Yager Electric: Transforming Project Management with Outbuild.
Matt, the President and CEO of Yager Electric, has seen a remarkable transformation in his company’s project management since adopting Outbuild. Yager Electric, a small subcontractor specializing in commercial and mixed-use markets, faced significant challenges with previous scheduling solutions. Issues such as poor collaboration, ineffective communication with crews, and lack of oversight motivated Matt to seek a more robust solution.
Challenges Before Outbuild: Poor Collaboration and Oversight
Since integrating Outbuild into their operations, the impact has been profound. One of the biggest advantages has been the enhancement in communication and stakeholder engagement. We can see and communicate to stakeholders more effectively, says Matt. It allows us to articulate why certain tasks must be done within a specific timeframe to meet the owner's schedule goals. Before using Outbuild, these insights were obscure and hard to convey.
Overcoming Challenges During Integration
The transition to Outbuild did come with its own set of challenges but yielded rewarding results once integrated into daily routines. Initially, getting field teams accustomed to checking for progress on their weekly commitments was tough. As Matt notes, Once it gets built into a daily plan, it's not a big deal and information flows extremely well.
Positive Feedback and Ease of Use
Feedback from team members at Yager Electric has been overwhelmingly positive regarding Outbuild's ease of use compared to previous systems. The teams were impressed by its potential and power but noted one limitation: “They don't like how a new MPP cannot be uploaded to an active job without removing all their current plans,” Matt points out.
The real-time updates feature also proved invaluable in managing schedule acceleration and meeting deadlines set by larger general contractors (GCs). The ability to build look-ahead schedules directly from the master schedule made project execution more seamless than ever before.
Outbuild's Long-Term Impact on Yager Electric’s Workflow
Outbuild has become an integral part of Yager Electric’s workflow by reducing rework, enhancing project performance, and saving significant time. Its user-friendly interface has streamlined collaboration across field teams making roles within the company less stressful yet more productive.
We are a subcontractor, and a small one at that. We have learned some hard lessons when playing with some of the larger GC's. This tool has made it easier to manage and navigate schedule acceleration, to see the failures of a GC when they start to get pressure for deadlines, it allows us to keep the GC's and owners informed and allows us to plan our crews to be the most effective while being fluid and communicating in all directions.
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