OHL-FCC Accelerates Design Review Cycles by 96%
As a key component of the C$2.6-billion Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension, this development involves construction of twin tunnels at the northern end of the new subway and the Highway 407 station. Funded by provincial, federal and municipal governments, the project is adding six new stations and three new commuter parking lots.
Business challenges
Complexity of using tunnel-boring machines in wet sand under high pressure
Project team of 350 individuals from 252 different organizations
Requirement for multiple hard copies of every document – more than 200,000 individual documents and growing
Bidding requirement for nine separate contract books
Results
Online collaboration platform connecting all participants project-wide
Management, tracking and distribution of multiple copies of required paperwork, including updated design drawings
Management of the complex and paper-intensive bidding process
Registration of all communications, revisions and contract changes in a timely manner
Full audit trail with a comprehensive project history in the event of disputes or future claims
80% efficiency improvement in the bidding process, reduced from 30 days to 5-7 days
96% acceleration in design review cycles, from 3-4 days to 3-4 hours
88-90% reduction in days required for communications with third parties, with turnaround time down from 25-28 days to 3 days
50-66% reduction in days required for change management, from 21 days to 5-7 days
Savings of 8,900 kilograms (19,621 pounds) of paper and $13,350 in associated administrative costs
Annual savings of $396,000 in indirect costs, with the number of project coordinators reduced by half