A singular process
At Suffolk, we challenge the status quo every day in pursuit of better ways to work. Plan + Control is our revolutionary design collaboration process that sets a new standard for design and coordination in the industry.
How it works
Step 1
Phase Plan
Step 2
Design Pull Plan
Step 3
Coordinated Layout
Step 4
Field Quality Control
Plan + Control joins design and construction conversations much earlier in the building process, which minimizes impact on cost and schedule. Our process is based on Lean principles and drives resolution of design constraints during the ideation and drafting process—long before we’d need to fix them in the field. Through this work, Plan + Control produces drawings that are buildable: construction-ready documents with all the geometry coordinated. The benefit? Our building process moves quickly, safely, and seamlessly. If there are no requests for information to slow construction, how fast can we build a project? Plan + Control moves this question from the hypothetical to reality.
Phase Plan
This step connects the design process and its milestones with construction. We start with earlier collaboration with our design partners. A cooperative, open-book environment gets the entire team on the same page. We define the goals and schedule for design—who is doing what, and when—so we can focus on completing an efficient design and starting the project on schedule.
Design Pull Plan
We work with the design team to establish a detailed plan for reaching our goals. Team-wide transparency, accountability, and specialized technology ensure that all stakeholders follow through and deliver on their responsibilities.
Coordinated Layout
This process creates a single point of truth: coordinated drawings from which all project stakeholders can use and build. This critical piece of the Plan + Control process lays the baseline for a 3D model with accurate project geometry, coordination, and consistency.
Field Quality Control
Having geometry worked out in the Coordinated Layout step, prior to construction, produces a pristinely accurate quality control process at the jobsite. Our method also means that once geometry is confirmed or adjusted in the field, it immediately transfers to the as-built model and drawings, removing a lengthy and cumbersome as-built process.
Saving time and money with detailed drawings
By leveraging the detailed drawings and strategic planning elements inherent in Plan + Control, Suffolk reduced its general conditions by more than 10 percent and returned more than $2.5 million and three months in schedule to the team at 1700 Webster in Oakland.
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