| Mar 9, 2010 | LCI NCR Chapter >> Lean Practices at Shapiro & Duncan -
Shop Tour & Presentation (Hyattsville, MD)
Mechanical contractor Shapiro & Duncan uses
the 3-D coordinated drawing process to create fabrication drawings. S&D has
gone to great lengths to incorporate Lean Manufacturing and Production
principles into their fabrication facility such as JIT manufacturing and
mass production of similar parts to create assemblies. This culture has
increased production throughout the Construction Department from line
project managers down to the apprentice level. Registration details are at: |
| Mar 10, 2010 | LCI Nor Cal Chapter >> Bay Area Branch >> Process Mapping
Design & Construction for Multi-discipline Teams – A Facilitated Hands-On
Learning Session (Union City, CA)
Facilitators from the Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley project will be
working with you in small groups on a typical design/construction problem,
and in so doing pass on to you what they have learned about how to get a
multi-discipline team to successfully plan their decisions and their work
together. |
| Mar 11, 2010 | LCI Nor Cal Chapter >> Central Valley Branch>> Process
Mapping Design & Construction for Multi-discipline Teams – A Facilitated
Hands-On Learning Session (Sacramento, CA)
Facilitators from the Sutter Medical Center
Sacramento and CPMC Cathedral Hill projects will be working with you in
small groups on a typical design/construction problem, and in so doing pass
on to you what they have learned about how to get a multi-discipline team to
successfully plan their decisions and their work together. |
| Mar 11, 2010 | AT CAPACITY! LCI DFW Chapter
>> Chapter Formation Meeting: Pull-Planning the LCI DFW Chapter (Dallas, TX)
Experience Lean Construction in action as we
use Pull-Planning, one facet of the Last Planner
System® – a
common Lean Construction technique, to strategically plan the activities and
events of a new LCI chapter. We will also identify tasks and responsible
parties to efficiently start the LCI DFW Chapter. Again, although the
meeting is free, please register ahead of time to help us plan enough food
for all. Registration details are at:
http://www.texoassociation.org/reg-develop.asp
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| Mar 16, 2010 | LCI Arizona Chapter >> DPR's Lean Journey (Tempe, AZ)
Featuring Dean Reed of DPR. Dean will discuss
opportunities for productivity improvement with or without a full IPD
(Integrated Project Delivery) contract. The discussion will include
developing work structure for target value design. Registration details are
at: |
| Mar 18, 2010 | LCI San Diego Chapter >> RESCHEDULED EVENT: Advanced Last
Planner (San Diego, CA) Dan Fauchier and
Dick Bayer of The ReAlignment Group will discuss getting buy-in, training,
physical requirements, pre-work, facilitating “the conversation”,
establishing clear Conditions of Satisfaction, making ready, making
contingencies visible, assuring commitment by both sides, follow-up,
Measuring & Evaluating, finding one person to take production
responsibility, and moving away from “plausible deniability”. Registration
details are at: |
| Mar 30, 2010 | LCI Houston Chapter >> Integrated Form of Agreement,
March 30 (Houston, TX) Will Lichtig will
introduce the principles of the Integrated Form of Agreement (IFOA) and
offer examples of construction projects that are implementing lean
principles. This presentation will demonstrate how an IFOA can strengthen
the relationship between the project participants and encourage cooperation
with the main objective of optimizing the project as a whole. Registration
details are at: |
| May 10-12, 2010 | LCI Academic Forum (Louisville, CO)
Save the date for the 6th meeting of the LCI
Academic Forum! Event and registration details coming soon! |
| May 20, 2010 | LCI San Diego Chapter >> DATE CHANGE: A3 Problem Solving
(San Diego, CA) Featuring Katherine
Blume of Southland Industries. Save the date – event and registration
details coming soon! |
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