executive summary

COAA Initiatives

The Construction Industry Institute has identified many reasons for cost overruns, including (but not limited to): front-end planning, design, procurement, start-up & operations, human resources, organization and project processes & controls issues.

The Construction Owners' Association of Alberta is currently investigating several initiatives including: Benchmarking, Field Rework, Supervisory Skills and WorkFace Planning to improve construction performance and productivity.

Construction performance technique development is a big job. WorkFace Planning is just one of a few improvement concepts. It won't solve all construction performance issues, but it's a good start!