Construction Magazine May 2018 | Page 95

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Before After trade off of planning for the labor gains yields predictability when done properly which ultimately saves time and the cost savings flow throughout the entire project .
Increased agility Despite this , Hypower ’ s embrace of new digital tools continues to influence its positive culture of adaptability and change .
“ Five years from now , we expect that the hard hat that workers wear will have a chip in it with a visor that projects on the wall . I will walk into a room , flip down my visor and see all the work that I ’ m supposed to install that day ,” explains Paul-Hus .
“ Rather than measure anything or do any layout work , it ’ ll actually be on the visor screen . I will simply need to walk up to where the device that I
need to install is , match it up with the shadow box that ’ s on my visor , and screw it to the wall , and I ’ m done .”
“ If you don ’ t have a culture that accepts the use of technology , you are going to be a company that struggles ,” he adds . “ The only way you do that is by implementing change , measuring performance improvement , rewarding people for following processes , and making sure that they understand this .”
By placing significant emphasis on continuous improvement , Hypower is a strong believer in training and developing its workers , improving ways of working through the use of data , giving context to such data and then proactively reacting to the data received .
“ We don ’ t get focused on individual results , we get focused on
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