The method aligns engineering and procurement deliverables with the construction sequence in the schedule. It’s a disciplined approach to increasing productivity and decreasing the cost of project delivery by providing a structure for focused execution planning and control that is directed at the construction work front, ensuring crews can work, constraint free.
AWP has become an increasingly popular way to deliver large capital projects and programs, due to the significant benefits available as an organization matures into this new methodology.
Benefits of AWP identified by CII
25% increase in productivity
10% reduction in total installed cost (TIC)
Increased safety
Additional benefits of AWP include:
- Improved labor productivity provision of constraint free packages of work.
- Early construction input—path of construction is critical so requires construction involvement from day one.
- Increased project predictability—constraint free packages of work lead to predictability.
- Stakeholder alignment—sign off of all package scopes.
- More time to supervise—no need to chase materials, etc.
- Craft morale—all materials, equipment etc are available to install.
- Improved progress tracking—small know discipline lead packages.
- Improved installation—having construction involved at day one.
- Enhanced start-up and commissioning—the commissioning teams are engaged early in the process.
