Wuhan Central Hospital Case Study

The Wuhan Central Hospital Yangchunhu Campus has an enormous area of approximately 230,000 sq.m. to accommodate 1,000 beds. Initially, this project followed a traditional construction management practice with elaborative manual workflows. Such workflows faced variations in design and operational developments, leading to budget constraints when time was already running out as per the schedule. These roadblocks created a break in the entire project workflow and overlooked the co-relations of inter-processes in planning. There was a heavy requirement for a digital planner tool to synchronise the planning.

• Change orders at any stage or section interrupted the entire project workflow
• Inefficient coordination and management of the general contractor across trades
• The reliability of the workflow was not guaranteed, leading to planning uncertainty

VisiLean was deployed to digitise and streamline construction management:

Constraint Management & Accountability — VisiLean improved coordination for sub-contractors, establishing accountability for constraints and enabling effective problem resolution with enhanced risk management.

Simplified Documentation — VisiLean simplified documentation through photos and attachments, providing easier understanding and better legibility for addressing ground-level issues and meeting deadlines.

Personalised Dashboards — VisiLean was personalised for the project, enabling workers to review dashboards and access required information easily, improving execution control.

• 74% average team adoption of Lean workflow, yielding better visibility and identifying waste and inefficiencies
• 76% of daily users reported VisiLean has an extremely user-friendly interface, increasing regular usage

• High team adoption rates are achievable when digital lean tools offer a user-friendly interface
• Personalised dashboards improve execution control by giving workers easy access to relevant information
• Photo and attachment-based documentation improves communication for ground-level issue resolution