in/jbenham jamesbenham.com

© 2020 JBKnowledge, Inc.

The Future

“If your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep is your downfall”

- Jim Benham (my father)

#JBTechTalk @JamesMBenham


The Future

“There’s making money, and then there’s keeping it.”- Jim Benham (my father)



Construction has a few big problems:

61% of projects finish behind schedule*49% of projects finish over budget*

Single Digit Net Profit Margins

*2016 Dodge Data & Analytics Study #JBTechTalk @JamesMBenham


Let’s Define Production & Productivity



Unit & Labor reporting

GCs control subs. Subs have to control people

Project management workflows

GCs collect docs. Subs initiate them.

The concept of purpose built

Understanding workflows from a support side

What are sub contractors worried about?


Productivity !

Labor and materials coding

Service management

Time collection and productivity tracking

Managing people resources and payroll

Union labor contracts

Certified payroll

Managing high turnover labor


Construction

We don’t like investing in technology



2020 Construction Technology Report

Percentage of Corporate Revenue Spent on IT


46.4%

21.8%

10%

3.6%

1.1%

2%

0.5%

1.8%

12.8%

55.9%

14.1%

7.0%

2.8%

1.1%

2.2%

0.2%

1.9%

14.8%

Less than 1%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

+7%

I don't know

2016 2017


2020 Construction Technology Report

Percentage of Corporate Revenue Spent on IT



Where can contractors make more money?

Construction Disruption



Where can we make more money?


Hard Costs

Staff Time

PreventableMistakes

ReimbursableExpenses


Where can we make more money?


Hard Costs

Staff TimePreventableMistakes

ReimbursableExpenses


5 minutes per worker per day = 1% Labor Savings

UPS 4 second seat analysis

Construction Disruption



Some Construction Based Examples



What Does Productivity Improvement Look Like?


SmartIron by CAT



20

55,200 FT -> 19,800 FT

7.8 hours -> 2.8 Hours

Site Layout Using Genetic ScienceJing “Eric” Du


1-4 hours/

package

2-4 hours/

day

100 ft . /hour

150 ft . /hour

10 mins per

sheet

STRATUS

RYAN HOGGATT, DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING AT UMC | ADVANCING PREFABRICATION

SPOOLING TIME

CREATING CUT LISTS

CREATING LABELS

CAST IRON

CUTTING

1 min per

spool

1 min/package

10 min/day

500 ft . /hour

750 ft . /hour

COPPER/PVC CUTTING

13,000 SPOOL TO DATE

37,107 LINEAR FT PIPE

11,946 NUMBER OF CUTS

UMC’s STRATUS Story

• Model based

• Connectivity to Tooling

• TigerStop and Watt’s Plasma

• Speed to Market

RYAN HOGGATT

@the_ryanhoggatt



How do we fix productivity?


Better Process, Better Tools


Better Process

© 2020 JBKnowledge, Inc. © 2017 JBKnowledge, Inc. @JBKnowledge

Lean

Our Improvement Process: Lean

Core Tenets:Improve Efficiency& Eliminate Waste

3s : Sweep, Sort and StandardizeFix What Bugs You!

© 2020 JBKnowledge, Inc. © 2017 JBKnowledge, Inc. @JBKnowledge

Lean


EOS: Entrepreneurial Operating System

3 Basic Objectives

1. Vision2. Traction3. Health

5 Primary Tools

1. Vision/Traction Organizer2. Accountability Chart3. Rocks4. Meeting Pulse5. Scorecards

The EOS Process


Productivity Steps:

Establish a Bold GoalForm a Productivity Team

Improve your process (and document it)Refined the Goals when you Hit Them



Improving Productivity in the Office



“What is the insulation thickness on the heating

hot water piping?”

Google for your Construction Info

DADO solves both problems by automatically indexing synced construction platforms, and providing a simple voice-powered search for the field.


Computational & Generative Design

Automating Rebar Design in Revit using Dynamo


1 Billion Iterations


Computational & Generative Design


Augmented Reality – Synchro & Hololens 2


Improving Production and Productivity in the Field



Measuring Production with DirtMate


Automating Measurement with Triax Spot-R


360 Photos & Videos


Computer Vision With Drones



Material Pile and other Volume Calculation



360 Photos & Videos


SmartTrack


360 Photos & Videos - OpenSpace


Robotic Total Stations


TrimbleS9 HP

Leica Sokkia Hilti Topcon


Robotic Total Stations Study (credit: Buck Davis)




Computer Vision - High Precision Laser Scanners


TX8


Laser Scanning vs. Conventional Surveying during Post-ConstructionBy: vidanom, Community Manager | Posted 01-19-2020 01:46 PM | forums.autodesk.com


https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1263809


3D Scanning


Augmented Reality - TKE & Microsoft Hololens


Augmented Reality - Martin Brothers



Augmented Reality – Mechanical Inc



Augmented Reality



3D Printing Offices - Dubai 3D Printed Offices



Fast Brick = 85 to 200 bricks per hour (targeting 1,000)



3D Printing & Robotics - Fast Brick



3D Printing & Robotics



What can you do?

What can you do?



Get a process for Running and Improving

Your Business



Take a hard look at offsite construction &

buy vs. build decisions



Adopt Tools for Production and

Productivity Tracking


Facts not FeelingsFacts not Feelings Presented by James M Benham The Future of Data Driven Decision...

Documents

Transcript of Facts not FeelingsFacts not Feelings Presented by James M Benham The Future of Data Driven Decision...