Case Study: CMC Group Accelerates Grovenor House Project with Vela Systems Software
The Situation: Driving Quality Under Significant Time-to-Close Pressures
The CMC Construction, Inc team faced a
challenge. Grovenor House, a 30 story highend
condominium project in Coconut Grove,
Miami was under significant time-to-close
pressures in a competitive selling market.
The 166 luxury units required a high degree
of finish detail, so quality assurance and
control was essential to the project's financial
success. To complicate matters, the worst
hurricane season in 10 years jeopardized
project delivery.
How could the team efficiently create, analyze
and manage work-to-complete and punchlists
to maintain a high standard of quality?
The Solution: Vela Enables Greater Efficiency and Better Quality
One key part of the solution
was to maximize team efficiency
by using Vela Systems mobile
software. By replacing their
field notebooks with tablet PCs
and Vela's Worklist/Punchlist
software module, CMC was
able to save time and improve
project quality monitoring. Project
Manager Rick Pena explains:
"After walking the job site I used
to spend at least two hours
typing up my notes into the
computer so I could track issues and task the
subcontractors. With Vela, I was able to add
field notes and issues while I was in the field,
saving hours of time. And it was easy to use
- most of my common problems were already
in the system and could be reused with a tap
of a pen on the screen."
Vela's Automatic Reports: A Key Timesaving Feature
Vela Systems' automatic reports were another important feature for Pena and the CMC team:
"In the past, I used to have to manage a large, unwieldy spreadsheet to track tasks for
each subcontractor. Formatting and printing reports was very time consuming. With Vela's
Subcontractor Reports, I could easily generate task lists by subcontractor, floor, room,
MasterSpec® section, and even by specific issue description. This saved me time and
helped the subcontractors be more efficient. For example, we would give a sub a list of all
locations in the building with a specific problems, such as a shower glass opening holdto
dimension, and the sub would then task their team to only do that work. Vela made the
whole project more efficient in how we managed our resources."
At handover, the CMC team used
Vela's Owner Handover and
Customer service software
modules to improve the efficiency
of the closeout process and
deliver premium customer service.
The CMC customer service team
logged owner punch items on the
tablet during the walkthrough,
assigned tasks to the subcontractors immediately and printed out work lists. Pena highlights:
"By using Vela Systems software for construction, punch, and owner walkthroughs, CMC
compressed the project timeline, improved visibility into quality of the work, and provided a very
high level of professionalism during the process. Our customers were very impressed."
Outcome: Project Accelerated, Meets Quality Standards
CMC's General Superintendent Ken Batchelor led the project to achieve handover approximately four months ahead of schedule. In summary, by streamlining CMC's project delivery process, Vela created time gains and cost savings by:
- Enabling the team to record and track information in the field, eliminating manual transcription;
- Generating key reports automatically instead of via spreadsheets (e.g. subcontractor task lists);
- Providing new ways of organizing quality issues that improved subcontractor efficiency.
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