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Projects - Johnson Controls Lucenec
The Brief:
- Johnson Controls Automotive division is a premier Tier 1 supplier of innovative automotive interiors
- Requirement to establish strategic location and new foam plant showcasing best practice and best in class design, to better serve customers across Eastern Europe
- Global WorkPlace Solutions (GWS) selected to design and project manage construction of the new facility
Challenges:
- Remote site location in a less developed part of Slovakia
- Design, build and start plant operations within 12 months
- Create a best in class design that can be replicated at other sites at the lowest possible cost
- Integration of complex process equipment and environmental compliance processes
Solutions:
- Integrated a design and build team with the customer project team
- Development and concept design by GWS team
- Use of a design and build approach to reduce customer risks and limit change requests/management costs under FIDIC contract rules
- Established full-time site management with tight control of contractors and good contact to local and national government agencies
- Managed costs and change, providing detailed reporting to the customer
Results:
- Reduced the change requests by EUR 880,000 to EUR 200,000 on a total construction cost EUR 6.76 million for 18,000 square meter plant, according to FM-Global HPR Standards
- Completed the building 4 percent under budget
- Construction time compressed to only 8 months
- Integrated solution with FM operations
