{"id":10949,"date":"2022-08-11T09:35:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T06:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fira.fi\/news\/tuotantojunan-kyydissa-lapimenoaika-puolittuu\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T07:22:50","slug":"the-production-train-halves-project-completion-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fira.fi\/en\/blog-en\/the-production-train-halves-project-completion-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The production train halves project completion time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Work progresses in production trains in Fira\u2019s pipe renovation line. This reduces project completion time by nearly 50% compared with the traditional way of working. Production trains have improved both productivity and customer and employee satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn traditional construction and renovation projects, subcontracts are scheduled separately for each work phase after competitive bidding \u2013 for example, everything from demolition to tiling in pipe renovation projects. When the team changes for each project, there is no learning. Instead, everyone starts from scratch. This slows project completion,\u201d says Sami Kokkonen<\/strong>, Head of Pipeline Renovations at Fira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is why Fira has chosen to work in a modern and more efficient way: in production trains. Working in production trains means that precisely planned and scheduled work phases follow one another in the same manner as railway carriages. The same team continues from one apartment and site to another smoothly, as steadily as a train. This reduces the time required to complete pipe renovations in an apartment from 12 weeks to 6\u20138 weeks. In addition, material loss decreases when excess materials can be moved directly to the next site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production train method is best suited for The production train halves project completion time relatively large projects with at least 50 apartments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe production train method is best suited for The production train halves project completion time relatively large projects with at least 50 apartments. Fira\u2019s first production train started in 2013, and we\u2019ve applied the production train model to all pipe renovation projects since 2016. We currently have four trains running,\u201d Kokkonen <\/strong>explains<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Production Train 4\u2019s latest pipe renovation project covered 71 apartments on Kirstinkatu in the Kallio district of Helsinki. The project was completed in June 2021, one month ahead of schedule. From Kirstinkatu, the train continued to Suursuontie in the Maunula district, where the project covers 80 apartments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to us that everyone working on a project feels that they are part of Fira\u2019s team, regardless of whether they are employed by Fira or one of its subcontractors. The production train model contributes to this and it is reflected in a high level of commitment among subcontractors: around 90% of the project employees have continued to the next site, while the corresponding proportion has been marginal in projects implemented through separate competitive bidding processes,\u201d Kokkonen <\/strong>says.
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According to Kokkonen<\/strong>, customers have also been very satisfied with Fira\u2019s approach. The production train has proved an excellent concept that has considerably improved both productivity and customer and employee satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/main>\n<\/section>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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