SoilBuild Case Study

Company Details

CUSTOMER

Soil-Build (Pte.) Ltd.

LOCATION

Singapore

COMPANY SIZE

1K- 5K Employees

INDUSTRY

Residential

Categories: Residential

Background

Soil-Build (Pte.) Ltd. is a renowned Singapore-based contractor firm. They undertake futuristic projects that are backed by environmental benefits and have sleek building structures. Verticus, a high-end residential project, is one of their reputable projects where VisiLean was deployed. It is a freehold condo project situated on the fringe of the city. This project was destined to offer supreme connectivity to future residents for all their basic amenities.

Challenges

The Master schedule failed to track all the on-site updates effectively – the lack of planning input always meant looking back at the progress. No sooner was the Master schedule imported into Visilean than subcontractors, fabricators and suppliers could visualise their work and prioritise it. Providing planning input to the consolidated programme on the same platform allowed all stakeholders to be on the same page at all times.
A central platform to track the weekly updates of the contractors, subcontractors and fabricators was missing. VisiLean as a central platform helped the project managers and sub-contractors to review, update and monitor the status of the tasks in real-time to learn from roadblocks and variances.
WhatsApp/SMS was a central channel for onsite and offsite communication. This led to a loss of information in between and created traceability and responsibility issues for management.

Solution

The Master schedule imported into Visilean led the subcontractors, fabricators and suppliers to visualise their work and prioritise it. Providing planning input to the consolidated programme on the same platform allowed all stakeholders to be on the same page at all times.
VisiLean as a central platform helped the project managers and sub-contractors to review, update and monitor the status of the tasks in real-time to learn from roadblocks and variances.
With VisiLean, each task was specifically assigned to the subcontractors and fabricators who reported real-time updates on it. This allowed for clear ownership as well as traceability of all actions revolving around the job done.

Achievement

In a timeframe of six months, the Percent Planned Complete (PPC) jumped to 86%. It was followed by regular reviews among the main contractors, fabricators, suppliers, and sub-contractors in a collaborative setting which improved their production and task delivery.
BIM helped in accurate project planning and monitoring through Live 4D sequencing and scheduling. This was used for comparing the planned vs actual progress as well in a 4D BIM environment for performance improvement through continuous review of variance & issues.

To download the complete Soil-Build Case Study, please fill the form below.

     Good  
     Based on 44 reviews 
    
 
 
   
 
 
        
   Howard G. 
 September 24, 2021.
 
 
  Review
Excellent - as well as the product, the customer support has been fantastic.

☺Ease of use, potential for it to be a single source of data, phone app. 

☹Like to be able to scroll left to right between weeks in scheduler view and the location stays in the same place. Would like to be able to scroll 1 week at a time in phase view. Constraints to be tracked, and identify by associated trade. Unable to "commit" a task for the next week.
  
 
       
   monish g. 
 July 24, 2021.
 
 
  Visilean Review
Good

☺Visilean is a very good software for collaborative efforts with a dedicated team working on a tight schedule

☹Offline facility not available. It should be incorporated.
  
 
       
   Deron M. 
 July 22, 2021.
 
 
  Visilean is the future of construction...

☺Real time updates of the project - Ease of giving updates strait from job site. 
Mobility of apps and Great customer support and system on-boarding.

☹I don't really have much negative to say, every time we come up with something to improve the system it doesn't talk long and its part of a system update. They are working every day to improve the system.
  
 
       
   Aastha B. 
 July 8, 2021.
 
 
  Why should you go with the software
Software has a lot of significance in improving a projects performance. My overall experience was really great and the team is really supportive.

☺BIMLean Integration works out easy with the software. It supports LPS of Lean Process. Model and Schedule can directly be imported and linked in the software itself. 4D simulation can be viewed in the software with a proper colour wheel assigned to it defining the work status. Work commitment, collaborative planning, communication and workflow are improved using the software, which helps improve project performance. Different projects constraints such as:  space planning, resource planning, equipment positioning, etc. are easily identified.
Software summaries the project status with PPC tracking of WWP, reason of variance mapping, constraint summary and generates progress reports with all documents submitted per activity (RFI, Quality Report, Site Photograph, etc.) in one place.
It compares the planned v/s actual work at site with visual view addition. It is a handy software and is easy to use with easily accessible data. Software also has a mobile version, helping the data to be tracked from anywhere possible.

☹Overall the software is really great but some points from a designer's perspective could be added into the same.
  
 
       
   Bhaumik P. 
 July 8, 2021.
 
 
  The Future of Built Environment
Good

☺3D BIM, 4D Simulation, Value Engineering, Waste Reduction

☹Everything is okay in the cloud and app system. But what if the project is in a remote location. Network Connectivity for real-time updates is an issue. They should build an offline version of the app.
  
 
       
   Agastya M. 
 July 7, 2021.
 
 
  A game changer for real estate projects
The experience with VisiLean has been very satisfactory

☺We have been more inclined towards using the mobile app. Using the mobile app is very much convenient on an every day basis. Most importantly the Quality Approval workflow is very seamless. We can convey our work completion by clicking just one button on the mobile app and the Sr. Engineers get notified about the same. When it comes to the Software, it is cloud based and this helps us to access the Software as well. It is just like accessing facebook; you go to the VisiLean website, provide your credentials and boom; you have all your projects with you. The Gantt view in the Software helps us to create our schedules and also import our schedules created on Microsoft excels. 

☹Not much cons that our company can think of, but yes; on some instances, when we work in basements where the network connectivity is an issue; it is not possible to provide the updates from mobile app. We have conveyed this to their support team (which is very friendly btw) and they have already committed to deliver it soon.
  
 
       
   Keith O. 
 July 6, 2021.
 
 
  Graham Construction
Very good as I said. It will need to be in bedded more into peoples working habits.

☺Keeps a track of important contractual issues

☹Needs more time to bed into peoples working live's
  
 
       
   Josh B. 
 July 6, 2021.
 
 
  Great Planning tool

☺The mobile app made it easy to see my tasks only.

☹The web version was a little confusing and hard to navigate for first time users.
  
 
       
   Daniel F. 
 July 2, 2021.
 
 
  Visilean review
- Best custom service i have ever experienced.
- Visilean wants feedback and really listen to it. I am very convinced that Visilean wants to be developed and contiune to improve, and they show it. Ideas and user friendly tips i give in feedback often is implemented in the near future. 

☺- Live update on phones.
- Low time spent on documenting activities that goes according to planned.
- That you make each subcontractor "more" responsible when they need to accept each activities 6-8 weeks before start by making it "ready".

☹- No view to gives you the full overview of the long term plan. (like 12 months ahead).
- Todays use of colors. Ready state is good for the planner only, but during planning meeting with all contractors, look

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.

Book a Demo

Enter your details and we will be in touch to schedule a short meeting and demo of VisiLean. During your demo, we will explain are different product offerings, how the software works and how it can be tailored to your project. After this, you will be able to start your fully-fledged 30-day trial. We have comprehensive how-to guides and dedicated customer support to make the switch to VisiLean as easy as possible.

Your Name

Phone Number

Company

Describe your Requirement

If you wish for us to contact you based on your recent enquiry, please provide consent and please tick the box.

If you would like more information about our privacy policy, how your data is used, or would like to request for your data to be removed from our systems, visit our privacy policy. Please tick the below box if you accept our privacy policy information. This information can be accessed at any time.

From time to time we would like to contact you with details about our products and services. If you consent to us contacting you for this purpose, please tick the following box.