TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE

In order to minimize the impact to the West Point cadets, the Department of the Army and USMA established an aggressive period of performance for this $54.5M project, contractually requiring the Design-Build Team to complete design and construction, suitable for cadet occupancy, in 387 days.

For greater efficiency, the Design-Build Team made a risk management decision to take the owner’s bridging document BIM files and not redraw the work. Instead, any inconsistencies were corrected within the file.

Construction documents were issued in a multi-package/fast track fashion in order to give the builder sufficient time to meet the schedule.

Implementation of a six day work week, second shift and overtime to maintain the aggressive schedule and staggered trades in order to maximize productivity.

Work flows were established to take advantage of the vertical nature of the building and to avoid congestion, downtime or inefficiencies, while allowing for the integration of successor trades.

Monies saved from this endeavor were reinvested in the construction of a completely new duct bank, with spares, connecting the two wings of the facility.

“The project was completed on time and on budget due to the fact that each party involved shared the same teamwork philosophy. Without this, the project would have never been such a great success.”

– Daniel Middleton, Project Manager, United States Military Academy