Become more profitable - get better control of deviations in your construction projects
With effective deviation management, you can become more profitable and gain more control over your construction projects.
All building and construction companies are required to have established procedures for non-conformance management. Whether it concerns HSE deviations or quality deviations in the construction process, it is crucial to have an effective tool for documenting deviation management and preventing recurrence. Ideally, this tool will help to quickly generate deviation reports and documentation confirming compliance with quality assurance procedures. In addition, it will help gather information and give you insight into whether deviations are recurring and which categories the deviations belong to.
What is a nonconformity?
A nonconformity is an undesirable event that occurs and can lead to, or has led to, damage to people, the environment, equipment and products. Nonconformity management is about detecting, reporting in writing, correcting and preventing an undesirable event from occurring.
What are recurring deviations?
Typical examples of nonconformities may be that employees are missing or have omitted protective equipment, or suffer a work-related injury. If deviations occur time after time in the project, or repeatedly across projects, these are called recurring deviations. It is important that the company and employees learn from these and implement measures for future projects.
How to learn from recurring deviations?
We recommend that you create an overview of all deviations per project and use the deviation overviews from previous projects. Use the experience gained from deviations on previous projects to ensure that measures are implemented on future projects to prevent previous deviations from reoccurring in future projects. By identifying recurring deviations, the company can learn from previous mistakes and therefore reduce potential deviations in the future.
Overview of the project's total number of deviations, open and closed deviations
By linking deviations to categories, this will give you a better overview of where the deviation occurs and why. This can give you valuable information so you can easily see which areas you need to improve for your next project.
What are categories for deviations?
Categories for deviations are used to link deviations to areas such as deviations in building components, related subjects or other general categories. Examples of this can be:
exterior wall (building element), exterior roof (building element), foundation (building element).
carpentry (trade), plumbing (trade), concrete work (trade).
Workmanship (general), engineering (general), purchasing/ordering (general), RUH (general).
9 tips to reduce deviations in construction projects:
Use experience from deviations on previous projects and implement measures and routines to prevent similar deviations in future projects.
Develop a comprehensive project plan that includes detailed design and construction contract documents, budget and schedule.
Communicate effectively with all project stakeholders, such as architects, engineers, contractors and suppliers, to ensure everyone is on the same page.
Be realistic with time and budget - It's important that the project plan takes into account possible delays, relocation, unexpected costs and other potential challenges.
Prioritize quality - Prioritize quality assurance processes to ensure the construction is free from defects.
Conduct regular inspections of construction work during the process to find early evidence of deviations and take corrective action immediately.
Establish change management protocols that align with the plan to ensure any adjustments are reviewed and approved to reduce project deviations and increased costs.
Embrace transparency - Communicating transparently about any deviations and potential risks will ensure quick and effective action is taken to prevent significant deviations.
Be flexible - Allow for changes, adjustments, but prioritize staying within the plans for the building process.
By following best practices that can monitor and find potential deviations and quick corrective actions, project deviations can be reduced.
How to work with deviations in Build myproject and mymobile?
It's easy and efficient to register new deviations on the mobile app or the PC version. On PC, you get a good overview of new deviations, deviations in progress and completed deviations. It's also easy to download and print reports - simple and user-friendly. All deviations are stored on associated projects, and associated checklists and categories. It's easy to look at previously completed deviations in separate overviews, even when closed.
User-friendliness and ease of use mean that the system is actually used. Take a closer look at the system in practice through a no-obligation demo!
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Easily mark the deviations on the project's floor plans in myproject.
List of deviations in myproject on mobile version (mymobile)
