OCTOBER 2023CONSTRUCTIONBUSINESSREVIEW.COM 19This was the project in my entire career where I had a zero-punch list. It was the result of the `project summit concept' that I created in collaboration with a group of executives about how to approach a project in the construction industry and build an industrial facility. We deployed this collaborative innovation and continuous improvement process in the gas-air separation unit for the chemical plant and achieved a zero-punch list. In essence, we have to establish the basis for change and ensure the process is convenient for people, especially in today's world when there is a limited supply of material and labor. Where do you see the construction industry heading in the next two to three years?The future for construction looks more like an engineered solution. I believe the engineering and construction sector are working closely to create and share intellectual knowledge that needs to transfer from the owner's vision to the engineer's design to the actual execution of the project while considering an engineered solution such as prefabrication. The constant learning and improvement will allow our industry to get better. We need to go methodically through each component, ensuring that everybody is on the same page. Then we must obtain feedback and share it with all the people that participated along the way. If the feedback doesn't ever come back, then there is a chance that we may have missed the continuous improvement process completely.What would be a piece of advice to your fellow peers in the industry?Our business is based on relationships and people. So, we have to work collaboratively. Try to work together rather than working as a bunch of individuals. If we want to see the industry improve, we have to do it through collaboration and innovation. For example, we have improved in safety over the years by working collaboratively and completing our individual responsibility to make the jobsites safer. Safety is not economy, we need to embrace the change together. If we want to see the industry improve, we have to do it through collaboration and innovation
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