{"id":72,"date":"2017-03-23T11:50:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i3works.bluetree.uk\/news\/?p=72"},"modified":"2019-12-08T21:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T21:36:56","slug":"integrated-design-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i3works.co.uk\/news\/2017\/03\/integrated-design-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Design Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A beginner’s guide to delivering design on time, to budget and right first time!
Author: Terry O’Dowd – Director at i3Works<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Design, by its very nature is an iterative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It often involves multidiscipline teams and SME\u2019s (subject matter \nexperts) to coordinate effort seamlessly. This is sometimes delivered by\n a number of separately engaged consultants and contractors brought \ntogether to provide coordination and effective stakeholder engagement. \nThe Principal Designer (PD) will be identified at the outset and this \ncan be part of the Intelligent Customer organisation or through a Client\n Delivery Partner arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design is the most cost-critical component of the project and \ndemands a great deal of cross discipline collaboration and a concerted \ndrive towards developing and maturing the concept design across multiple\n and interdependent disciplines, simultaneously and within a given \ntime-scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design phase can be broken down into the following key phases, namely \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1          Front end<\/strong> \u2013 \nthis is all about aligning the Cost, Time and Function with a viable \nBusiness Case. This will involve concept design, feasibility, options \nstudies and often value management to enable a cost plan which, along \nwith risk and uncertainty, informs the project budget. This is usually \nwhere the initial business case is reviewed and validated against a \nviable design solution before the project submits for investment \napproval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2          Scheme design<\/strong> \u2013\n this should only commence when the concept is sufficiently mature and \nthe project has delivered a robust and comprehensive set of project \nrequirements and associated compliance criteria. This will create the \nconfigured ‘baseline’ against which all future change will be \nmeasured. This should then be delivered against a logical \ntime-line\/schedule that is integrated with known interdependencies and \nreview points; collaboration between all parties being managed by the \nPrincipal Designer\u2019s (PD) team and will be centred on a defined BIM \nstrategy and product breakdown structure that supports the required \nhandover strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3          Detailed design<\/strong>\n \u2013 delivered by consultants and\/or contractors; this should be founded \nupon the emerging BIM model (ideally level 2); this will demand and \ndrive the necessary project collaboration across multiple disciplines, \nwhilst establishing a ‘one version of the truth’ for all digital data \nfor the benefit of the team. This will be essential to the effective \nmanagement of the Project by the PD, but essentially at this stage it \nwill support the efficient management of spatial integration and \ncoordination by the entire team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s also imperative that integration is achieved \u2018in time’ as well \nas \u2018in space’, with this best attained through ‘interactive planning’ to\n establish an integrated and deliverable logic linked time schedule. \nThis is a powerful workshop technique that drives out the \ninterdependencies and logic links, as well as eliciting overall ‘buy-in’\n to the timelines by all parties involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Risk:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Projects require the construction procurement and implementation\n phase to proceed ahead of completion of the fully integrated \nmultidiscipline design. So this means it’s essential that the known and \nemerging Risks are managed well. The BIM model, supported by the PD’s \nDesign Review process helps with understanding the scale of Risk and \nenables the PD to mitigate such Risk by making bounding Assumptions; for\n example, instructing flexible or conservative design solutions to allow\n for uncertainty from immature design inputs. This can be managed via a \nMDAL (master data and assumptions list) linked to the Risk register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Failure to manage Risk properly, or progressing against a schedule \nthat isn’t fully integrated will result in significant ‘internal change’\n as a result of the emerging design impacting on earlier approved and \nconfigured designs. This can be costly and painful for all involved and \nwill result in individual design consultants raising change notes for \nrework as their configured designs are continuously impacted by evolving\n designs from their co-consultants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change management<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change management processes should be embedded early and it provides \nthe means of drawing down from management reserve as risks, or \nmitigation actions, emerge over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change should be supported by good configuration control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requirements <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important to capture emerging Requirements from Stakeholders for\n example and be clear if these are in scope or should be identified as \n\u2018uncertainty\u2019 and thus drawn-down through change control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the management of baselines whether they be contract scopes \nor the project Requirements; but it\u2019s important that version control is \nmanaged with the help of a good document management system to create the\n point beyond which change control applies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For advice and support on the setting up and delivery of a PD \norganisation please consult with i3Works early for maximum benefit. \nI3works are outstanding leaders of innovation related to the provision \nof P3m services across sectors as diverse as Nuclear, Infrastructure and\n Defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should you wish to discuss with our Director please contact us Terry \nO\u2019Dowd CEng RPP, FICE FIStructE, FAPM on 07799072594, \nterry.odowd@i3works.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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