If there is one criterion that supersedes all other considerations in construction projects, it is timely delivery. Every effort of project leadership and teams are towards that one goal of being able to deliver as per the customer’s requirements within the given timelines, abiding by the contractual obligations. The introduction of new construction methods and techniques and the advent of frontier technologies have given construction teams a much needed and critical ‘help’ to deliver their commitments.

Across the entire spectrum of construction activities of project planning & management, procurement, finance, quality, safety, talent acquisition and retention, managing cash flows, vendor & supplier management, people are focused to deliver projects on time.

At L&T Construction, our concerted and sustained effort to go digital has driven us faster towards our goal by giving us a ‘vision’ of ‘where and what’ of projects that has sharpened our project monitoring, rendered our benchmarking more meaningful, helped us sweat our resources greater and more efficiently, and empowered us to commit to customers with greater confidence and conviction and, more importantly, deliver on our commitments.

In our quest for greater efficiencies in our systems and processes, we have succeeded to improve productivity, cut costs, reduce wastage, avoid rework, achieve zero defects and move towards a culture of getting it right first time always.

This issue of ECC Concord captures the thought processes of our leadership and the various initiatives taken by our businesses to achieve operational excellence across our different project sites and functions. These are extremely positive moves in the right direction; it is, however, critical for the momentum to continue with the same intensity and vigour.

All the best!