Construction projects are increasingly complex. Success depends on our ability to evolve. The right mix of good people equipped with relevant technology ignites progress. At Pepper, progress is powered by a focus on possibilities. We ask, “What if?”
When Pepper started exploring integrated project delivery, we asked, “What if we go beyond what is typically done. What if we approach projects in terms of one plan, one model, one integrated team?” The answers led us to rework our organizational structure and adapt our overall approach to projects in a completely different way.
我们创建了Pepper的集成建筑服务小组，作为我们应用解决方案的重要组成部分。IC集成了技术，更高的性能，可持续性和前建构，在项目时间表的早期，在所有学科之间创造了更高水平的紧密合作，这是基于分享思想和尊重彼此的观点的基础。
Collaboration has been a core Pepper value over the decades and across the generations working together in our offices today. Knowing that technology is driving construction forward, and it’s only as good as the people who manage it, we leveraged what differentiates us. We asked, “What if we paired the right technology with good people?”
我们的“如果”变成了“如何”向那e goal of optimizing efficiency and maximizing value for our clients. Our answer: inclusion and education.
Investing in deliberate, controlled roll-out of new technologies, educating our trades, mentoring, introducing advances, rather than making any singular drastic change, has Pepper on the forefront of virtual design and construction. We’re combining preconstruction and scheduling services with building technology tools such as 3D BIM, the Microsoft HoloLens and infrared scanning, and setting a new bar for integrating high-performance and sustainability into every project we build. We’re visualizing our data through project dash-boarding and tying in predictive analytics. We’re using Microsoft HoloLens for everything from helping people understand what a space is going to look like, to QA/QC-ing the progress and installation, to understanding logistics.
Jen Suerth, vice president of technical services at Pepper, says, “We’re using technology to change how we perform construction, but the technology is just the tool to achieve our goal.”
Equipping our People with Access that Powers Leadership
我们问：“如果我们将高性能专业知识纳入我们的运营过程，包括我们的工作现场怎么办？”Pepper的Net-Zero拖车是我们ICS团队的集体努力的结果，该团队将其他人与新技术一起融合在一起，例如HoloLens增强现实耳机，以在没有纸张图纸的情况下制造拖车。因为它是在我们的仓库中建造的，所以任何队友都可以在项目的背景下获得对技术的第一手了解，然后才被要求将其在工作岗位上使用。
The trailer works holistically as one system to reduce heat absorption, increase energy efficiency, eliminate temperature swings, and produce the electricity needed for a full workday, as well as inspire new thinking about what’s possible.
Improving Practices to Reduce Dangerous Utility Strikes
我们问：“如果我们让我们的贸易伙伴与公开对话有关什么有效，什么是什么？”
Getting feedback directly from the people regularly involved in underground work enabled us to sensibly integrate virtual reality, including drones for aerial photos and 3D models for coordination, and create an underground utility damage prevention strategy that is setting a new standard for safety.
With 63% of utility strikes occurring because of insufficient practices, the tangible reality is prime — reduced risk of injury, death, delays, line damage, fines and costly repairs.
Contractors + Clients
在芝加哥伊利诺伊大学建造一个新的200,000平方英尺的住房和学术设施，我们问：“如果我们将客户和胡椒团队召集在一起，从现场和时间表上的任何时候设想该项目怎么办？”
With outdoor-rated high-bandwidth connectivity deployed on the jobsite, we created a 3D laser scan of each floor before and concrete was placed on time and with cost savings. Streamlining the movement of data to real time, or practically real time, increased efficiencies. Being able to open Tekla and Revil models anywhere onsite put foremen and engineering technicians on the same page with immediate and accurate material data.
When you think about how much we rely on vast amounts of digital data to plan and deliver quality projects, it makes sense to make technology work for the team in the field.
Building relationships and thoughtfully integrating technology to add value is a constant navigation of what makes sense. If we’re going to make positive change for our clients, our organization, and the industry at large, we have to consciously ask questions that lead to opportunity. How to turn those opportunities into reality? Great people and the right technology – this combination leads to breakthroughs in realizing a future built on quality.
Father and son Stan and Jake Pepper are president and CEO and vice president of integrated construction services, respectively, at Pepper Construction in Chicago.
