MOCA has six years of experience across all major construction segments including Institutional, Government, Healthcare, and Industrial/Commercial. MOCA has worked on over $2 billion in capital project, involving over 11 million square feet.
Because of MOCA’s unique capabilities and proven results, most clients use MOCA on multiple projects and in support of their overall capital management programs.
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Institutional
MOCA Systems has provided capital project intelligence services to MIT on a variety of projects including a state-of-the-art laboratory, classrooms and office buildings, meeting places and dormitories. Because of the complexity of the facilities, the inclusion of emerging technologies and the structural spanning of a railroad track, MIT enlisted MOCA to assist with the 410,000 s.f. Brain & Cognitive Sciences Building designed to include wet and dry laboratories, teaching facilities, a conference center, offices, clinical space and student areas, gathered around a 90-foot tall central atrium.
Milan Pavlinic, MIT Senior Project Manager for the project, stated “MOCA provides me with “night vision” capabilities to better see what is happening on the project budget and schedule, especially in terms of actual progress and resource requirements. It’s exciting to work with MOCA and its construction simulation system, to provide a new level of insight and control.” |
As a residential liberal arts college located in Hartford, CT, Trinity College offers extensive opportunities for combining classroom instruction with experiential learning in the city. When Trinity College decided to build a new Community Sports Complex, they worked with Trammel Crow to select MOCA Systems to provide early stage capital management services. MOCA Systems developed the baseline cost and schedule from the early feasibility design and provided Trinity and the construction management team with critical cost and schedule data to guide decision-making.
MOCA Systems provided capital project planning and design services to Harvard University for the renovation of Aldrich Hall. Conducting early feasibility, scope and multiple alternative analyses on the 75,000 s.f. building, MOCA provided a baseline projection of costs and schedule that provided the decision support material needed to rearrange the order of work and decrease disruptions.
Duke University and Skanska Building USA (then called Beacon-Skanska) selected MOCA to provide critical capital project support in the construction of their new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Science to ensure the project was completed on time. MOCA developed a manpower loaded schedule based on expected staffing levels and major equipment availability to serve as the baseline project schedule, and then simulated different recovery options to ensure the construction team could select the best courses of action and complete the project on time. So, when Duke University designed their new 300,000 square foot Science Center, Duke again turned to MOCA for project controls and management services.
Governmental
MOCA Systems has supported the U.S. Air Force across multiple bases in the design and construction of a spectrum of buildings that include air traffic control facilities, flight simulator buildings, meeting facilities, administration buildings, and childcare facilities. MOCA has provided services that range from resource optimization during capital programming, to the creation of a “baseline” project cost and schedule during conceptual design and planning, to the evaluation and selection of the most effective design alternatives.
Norm Carron, Chief of Military Construction at the Air Mobility Command, states “The primary difference between MOCA and a project management tool is the excellence in how a construction schedule is produced... With MOCA, you know exactly (the resources) it will take to complete projects at their earliest stage possible...MOCA helps us go to Capital Hill with great confidence.”
ConstrucTech recently printed a cover story article on the USAF and MOCA Systems in November 2005. For more information, connect to www.constructech.com and search by MOCA Systems.
MOCA Systems provided capital planning and design services for the U.S. Federal Office Building and Courthouse in Youngstown, Ohio. MOCA created a baseline costs and schedule for the 100,000 s.f. building, and analyzed design options to enable the team to improve structural integrity and protection of the building with a marginal increase in costs (1%) and no impact on schedule.
The U.S. Veterans Affair was considering the use of the VA Hospital Building System (HBS) design to the $16 billion capital plan for new facilities because of it reduces the risk of secondary infections to patients and eases operations and maintenance activities. MOCA provided capital program management services, quantifying the cost and schedule impacts of the VA HBS design to allow the U.S. Veterans Affair to make an informed decision and better negotiate with contractors bidding on specific projects.
(MA Division of Capital Asset Management)
MOCA Systems has provided capital project intelligence services to Mass DCAM on a number of community colleges and a state prison. The Technology Center at Cape Cod Community College, a 26,500 s.f. multi-function facility, was the first project for the new initiative by DCAM and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) to establish sustainable green building standards for Mass State capital facility projects. MOCA quantified the construction costs and schedule impacts of the green building technologies compared with standard equivalents to help DCAM optimize their resources to achieve a Gold Level Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program.
