Photo courtesy of Kevcon Kevcon finished a 20,000-square-foot Vancouver outpatient clinic six months ahead of schedule despite facing one of the rainiest winters on record.

Kevcon faced an array of scheduling and logistical challenges but still delivered a finished product six months ahead of schedule.

When Kevcon began work on the 20,000-square-foot outpatient clinic at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical campus in Vancouver, the team went through extensive pre-planning to manage the construction intricacies of the two-story structure. Managing an accelerated timeline during one of the rainiest winters on record proved to be a key challenge for Kevcon, which had to be flexible and adjust plans daily to ensure that work continued regardless of the weather.

Kevcon tested the capabilities of its scheduling software, using it to do more than simply set the basic timeline at the beginning of the project. The software became a day-to-day resource as it was used to its maximum capacity to make scheduling changes, assign new tasks and show the subcontractors what their often-changing production rates would have to be to continue to meet the schedule.