JOSEE DUFOURIT Programme Manager| WorldlineSavigny Sur Orge, ., France
Cought your attention? Several videos on the web...
I want to know how it was done, how were risks managed, R&D, plans, staff and people, regulations... So, in short... I would like to learn from the PM.
You might have skipped "The railway station is expected to open at the end of the year". I suspect they will need to perform quality assurance big time, and a myriad of other tasks to ensure the station is operational.
Also, I didn't see the finished product in any of those videos, and wasn't privy to impartial observation to prove the claim is true. One thing is for sure, breaking speed records in construction or public transport is not exactly something that would make me feel terribly secure using the finished product. Saving Changes...
While it is an impressive achievement, how much of what was done in that project be actually applicable to our projects?
I am assuming that:
1. The 9 hours only referred to the build phase. The design phase is not included here - how much time was actually spent on design? Our projects will have a substantial amount of effort allocated to finalising the design (pleasing all stakeholders, prioritising the backlog, etc.)
2. In conjunction with the above assumption, it could be a lift-and-shift templatised design for this station - something most of us do not have the luxury of leveraging
3. Governance activities were not on top of the agenda (as Sante has also observed). Again, this is something that most of us cannot skimp on.
4. ... and so on.
But having said all that, it still is an impressive achievement and we can surely learn a few things conceptually (even if it is not of the most practical use). Saving Changes...
I'd echo Karan's feedback that we might be viewing the tip of the iceberg here with the bulk of effort having been spent in pre-planning to ensure a successful micro-execution phase.
This is no different than event organizers who spend weeks or months planning a major one day event and then successfully pulling it off.
You can find many video of construction done in a day. In fact a lot was done prior to construction day. You can find a video of a fast-food build in 24 hours near Los Angeles, from digging to fist client serve. Lot of planning.
There are entire industrial plan build in a few days, everything was arrive on site in a "container" like that are assemble on site like Lego. Saving Changes...
JOSEE DUFOURIT Programme Manager| WorldlineSavigny Sur Orge, ., France
Thanks for your answers, all!
I know it is not unique, in the construction field, to deliver the final product in a very short time.
When I read the news, I wondered how these things are planned and organised, hence my question.
Where there any books written on that process? Saving Changes...
I'm not sure about this project, but organizations like Habitat for Humanity who do full house builds in a day or two would develop detailed playbook containing the cumulative, shared learnings from past builds.
If I am not mistaken, large recurring events like the Olympics require that the handoff from one event team to the next includes such playbooks.
Finally, a common factor with such highly constrained, successful projects is world class risk management.
