Located approximately 90km southeast of Oslo in Kalnes, the newly completed Østfold hospital is one of the largest health-care facilities in Norway. At the start of the project, Safran Project was chosen to bring together planning, scheduling, and execution to ensure complete project and portfolio management so that the hospital's successful completion could be achieved. Read the complete, in-depth case study here.
Designed to offer specialised healthcare, research, education, and training to the 300,000 people in the Østfold region, the hospital enterprise was one of the most extensive, complex construction projects of its kind, requiring nearly 100 contractors (70 of which were included in the overall project schedule in Safran) to take the project from concept to commission.
A Comprehensive Solution
Helse Sør-Øst RHF through its purchasing arm Sykehuspartner HF invested in a Safran software solution that provides capable, unified software for planning, scheduling, and controls for the complete project lifecycle.
Using a Safran solution, the hospital project team was able to effectively co-ordinate the necessary resources, workers, and time; create a master project plan incorporating project scope, cost, activity networking logic, resource requirements, and resource availability; and address key project complexities to ensure governance, maintain accuracy, and coordinate all interfaces.
Why Safran?
Steinar Skoglund, a senior project manager for Helse Sør-Øst RHF said:
"Progress was closely monitored on all activities, from all contractors throughout the project. This allowed the project team to know the exact status of the project at all times - not only at project level, but down to activity level - so when deviations occurred, corrective actions could be taken."
"It is easy to organise schedules and reports in different ways in order to highlight what you want. It’s not limited to schedules and reports according to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) or the Organisation Breakdown Structure (OBS)."
Using a Safran software solution Helse Sør-Øst RHF were able to complete the construction of the Østfold hospital on-budget and well within the estimated time frame – a full 6 months ahead of schedule.
Full Case Study
With accurate planning, unlimited scheduling, and flexible reporting, Safran software provided a reliable solution for building new infrastructure with the added complexity of a great number of contractors.
To learn more about how Safran’s powerful, unified project planning software provided a reliable solution for the planning, scheduling, and execution of the Østfold Hospital, read the full, in-depth case study here.
