Efficient deadline management for complex office buildings
Project summary
The new W2 Campus - a modern office building ensemble with high sustainability standards - is being built in Baden-Württemberg's largest industrial area. The project comprises three components designed as two separate building complexes:
• Components 1 & 2: Sold to Deutscher Sparkassenverlag (DSV Group), which will set up its new headquarters here
• Component 3: Rental property for the Stuttgart city railroad (SSB)
Components 1 and 2 share a common underground parking garage and the first floor, which houses a canteen kitchen for catering to employees. From the second floor upwards, they are independent parts of the building with different heights: Building 1 with seven storeys and Building 2 with four storeys, with the top floors having a reduced footprint.
“The construction of the new headquarters of the DSV Group is a clear commitment to the Stuttgart location in the Vaihingen/Möhringen industrial area,” says Thomas Fuhrmann, Mayor for Economic Affairs, Finance and Investments of the City of Stuttgart.
Source: DSV press release
Challenges
The challenges of the project lie in its complexity and the tight schedule:
• Three different components with staggered construction progress
• More than 40 different trades
• Close cooperation between three companies in a joint venture
• Sporty construction time of just 2 years and 3 months
• Coordination of numerous subcontractors
• Logistical challenges due to limited storage space
“A construction period like this requires helpful technical tools that we can use to make the project run as smoothly as possible,” explains Ali Hassani, Project Manager Finishing at Zech Hochbau.
Sustainable building
Sustainability is a particular focus of the W2 Campus. The building is certified according to the international LEED standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). The sustainable aspects include:
• Heating and air conditioning with air heat pumps without fossil fuels
• Fully green roof surfaces for additional insulation
• Rainwater collection in cisterns for watering green spaces
• Water- and energy-saving fittings
“We are delighted to be making a sustainable contribution to reducing CO2 emissions with the move to our future headquarters. In doing so, we are taking a significant step towards our climate neutrality target.” - Dr. Michael Stollarz, Chairman of the Management Board of the DSV Group
Source: Press release DSV
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W2 Development - W2 Campus
The lcmd approach:
The consortium relies on lcmd for this demanding project in order to organize the schedule management efficiently:
• Transparent scheduling: everyone involved has access to the current status at all times
• Major weekly controlling: every Monday, the team reviews the deadlines and adjusts them if necessary
• Visual status overview: immediate detection of delays through color coding
• Simple customization options: Quickly move deadlines or entire process chains
• Filter functions: Targeted view of individual areas, trades or time windows
• Integration in contract documents: Filtered schedules are exported as PDF for subcontractors
A large touchscreen in the meeting room enables the team to work together intuitively on the schedule. Site managers also use lcmd on their mobile tablets to access the latest data on site. This enables a small controlling process to be carried out on a daily basis.
The result
lcmd contributed significantly to the efficient implementation of the project:
• Early problem detection: “I can see at a glance which trade is currently problematic,” says Hassani
• Faster decision making: In the event of delays, alternative work areas can be identified immediately
• Improved communication: all project participants have the same level of information
• Efficient subcontractor management: simple creation of trade-specific schedules
• Time saving: “The simple handling and flexible working method in the schedule enable a quick target-actual comparison.”says Hassani
Project manager Zech Hochbau AG
Ali Hassani
lcmd has definitely helped me as a project manager to see at a glance in which areas we are lagging behind, where I need to turn which cogs to make things move forward - or to see which areas are actually running more smoothly.