Find Out Exactly Why Your Project Is Behind — and What It Will Take to Fix It

Yes. The BUILD Diagnostic can be applied at the project level — assessing the production system of a specific project — or at the business level — assessing the lean construction capability of a construction business across its entire project portfolio. For individual projects, the focus is on planning reliability, constraint removal and team accountability on that specific project. For construction businesses, the focus is on the systems, culture and leadership capability that determine whether lean construction methodology is consistently deployed across every project the business delivers. Both applications use the same 8-dimension framework and produce the same format of scored report and intervention plan.

The BUILD Diagnostic is a full day on site that assesses the production system of a construction project or construction business across 8 dimensions — planning reliability, constraint removal, team accountability, PPC measurement, supply chain coordination, digital visibility, owner governance and culture. Each dimension is scored and the primary constraints are ranked by impact. The output is a scored production system health report and a prioritised intervention plan delivered within 48 hours of the session. It is the entry point for every lean construction consulting and project coaching engagement at Blue Ocean HPA.

The BUILD Diagnostic report covers the scored production system health assessment across all 8 dimensions, the primary constraints ranked by impact and urgency, a prioritised intervention plan with recommended actions and indicative timelines, and a P2ic platform deployment recommendation where applicable. The report is delivered within 48 hours of the on-site day — given the complexity of on-site assessment compared to a half-day office session, the additional 24 hours allows for a thorough and accurate output. The report is yours to keep regardless of what you decide afterward.

The BUILD Diagnostic is most valuable at three moments. First, before construction starts — when the production system can be designed correctly from day one rather than retrofitted after problems emerge. Second, early in construction when programme slippage or cost pressure is appearing but has not yet become critical — when intervention can still recover the project. Third, for construction businesses that want to assess their overall production system capability and build lean construction competency across their project portfolio. The earlier the diagnostic is deployed in the project lifecycle, the greater the leverage it provides.

For the BUILD Diagnostic to be most effective, the following people should be available during the on-site day — the project owner or their senior representative, the project manager, the site manager or superintendent, and ideally two or three of the key trade foremen or last planners. The pre-diagnostic checklist — sent once the session is confirmed — specifies what documents to have ready, including the current master programme, any available PPC data, the look-ahead plan and any constraint logs. The more complete the preparation, the more targeted and accurate the diagnostic output.