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Welcome to the Central Florida Community of Practice (CoP) website! The CoP’s purpose is to educate our members on how to improve the productivity and efficiency of everything they do. We advocate use of Lean principles and tools in all areas of business including the office, shops, vehicles, and at the jobsites. Through programming and development, the Central Florida CoP helps our members learn and grasp Lean terms and techniques, having a positive impact on the culture change that needs to happen for Lean practices to be implemented. We have created a Lean forum where you can learn how the Lean process organizes operations and supplies to make the most of available labor, space, and capital.
Lean is not a program that is ever finished; it becomes the culture of the company, therefore providing greater value to all of our customers.
Whether you are researching what Lean Construction is about, just starting your Lean Journey, or have been at it for years, we welcome you to join our upcoming events. To become more involved in the Central Florida CoP, please contact Kevin Labrecque, Leader, at kevin.labrecque@sevansolutions.com.
Have you ever been on a construction site that seems disorganized, cluttered, & overcrowded? If so, please consider joining us to learn about a process that can help you maintain a more productive, safe, & clean project site. 5S and visual management are the use of techniques that will enable a person to immediately recognize normal and abnormal states in a process. This technique helps an organization examine the workplace and identify irregularities for easy elimination of waste and improving safety. We will create awareness of the principles behind the 5S’s and identify the impact that it can have on improving production and promoting safe working environments.
Have you ever been on a construction site that seems disorganized, cluttered, & overcrowded? If so, please consider joining us to learn about a process that can help you maintain a more productive, safe, & clean project site. 5S and visual management are the use of techniques that will enable a person to immediately recognize normal and abnormal states in a process. This technique helps an organization examine the workplace and identify irregularities for easy elimination of waste and improving safety. We will create awareness of the principles behind the 5S’s and identify the impact that it can have on improving production and promoting safe working environments.
RefinemySite is a cloud-based construction collaboration platform that applies Lean principles to enable your entire team — from superintendent to trade contractors — to plan, communicate and execute in real time. Join us for this educational program so you can experience how your project team can use Last Planner System® practices with RefinemySite to more productively plan, coordinate, confirm and learn from your work.
Join the vPlanner team for this short overview of the best practices of managing collaborative pull planning while working remotely. Since February, our team has coached dozens of project teams around the world to transition from on-site management to remote/hybrid management of their production plans using vPlanner. We will also share how we have been adapting takt planning to a variety of project types and situations including in recovery planning to lessen the impact of social distancing on the workflow. We have assembled lessons learned for planning the design, construction, commissioning, and activation that we will share during this webinar.
Review 10 essential Lean books with Lean construction leader and author Hal Macomber. Intended for people starting to implement Lean practices as well as those continuing to build their Lean organizations and projects. This is the perfect precursor to Congress and will help keep teams on track well after the event is over.
Discover the presentations that mean the most to your Lean journey with five tracks built around the overarching theme of The ABCs of Lean: Transformation through Actions, Best Practices and Coaching:
High-performing teams function on collaborative brain power to rapidly advance work and add value by operating in a Big Room setting. Effective Big Rooms are only possible with the mindset and behaviors that break down the traditional silos to allow for cross-functional team collaboration and decision-making. Through the Effective Big Room webinar, you will gain a foundational understanding of the concept of a Big Room by learning the benefits, purpose, and implementation considerations. This webinar will lead you to understanding how to improve collaboration and drive transparency within your team to optimize project outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
Join us for a 90-minute virtual CoP experience to engage deeply with independent Lean Coaches in a collaborative discussion.
Come with your most vexing Lean implementation or project problems and get expert advice. We will utilize breakouts to discuss topics in small groups, each led by a coach.
The Zoom link for attendance will be included with your registration confirmation email.
This is going to be a fun and interactive session and we will be capping registration at 70 in order to keep the groups small! As well, joining from your mobile device may be frustrating. For that reason, we are only allowing attendees to join from your computer. We also ask that everyone #turnyourcameraon and come ready to actively participate! It will enrich the experience for all participants.
