Speed and quality of construction have always been a driving factor in the construction industry. In today's era of technically complex projects, a variety of concepts and delivery methods have been defined all striving to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for faster project delivery from concept to completion. For reasons ranging from emergency rebuilds to conditions related to competitive market forces to regulatory compliance considerations, a higher level of fast tracking is needed offering greater predictability and even faster project deliveries. Hence, the pursuit of "Faster Fast Track" or "Flash Track" deems necessary. This research defines Flash Track as a time-driven project, which by necessity requires a heightened degree of concurrency between engineering, procurement and construction. A principle research question was to identify and prioritize practices and strategies that could be employed to compress project durations, while maintaining safety, quality, and risk tolerance. This paper reports on the results of structured interviews, which were conducted on three successful Flash Track efforts, including an emergency rebuild project, a contractual integrated project delivery (IPD), and a major industrial project that embraced Lean Construction practices. Content analysis from these interviews yielded fourteen Flash Track practices, which were subsequently vetted by sixty-four fast track experts in a 3-round Delphi study to determine the degree to which these practices were essential for the successful delivery of Flash Track projects. These structured interviews provided a common basis in search of identifying leading and distinguishing Flash Track considerations.
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