(Algonquin Regional High School)
The bid and award process for public projects often places school committees and their constituents in the difficult position of trying to make the best decisions on scope, phasing and design options without the benefit of construction expertise. Construction Technology Management (CTM) specializes in helping school committees solve these problems, and tightly maintain budgets while meeting schedules on new schools and renovations. MOCA created a baseline cost and schedule in support of CTM for the $50 million project at the Algonquin Regional High School during the pre-bid process, and then monitored contractor progress during construction, assessing time and cost to complete and evaluate recovery options.
CTM’s president, Jack Ferguson, stated “The independent MOCA estimates, schedules and progress updates allowed us to provide the owner with the data he needed to force timely performance, while at the same time doing nothing that could be construed as interfering with the contractor’s right to control the means and methods.” |
Healthcare
MOCA has provided services to Mass General Hospital across a range of renovations to existing buildings to minimize disruptions to doctors and patients Using previously modeled room layouts, MOCA provided a detailed cost and schedule baseline that incorporated a redesigned floor that could accommodate a phased completion of the new area to ease space transition.
Kimberly Plummer, Senior Project Manager of Partners Real Estate and Facilities at MGH, commented “I can now start projects with a stable and detailed benchmark that puts all of the contractors and designers on the same page.” |
As one of the leading hospitals in the U.S., Brigham and Women’s is often faced with the need to incorporate the latest treatments and equipment into existing buildings with limited space and tight schedules. MOCA helped Brigham & Women's on multiple projects, including the renovation and upgrade of an existing building to accommodate an Ambulatory Care Center through the review and evaluation of cost and schedule impacts during design development, bid submittals and change orders to optimize their resources.
Stephen Dempsey, Director of Real Estate and Facilities for Brigham & Women’s Hospital, commented “MOCA gave us new insight into the cost and schedule drivers on this project. We’re always scrambling to get the work going and done as quickly as possible, and now that we have our “MOCA library” of BWH rooms and suites, we use MOCA to establish the cost of suites with different layouts at the earliest budget feasibility stages, for much faster review and decisions.” |
MOCA provided Emerson Hospital with project controls for their new MRI/CT Scan Facility and Surgical Day Care project. MOCA created a baseline cost and schedule for each project, and advised the team on the best work zones and construction sequencing to achieve a significant reduction in schedule duration.
Paul Crawford, Emerson Hospital’s Director of Facilities Management, knew the 87-day schedule to complete their MRI/CT Scan Facility was cutting it close, and on-time completion was mission-critical. So he enlisted MOCA, and based on MOCA’s recommendations, was able to reduce the schedule by 10 days. |
Industrial/ Commercial
General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, is headquartered in Detroit, MI, and employs about 321,000 people around the world. When General Motors decided to complete a major renovation to their worldwide Research and Development Center, they selected MOCA Systems to provide the project controls. MOCA created a baseline cost and schedule of the 300,000 s.f. facility during conceptual design, and then analyzed the impact of design options throughout design development, helping the design team make critical tradeoffs to ensure the center is completed on schedule and within budget.
PRISA
When Puerto Rico’s premier developer, the PRISA Group, joined forces with the Hyatt Corporation to design and build a gracious and luxurious residential condominium resort in one of the most beautiful locations in the Caribbean, they turned to MOCA Systems to provide a full range of capital programming services.
PRISA CEO Federico Stubbe stated “MOCA allows me to test the new ideas before we go out on site, and choose the best designs and methods to make these buildings the premier examples of sustainable resort development.” |
Genzyme is a leader in the effort to develop and apply the most advanced technologies in the life sciences to address a range of unmet medical needs. But Genzyme’s commitment to innovation and quality transcends their research and development activities. Genzyme enlisted MOCA Systems to supply their project managers with a cutting-edge set of analytic tools that would enable them to improve their already outstanding management practices.
On the Biosurgery Suite Project, MOCA created a baseline cost and schedule from the design drawing, and then analyzed different decision alternatives. After simulating the scenarios, MOCA identified a set of design options and construction alternatives with an 8% cost reduction and a 37% shorter schedule.
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