July 18, 2017 – Tampa and Orlando Business Case for Lean – Pemberton & Mace
 LCI Central Florida Community of Practice Making Lean Work in Construction Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: TECO | |
| Speakers: Joe Potter, Diversified Drilling – Vice President/General Manager with Diversified Drilling Corporation. Ed Anderson, CEO/President of Lean Implementation
Please join us for some answers to these questions and to see & hear about a successful Florida project using Lean construction. The presentation will be followed by an activity to simulate how to transition from a conventional, non-Lean organization to one that embraces Lean principles. Refreshments will be served. Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visiting LCI’s website. Click here for more information on LCI membership. Ticket price: $25.00 Register HERE | |
LCI Central Florida Community of Practice Identifying Waste in the Design and Construction of Projects Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Brasfield & Gorrie | |
| Speakers: Kevin Labrecque, Limbach Greg Pace, Former Director of Design and Construction for UHS of Delaware Greg and Kevin will present on “Identifying and addressing waste in the design and construction of projects,” which is fundamental to success, both in terms of an individual project as well as in terms of your overall business. Whether that waste exists within your own four walls or in how we all come together as an industry to deliver projects, the opportunity exists for individuals to apply basic tools and principles to eliminate that waste. Come hear Gregory Pace, Former Director of Design & Construction at UHS of Delaware Inc., and Kevin Labrecque, SVP – Operational Excellence at Harper Limbach, present real working examples of identifying and eliminating waste directly within organizations and collectively on the projects we all work on. Attendees will leave with examples and tools that they can then can be put into practice on their projects and within their businesses. The second half will consist of an activity. Refreshments will be served. Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visiting LCI’s website. Click here for more information on LCI membership. Ticket price: $25.00 Register HERE | |
LCI Central Florida Community of Practice LCI National Congress Highlights & Improving Project Delivery Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: TECO | |
| Speakers: Kevin Labrecque, Limbach Ed Anderson, Construct-X Kevin Labrecque will present the highlights of the LCI National Congress Ed Anderson will conduct the second half with the “Beginning with the End in Mind” presentation. The process of Improving project delivery with collaborative technology. Topics to be discussed:
Refreshments will be served. Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visiting LCI’s website. Click here for more information on LCI membership. Ticket price: $25.00 Student Ticket price: $10.00 (with ID) Register HERE | |
LCI Central Florida Community of Practice “Magic Kingdon HUB IPD Journey & The Villego® Game” Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Randall Mechanical | |
| Speakers: Monica Cordero, Walt Disney Imagineering Steven Dukes, Turner Construction Monica Cordero, a construction manager for Walt Disney Imagineering, will lead a group discussion on the IPD agreement, design development and Lean principles and practices that were utilized by the MK HUB team to deliver an extremely logistically challenging project in the middle of the Magic Kingdom. The presentation will touch on topics such as Tri Party Agreement, Final Target Value, Conceptual Estimating, Team Health, Field Efficiencies and Change Management. In the second half, Steven Dukes will facilitate the Villego® game. The Villego® game is a hands on approach to the pull planning system. Refreshments will be served. Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visiting LCI’s website. Click here for more information on LCI membership. Ticket price: $25.00 Student Ticket price: $10.00 (with ID) Register HERE | |
LCI Central Florida Community of Practice “Implementation of Lean Construction Principles and Practices on the JetBlue TSF Project” Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: TECO | |
