Project Readiness for Utility Facilities

How are facility projects at your organization primarily managed today?

Facility/operations staff manage projects as part of their regular duties
Dedicated internal project management group
Outsourced PM/CM or owners representative
Integrated delivery (design-build, CM-at-risk)
Other (please describe in comments)

Do you use a formal readiness review or stage gate before committing to design or construction? Select Yes, for all projects Yes, for large or complex projects only Informally No

Where do your projects most often run into trouble?

Scope and requirements not fully defined before design
Unknown existing conditions
Working around occupants and operations
Slow or unclear owner decisions
Change orders and cost growth
Commissioning, turnover, and closeout
Schedule delays

Comments

When year-end spending creates a surge of project requests, how does your team usually respond?

Existing staff absorb it and other work slips
Projects are deferred to the next year and funds may be lost
We bring in outside PM or contractor support
We fast-track projects with less up-front planning than we like
We do not typically see a year-end surge

Over the next 2-3 years, how does your facilities capital workload compare to your teams capacity? Select Workload is well within our capacity Roughly balanced Workload somewhat exceeds capacity Workload significantly exceeds capacity

Which topic would you most like us to hear more about? Select Front-end planning and readiness assessments Managing construction in occupied or 24/7 facilities Cost, schedule, and change metrics Commissioning and turnover to operations When and how to use outsourced project managers

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