This is the final installment of a six-article series examining how the Design Assist approach adds value to the benefits of Off-Site Construction.
As the construction industry continues to embrace Off-Site Construction (OSC), the next logical question becomes, “how do we maximize all the possible benefits that OSC brings to our project?” The Epsilon team has consistently seen significant advantages when clients utilize our team in a Design Assist approach. We’ve highlighted the top six advantages most commonly referenced by the clients and project teams we work with.
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Accelerates system optimization
Accelerates System Optimization
Accelerating system optimization may be the biggest benefit of utilizing the Design Assist approach with Off-Site Construction (OSC). Having every key stakeholder of a project involved – the owner, Construction Manager, Architect, Engineer, OSC Team, etc. – creates an efficient, collaborative process that is transparent for all involved.
With any OSC project, there are great opportunities to optimize how the prefabricated, modular scope interfaces with the balance of the project. This includes both how the OSC components are integrated with each other and how those components affect what happens beyond the scope of the OSC work. Done well, this optimization ensures the owner achieves the best balance of schedule acceleration, labor risk, and cost certainty.
Transparency is a key ingredient to that optimization since it enables the team to develop and deliver a consolidated, multidisciplinary analysis under one roof. That’s in stark contrast to the results when a disparate group of consultants weighs in, often with misaligned agendas or goals. The process of consolidating their feedback into a meaningful deliverable can be protracted and inconsistent at best, and folly at worst.
The Design Assist approach is by far the best way to ensure the team operates in that environment of transparency and collaboration. It fosters earlier decisions and faster buy-in from all parties. Although this approach may feel like a heavier upfront investment of time and effort in the project, the end-result – accelerated system optimization – makes it all worth it.
With nearly 25 years in business the Epsilon team knows how important timelines are to an overall project’s success. Finding efficiencies and accelerating processes early in a project yields substantial benefits for every deliverable and milestone that follows. We find the Design Assist approach builds on the inherent OSC efficiencies with a force-multiplier effect. Contact Epsilon today to learn more about our Design Assist approach for your central utility system project.