| Speakers: Steven Dukes, Superintendent, Turner Construction, Orlando Chuck Brandt, Project Executive, Turner Construction, Orlando Steven Dukes, a Superintendent and Lean Construction Champion for Turner Construction, will lead a group discussion on the Lean principles and practices that were utilized by his team to deliver the new 115,000 sq/ft. boutique hotel to jetBlue two months ahead of the original GMP schedule, with a safety Dart (Days Away, Restricted or Transfer) Rate of Zero, earning the project the highest award of safety excellence from Liberty Mutual. Following the presentation will be a 30 minute exercise aimed at helping to understand the benefits of the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Adjust) Cycle for continuous improvement. Principles to be discussed:
Refreshments will be served. Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visiting LCI’s website. Click here for more information on LCI membership. Ticket price: $25.00 Student Ticket price: $10.00 (with ID) Register HERE. | |
LCI Central Florida “Advanced Work Packaging & Legal Framework” Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Turner Construction | |
| Speakers: Ed Anderson, Operations VP, Construct-X, Apopka Brikena Tomasic, Esq., Attorney, Tomasic Law P.L., Orlando Ed Anderson, has been coaching Last Planner® with many different teams in many different countries for over 12 years. Here is what the participants discover over and over again. ONE — that construction folks do not know how to effectively communicate. For the most part they think that talking will get it done. When I start coaching I note the date and time every time I hear someone say “When will you be finished with such-and-such so that I can start my work?” After a week or so I make a slide of my notes on these conversations and ask “Why are you guys asking the same question over and over of the same people?” They get it. They realize that they need to be more explicit and communicate more in writing, ergo the planning wall sticky-note process. TWO — (and this really goes hand in glove with ONE) — they realize that they do not know how to plan their own work much less plan in a collaborative environment. Again, they realize that talking alone does not get it. THREE — They, and more importantly, their management, if their management has participated in the Last Planner® sessions, see that many, if not most of the problems are not caused by the field personnel but by their support personnel: wrong information, incomplete information, wrong or late materials, etc. On many projects little is done to correct the upstream issues. This is where Advanced Work Packaging comes in. Essentially, the process creates a buffer of constraint-free Installation Work Packages (IWPs) that are sized to be a week’s worth of work. This is to assure that the workers work productively as opposed to either standing around waiting for the resolution to a problem they just discovered, or moving from place to place because not enough attention was paid to making their tasks constraint free. Why one week’s worth of work? Because we have learned from lean concepts that smaller batches are better than larger ones. One of the big advantages of AWP is that stuff gets closed out, temporary paperwork goes away, and there is little punch list work required. Ed’s company, Construct-X, is taking a new approach to AWP and incorporating Lean Construction and Lean Manufacturing concepts as opposed to just creating constraint-free work packages. Believe it or not, the process and power industries think “Lean” is a dirty word, but they love AWP. So we don’t use the word Lean, we just employ more Lean principles into AWP to make it more effective. The 3D model is often the basis for building these IWPs. Brikena Tomasic Esq., an attorney with Tomasic Law P.L. concentrates her practice in the areas of construction law and business law in Orlando, Florida. In the second half of the meeting Brikena will be presenting “Legal Framework: Opportunities and pitfalls in your Lean Construction Journey”. There will be an activity with small groups and discussion on the activity. Refreshments will be served.
Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visiting LCI’s website. Click here for more information on LCI membership. Ticket price: $25.00 Student Ticket price: $10.00 (with ID)
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LCI Central Florida Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: TECO | |
| Speaker: Ted Angelo, Executive Vice President, Grunau Company, Orlando Ted will go over the highlights of the 16th annual LCI Congress and discuss comments from Art Byrne, author of The Lean Turnaround. Though he began his lean journey at General Electric, Mr. Byrne is most recognizable for the lean implementation he led as CEO of Wiremold. He has since led lean transformations in over 30 companies as CEO through his work as Operating Partner with J.W.Childs Associates, L.P., which he chronicles in The Lean Turnaround. In addition to providing a repeatable implementation methodology, The Lean Turnaround highlights the role of the leader and the fact that a lean strategy can be used to turn around any type of company. The second part of the meeting will consist of an activity regarding “Who really is the Last Planner®”? The ‘Last Planner®’ provides the planning and control tools necessary to manage work on projects small or large. A project is properly planned when we can do what we say we are going to do. In other words keeping commitments. You will understand how this Lean Tool is used in various situations whether it is used by all trades, a single trade or design team. You will participate in developing your own Planner. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn by doing! Refreshments will be served. Early Registration / Cancellation Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2014. There will be no refunds after this time. Each person must register and pay to attend the meeting. Please help us save time, expense, and avoid people showing up at the last minute… plan ahead and register early! Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visitinghttps://www.leanconstruction.org Click here for more information on LCI membership. Ticket price: $25.00 Student Ticket price: $10.00 (with ID) Register HERE. | |
LCI Central Florida Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: 941 West Morse Boulevard Go to 3rd Floor Training Room – signs will be posted in the building | |
| Christian Pikel, Project Manager, UHS, Virginia Charles (Chip) Hill, Partner, Stengel HIll Architecture, Kentucky Douglas Lee, Regional Preconstruction Director, Brasfield & Gorrie, Alabama Ted Angelo, Executive Vice President, Grunau Company, Florida Chip, Christian & Douglas will discuss case studies highlighting the progress of the UHS delivery and methodology. They will discuss how Lean is defined from all three points of view, where they have had successes and where they’ve had failures. They will give an overview of the UHS process and requirements of the major partners. The Second half of the meeting will consist of an activity on solving ongoing Lean problems and challenges. Refreshments will be served. Early Registration / Cancellation Deadline: Friday, September 19, 2014. There will be no refunds after this time. Each person must register and pay to attend the meeting. Please help us save time, expense, and avoid people showing up at the last minute… plan ahead and register early! Late Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Available after closing of regular registration. Completed registrations are still subject to availability. Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visitinghttps://www.leanconstruction.org Early Ticket price: $25.00 Early Student Ticket price: $10.00 (with ID) Late Ticket Price: $35.00 Late Student Price: $20.00 (with ID) Register HERE. | |
LCI Central Florida Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Tampa Electric | |
| Reggie Morgan, CEO, DeAngelis Diamond Healthcare Group, Naples Jason Sain, Vice President, DeAngelis Diamond Healthcare Group, Naples Eric Brackin, Project Manager, DeAngelis Diamond Healthcare Group, Naples Ed Anderson, Principal, Lean Implementation Services, Orlando, FL Reggie, Jason and Eric will be demonstrating a pull planning session based on a previous healthcare project. They will show how pull planning created a teamwork atmosphere, trade partner buy-in and a mutually agreed upon schedule that enhanced the overall project’s budget, schedule and quality of the work. First they will define the process. Then they will discuss how to set up the pull planning session, the tools needed, goals, expectations and how to track the overall project schedule. They will talk about the necessity to have “Last Planner®s” involved in the pull session on each project. After the pull plan they will conduct a plus/delta on the pull process vs. the traditional critical path method (CPM). In the second half Ed will explain how to play the “Parade of Trades” dice game and the attendees will break up into groups and play the game. This game has been shown to be an effective simulation of what occurs on construction sites, and the associated conversations between trades foremen and the superintendent. Hand-offs and workflow between subcontractors are simulated by rolling a die and moving poker chips. The game sets participants up for discovering there is a more effective way to communicate, which relates directly to a better way to plan the work, which relates directly to improving all stakeholders productivity.
Refreshments will be served. Early Registration / Cancellation Deadline: Friday, June 13, 2014. There will be no refunds after this time. Each person must register and pay to attend the meeting. Please help us save time, expense, and avoid people showing up at the last minute… plan ahead and register early! Late Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Available after closing of regular registration. Completed registrations are still subject to availability. Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction: Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visitinghttps://www.leanconstruction.org Early Ticket price: $25.00 Early Student Ticket price: $10.00 (with ID) Late Ticket Price: $35.00 Late Student Price: $20.00 (with ID) Register HERE. | |
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