Al Capone, an LRT and a Corduroy Road

Al Capone, an LRT and a Corduroy Road

Anytime you start to dig, there are risks that you might discover something that will delay a project. Today as I exited our office to take an afternoon walk I was reminded of how important an assessment of site conditions is during front end planning. While you can...
Video: He who Implements Wins!!

Video: He who Implements Wins!!

As the saying goes, “He Who Implements Wins”.  At Valency one our core services is helping organizations implement best practices from the Construction Industry Institute (CII). Created by project and construction industry leaders from around the world,...

Maximizing the benefits of PDRI

Carve for PDRI: The evolution of PDRI Over the past 20-years, many many companies have experienced massive benefits of using PDRI to improve scope definition. As project management processes have matured at companies using PDRI, the supporting tools for PDRI evolved...

How to align O&M Teams and Project Teams

When it comes to mixing O&M teams and capital project teams how can you promote goal alignment and performance focus? In industrial facilities, small capital projects (under $10M) are largely undertaken to address compliance requirements (health, safety or...