This is a guide to the materials from the “Introduction to Lean Construction” and the “7th Annual Lean Construction Congress” held September 21-23, 2005, in San Francisco California. Slides used in the “Introduction to Lean Construction” are in the file with that name. More detailed notes for each of Annual Congress presentations follow the agenda below. Folders for each presentation include the PowerPoint slides in PDF format, MP3 records of the presentation and ensuing discussion, and supporting documents. Notes from the discussions listing folder and file names, key points and take-aways, and questions to presenters as identified by the audience are included in this file following the agenda.

 

7Th Annual Lean Construction Congress

September 20-23, 2005

Cathedral Hill Hotel

San Francisco, California

 

Session Notes.doc

 

Tuesday, 9/20/05: Brief Introduction to Lean Construction

            Folder:                         BriefIntroduction to Lean Construction

Presentation file:            Briefintro_to_lean.pdf

Wednesday 9/21-22/05: LCI Annual Congress: Reports from practitioners

     

Session 1: Owners and the lean construction revolution

1)      Keynote: The Sutter Initiative. Dave Pixley - Project Manager Director,

            Folder:                   1 Keynote

            Presentation file:      1.Pixley_SutterInitiative.pdf

            Audio Files:            1 Pixley_SutterInitiative.mp3

1.1 Pixley SutterInitiative Notes.mp3

 

2)      Integrated Agreement. Will Lichtig, McDonald Holland & Allen, PC.

            Folder:                   2 Integrated Agreement

Presentation file:      2_Lichtig_Integrated_Agreement.pdf

Audio File:  2 Lichtig_Integrated_Agreement.mp3

 

3)      BAA’s Lean Construction Initiative. Doug Black, BAA, London, UK.

Folder:                   3 BAA’s Lean Initiative

Presentation file:      3_Black_BAAinitiative.pdf

Audio File:              3 Black-BAA.mp3

3.1 Black-BAA-Notes.mp3

3.2 Pixley Black discussion.mp3

 

Session 2: Lean Project Reports

4)      Channel Tunnel Rail Link Project-London. Andre Koerckel, Strategic Project Solutions.

Folder:                   4 Chunnel Rail Tunnel

Presentation file:      4_Koerckel_Chunnel.pdf

Audio File:              4-Koerckel_Chunnel.mp3

                              4.1-Koerckel_Chunnel_Notes-Discussion.mp3

 

5)      Assessing the Impact of Lean Construction. Prof. Luis Fernando, Alarcon, Catholic University, Santiago Chile.

Folder:                   5 Assessing Lean Impact

Presentation file:      5.Alarcon_AssessingLean.pdf

Audio Files:            5 Alarcon_AssessingLean.mp3

                                    5.1 Alarcon_AssessingLean-Notes.mp3

 

6)      Pull Planning and Production Control. Steve Keckeis, Messer Construction

Folder:                   6 Pull Planning

Presentation file:      6.Keckeis_MesserPullProduction.pdf

Audio Files:            6 Keckeis_MesserPullProduction.mp3

                                                6.1 Keckeis_MesserPullProduction Notes.mp3

 

7)      Lessons from Lean Projects. David Long, Sutter Health with Dan Conwell, Sutter Health; Bonnie Walker, HGA; Mike Mencarini, Unger Construction; Romano Nickerson, Boulder Associates; George Zettel, Turner Construction.

Folder:                   7 Lessons from Lean Projects

Presentation file:      7_Long&TeamprojectLessons.pdf

Audio File:              7 Long&TeamprojectLessons.mp3

 

Session 3: Last Planner in Ultrafast projects

8)      How We Used Lean Techniques to Automate a Chemical Plant in 21 Days. Paul Wood, Air Products & Chemicals.

Folder:                   8 Chemical Plant Shutdown w/LPS

Presentation file:      8.WoodAPCISHutdown.pdf

Audio File:              8 WoodAPCISHutdown.mp3

8.1 WoodAPCISHutdown Notes.mp3

 

9)      Lessons Learned in Pull Scheduling on a Paper Machine Rebuild. Paul Reiser, Boldt Construction

Folder:                   9 Paper Mill Shutdown w/LPS

Presentation file:      9_Rieser_BoldtShutdown.pdf

Audio Files:            9 Rieser_BoldtShutdown.mp3

9 Rieser_BoldtShutdown Notes.mp3

 

10)  Managing Ship Repair with Last Planner. Abdel Azzouzi & Steve Toele, Todd Shipyards.

Folder:                   10 Ship Repair w/LPS

Presentation file:      10.Azzousi&Toele_Todd_Last_Planner.pdf

Audio Files:            10 Azzousi&Toele_Todd_Last_Planner.mp3

                                               10.1 Azzousi&Toele_Todd_Last_Planner notes.mp3

 

Session 4: Lean in Design

11)  Report on the LCI Design Forum. David Mar, Tipping-Mar Associates.

Folder:                   11 LCI Design Forum

Presentation file:      11_Mar_DesignForum.pdf

Audio Files:            11 Mar_DesignForum.mp3

11.1 Mar_DesignForum Notes.mp3

 

 

12)  Target Costing for Camino Medical Group: Discussion organized by Dean Reed and Atul Khanzode from DPR. Panelists - John Holm, Sutter Health; George Hurley, DPR; Tracy DeLeuw, DPR; Kevin Davies, Hawley Peterson & Snyder; Bryan Johnson, Capital Engineering Consultants; Jeremy Camper, Cupertino Electric; Mark Napier, Southland Industries.

Folder:                   12 Camino Target Costing

Presentation file:      12_CaminoMedicalGroup_Long.pdf

Audio File:              12 Camino Group.mp3

                              12_CaminoMedicalGroup_Long.pdf

 

13)  Piloting Lean Techniques in Design. John Brock & Mark Dietrick, Burt Hill.

Folder:                   13 Piloting Lean in Design

Presentation file:      13.Brock&Dietrick_LeanDesign.pdf

Audio Files:            13 Brock&Dietrick_LeanDesign.mp3

                                    13.1 Brock&Dietrick_LeanDesign-Notes.mp3