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Coming Events

Feb 1, 2012	LCI Los Angeles CoP>> Lean Principles in BIM Coordination (Monterey Park, CA) Speakers: Jim Youngblood, Consultant LACCD and David Francis, Southland Industries One of the main impacts of BIM is the use of virtual coordination in the design and construction phases of a project. This process has created a new “field” of expertise on What, When, Who, How and Why to effectively implement a coordination process. This process is used at all stages of a project to identify potential design, constructability and maintenance issues. The presentation is aimed at identifying “issues” and “waste” in the process and outline how to effectively implement virtual coordination utilizing lean principles. Registration details are at: http://lci-los-angeles-02-01-2012.eventbrite.com
Feb 1, 2012	P2SL DESIGN PLANNING WORKSHOP #4: Wednesday, 8AM - 1PM at DPR's office in Redwood City. This will be the 4th workshop in our series of Adventures in Design Planning. This one is on Systems for Project Delivery by Alex Kunz from Gehry Technologies Register online at: http://www.regonline.com/P2SL-design-planning-4
Feb 8-9, 2012	LCI Nor Cal CoP>> Built in Quality—Getting Things Done Right…The First Time (Oakland, then Sacramento, CA) Speaker: Will Lichtig, The Boldt Company, joined by other members from the Sutter Sacramento Project Team. Traditional QA/QC and inspection programs help identify work that is “defective,” but do little to assure that work is done properly the first time or that workers learn from breakdowns in order to avoid future defects. Building on the Built in Quality ideals described in the Integrated Form of Agreement for Lean Project Delivery, The Boldt Company’s Sutter Sacramento Team is leading an effort with its Trade Partners, to design and document how field operations will be performed in an effort to produce work that is 100% compliant with the conditions of satisfaction. Come hear how this process works and experience firsthand how to go about developing Built in Quality Field Books. Bay Area Branch, Feb 8 START TIME 5:00pm. Register at: http://lci-nor-cal-02-08-2012.eventbrite.com Central Valley Branch, Feb 9 START TIME 5:30pm. Register at: http://lci-nor-cal-02-09-2012.eventbrite.com
Feb 8, 2012	CURT>> Construction Safety - Further Down the Road to Zero (New Orleans, LA) Join us on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in New Orleans, LA for this CURT best practices workshop on safety and learn what you can do to achieve zero. Topics to be covered include: What zero means, and how to explain it. How owners can implement at corporate, division, project and international levels. What general and trade contractors can do to bring along their partners. How to overcome the typical barriers and problems associated with implementation. Register online at: http://www.curt.org/Events.aspx?msg=PermisionRequired
Feb 10, 2012	LCI Colorado CoP>> How to Join the Project Integration Revolution (Denver, CO) Speaker: Brant Lahnert, PE The construction industry is the only US industry that has had a reduction in productivity over the last 40 years. The disintegration of the design and construction industries over that time has resulted in adversarial methods for building delivery that have increased costs, killed innovation, made optimization impossible, increased risk, and reduced reliability for the owner. Only by integrating the design and construction process in a collaborative litigation-free team environment can project-centric optimization be realized. Integration seeks to create a framework in which all key team members are involved from the start to jointly determine project goals, and risk and reward are shared appropriately Sounds like a fantasy? Well, it is. However, KL&A has been working on projects for 15 years that have ranged from “nearly integrated” to “not integrated at all” in our capacity as structural engineers, steel detailers and construction managers of over $50 million of at-risk steel construction. We know integration is possible, but it requires a departure from many long-standing paradigms. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) concepts can encompass Building Information Modeling (BIM) and design-build, but it is bigger than those ideas. It is a better system for delivering projects, especially those requiring high levels of sustainability, coordination, schedule performance and cost reliability. The USGBC has endorsed IPD as the critical delivery method that can deliver the highest performing sustainable projects. Registration details are at: http://lci-colorado-02-10-2012.eventbrite.com
Feb 15, 2012	LCI Ohio Valley CoP>> Lean in the Field: What Works and What Does Not, February 15 (Cincinnati, OH) Moderated by: Brad Richey, Turner Construction Panelists: John Schroeder & Bret Reedy - Baker Concrete, Julie Glassmeyer - Grote Enterprises, Todd Elliott - Nelson Stark, Dave Fruchey & Mike Kauzlick - Don R. Fruchey, Inc. Hear the real-life Lean experiences of four local companies and how they practice Lean in the field. Find out how they got started, what is working for them, and what they struggle with. A panel discussion will follow giving attendees the ability to interact with the practitioners and ask the tough questions. Registration details are at: http://lci-ovc-2-15-2012.eventbrite.com
Feb 15, 2012	LCI Arizona CoP>> Lean AZ DPR Sundt HSEB Job Tour (Phoenix, AZ) This will be an exciting tour of the UoA / NAU Health Science and Education Building on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus showing the Lean, BIM and Last Planner tools that DPR Sundt has implemented. Parking is across the street from the project at the NE corner of 7th Street and Fillmore. Then you can walk across 7th Street to the Jobsite trailer. All people must bring their own PPE (boots, hardhat, safety glasses, and safety vest) to tour the project. Registration details are at: http://lci-arizona-02-15-2012.eventbrite.com
Feb 16-17, 2012	P2SL-LCI-AIA Lean Design Forum (UC Berkeley, CA - Garden Room) Register online at: https://www.regonline.com/LeanDesign2012
Feb 23, 2012	LCI New England CoP>> Last Planner System – Implementing on Your Project (Waltham, MA) Presented by Hal Macomber of Lean Project Consulting and Colin Milberg of The Realignment Group Project delivery at all phases is plagued by high variability which undermines effective planning and overall project performance. The Last Planner® (sometimes referred to as the Last Planner System®) is a production planning system designed to produce predictable work flow and rapid learning in programming, design, construction and commissioning of projects. Last Planner® is a structured collaborative process that dramatically improves coordination, collaboration, and innovation on projects thus improving value on the project in the form of schedule and cost performance, productivity, quality, morale and safety. Last Planner® was developed by Glenn Ballard and Greg Howell in the early 1990’s. In the past five years, use of Last Planner® on projects and within both design and construction firms has increased geometrically. This Community of Practice meeting will build on the January meeting and cover getting started with implementing Last Planner® on projects, common challenges in implementing Last Planner®, and hands on exercises on establishing “conditions of satisfaction” with your “customer” and reliable promising which form the backbone to the Last Planner System®. Registration details are at: http://lci-new-england-02-23-2012.eventbrite.com
Mar 7, 2012	P2SL Annual Conference, 8am - 4pm Where: UC Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus, Garden Room (near the Dining Room in Building 10) Registration info will be sent out later.