Great leadership and collaboration
GENERATE GREAT RESULTS
IsD LEADERSHIP IS KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
We understand the challenges ISDs face when launching new school construction projects. Half the battle is getting good, timely information. You already have a school district to run and now you’re taking on design and budget approvals, managing timelines and new resources, and keeping your board up to date. All of this and you want the best possible outcomes for your school community.
Getting the right information IN REAL-TIME
We launched AEC Profiles to provide ISD leadership with easier access to the information they need to make critical decisions. Our application allows all of your vendors to post updates in real-time so that the latest information is at your fingertips.
AEC Profiles is a SaaS application that crowd sources vendor activity. You save time and get more value.
Our workgroups drive collaboration across disciplines. Better communication is the key to better results.
We’ve applied social media technology to your ISD construction ecosystem. Performance reports in real time.
REAL TIME REPORTING
On AEC Profiles, all team members post weekly communications, pictures and files about what they did and whether they are currently “on their timeline”. You get a record, by week, of who did what, when, where and what your vendors think you should know. Its a searchable database on your projects, vendors and team.
ONLINE AND SEARCHABLE
We organize all your teams, projects, and vendors into a searchable system for you, the owner. Information and data created through the daily and weekly communications on your construction projects. This institutional memory brings a new level of accountability, team satisfaction, and bond performance.
BETTER COLLABORATION
Construction project communications are chaotic. This is because a large number of people, working for many different companies come and go and they all communicate differently. We capture key actions, conversations, and decisions in real-time. This is how your team and stakeholders stay on the same page.
There are no great projects without great owners
We recently heard a top leader at a school district say this about their construction general contractor; “If they aren’t being ruthless, they aren’t doing their job”. Though changing, this is very common in the construction industry, which has the poorest productivity record of all other industries (up to 50% waste or greater in some cases).
If this management style worked, this would be true in every industry. But more than 100 years of western professional management science has proven this false everywhere. Projects designed and built with adversarial teams are rarely successful. People who believe they have been mistreated find creative ways to generate change orders or cut corners, or worse. Your project can not be great this way.
The good news is, as the owner you hold the most power to ensure the success of your project and with AEC Profiles you’ll have the information you need to make timely and critical decisions and a platform to drive better communications and collaboration across your team and vendors.
Why its on the owner’s shoulders
Only you can approve the design and budget
Only you can expand the budget or approve scope changes
Whether successful or not, the community holds only you accountable
Only you can make the final decisions to solve disputes
Why the contract terms are not enough to protect you
30% of all construction projects end in dispute (not just change orders, fights)
Average time to resolve disputes globally is 17 months
Top 3 reasons you can’t rely only on the Architect or the General Contractor
Opposing financial goals; You: minimize investment while maximizing value. Vendors; maximize profits and revenue while minimizing costs
Opposing risk behaviors; You: risk is reduced by superior documentation and transparency. Vendors: limit information sharing as risk mitigation strategy.