The CRA Process

The CRA Process

The Construction Readiness Assessment (CRA) is a straight-forward process:
  1. A well-organized meeting contributes towards achieving buy-in on the CRA process. Ensuring the proper stakeholders attend and providing supporting reasons as to why this process will benefit them specifically is helpful in promoting participation. Ensure the meeting room and meeting logistics are organized well in advance and provide assessment material to participants ahead of the meeting.
  2. The next step is to conduct the Construction Readiness Assessment. This typically involves a neutral facilitator and co-facilitator (or scribe). The assessment will provide a construction readiness score indicating if the project is Ready, Borderline, or “Not-Ready” for construction. Also, the assessment provides the data to clearly identify the categories for improvement that need more attention to improve overall construction readiness.
  3. The third step that ultimately drives the improvement in construction readiness is for the team to focus on the low scoring categories and take action to complete the activities or deliverables required. Each category is linked to guidelines on CII best practices that can be used by the team to help drive actions and improvements.
  4. If the project is not ready for construction or borderline, after sufficient time to take action, the team should re-assess construction readiness, focusing on the missing factors. Through this iterative process, the team will ensure they are construction-ready and avoid a premature start of construction.


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