Case Study: Laing O'Rourke improves weekly planning and reporting on a $100M METRONET project with Aphex

Helping Laing O'Rourke Deliver a $100M Metronet Project

Laing O'Rourke faced a challenge standardizing planning for its Thomas Road Over Rail project, part of Perth's METRONET infrastructure upgrade. Its small engineering and planning teams struggled with a disjointed weekly routine, where separate plans were only coordinated in a last-minute Friday meeting, leading to inefficiency and a lack of team ownership. The company turned to vendor Aphex to implement a new collaborative planning process.

By adopting Aphex, the teams established a new structured weekly routine. Engineers and supervisors now collaboratively update their lookahead plans each Wednesday using the platform, which helps identify and resolve cross-team issues before a streamlined Thursday review. This drove greater team buy-in and accountability. For the planning team, Aphex’s Power BI API automated reporting, providing higher quality data that helped the site-based teams avoid issues. The solution ensured the $100M project was delivered on time, setting a new standard for future work.

Laing O'Rourke

Ali Naqvi

Senior Planning and Project Controls Engineer