Welcome to the Dallas/Fort Worth Community of Practice. We strive to be your top resource for knowledge of Lean design and construction practices in our area. As part of the Lean Construction Institute, we provide regular events focused on improving design and construction project delivery. We invite you to attend these informative events for an opportunity to network with colleagues and learn more about the Lean construction practices that are creating better, faster, and more profitable projects for owners, architects, and contractors.
For more information or to schedule an event, please contact Patrick Stutler (PStutler@tcco.com).
This Introduction to Lean Project Delivery webinar will introduce Lean as relative to the design and construction industry. Participants will learn why Lean matters for their projects and why they should care. They will be introduced to the key principles and wastes that are foundational to Lean.
During this presentation, participants will learn to:
As project teams look to advance improvements to workflow, implementing 5S as a core Lean method leads to better efficiency by keeping the jobsite organized, clean, safe and productive. By participating the 5S In Construction webinar, you will discover the 5S steps as primarily appropriate to the field. Real-project examples support implementing 5S on your projects.
Learning Objectives
LCI Dallas Fort Worth CoP
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Scrum for Design and Construction, a workshop
Exponential team velocity improvements await. Scrum harnesses the power individuals working together in one direction, a team with a shared purpose. The method often more than doubles productivity with less effort and invigorates engagement. This course is geared to individuals and teams with no, some, or seasoned experience with the Scrum framework. Workshop resources will be provided to guide scaling up to fully functional Scrum teams in your organization. Scrum continues to be adopted in the construction industry worldwide. Are you ready to make your work easier and become more valuable for your organization?
Jeff Sutherland is a true pioneer advancing Lean thinking across multiple industries. The Scrum method borrows from the best of martial arts, judicial decision making, advanced aerial combat, robotics, and many other disciplines. Scrum has been used to prove what others considered unachievable – inventing a trailblazing technology, devising a new system of education, pioneering a way to feed the hungry, or building a foundation for your family to thrive.
The program will include Q&A, interactive work groups and presentation.
Speaker:
REGISTRATION:
Member Rate: $35.00
Non-Member Rate: $45.00
Breakfast, Coffee and drinks will be offered.
(The workshop will conclude prior to the lunch hour
and lunch will NOT be provided.)
Parking available onsite
LCI Dallas / Fort Worth Community of Practice
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Leaning on the Trades, a Trade Centered Presentation and Tour
Join in an interactive presentation in which Local Trade Partners will discuss their own initiatives to reduce waste, increase standardization and continuously improve. Baker Triangle Prefab and Brandt will highlight some prefabrication solutions and discuss the impact that prefabrication had on the Medical City Plano project. Sam Balunda and Preston Pressley of Baker Triangle Prefab will discuss the different exterior wall prefabrication systems that they offer as well as other creative solutions that they have implemented that support the other divisions of Baker.
Scott Gross of Cummings Electric will highlight the importance of cultural change at a leadership level and how to get buy in across a company. Scott will share strategies on how Cummings Electric has made a change with regards to how they plan work and tackle continuous improvement as well as the advantages of making sure all team members are on the same page and bought into initiatives.
We will have the opportunity to tour Baker’s Prefabrication shop and gain an understanding of the manufacturing process that takes place.
Speakers:
Scott Gross – Cummings Electric – Scott is a partner at Cummings Electrical, and has been with the firm since the beginning. In 2008, he partnered with Tim Cummings in another company, Specialty Electrical Products, L.L.C. and this is where his journey into prefabrication started. In 2013, as result of a business transaction, he re-joined the Cummings Electrical team in a VP role overseeing the Construction Support Groups (Manufacturing, purchasing, logistics, VDC). In 2016 he joined the Cummings CI Steering Team that started exploring CI and Leadership Development. This team eventually developed the Continuous Improvement Leadership program that has been implemented company-wide and currently has a large focus on enculturating CI throughout the company.
Preston Pressley – Baker Triangle Prefab – Preston is Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Baker Triangle. Preston holds a degree in Construction Science from Texas A&M University, Class of 2011. He currently is the Chair of the TEXO Young Constructors Council, and also serves on the TEXO Education Foundation Board. Preston began his career in the preconstruction department, working on projects such as the Baylor Waxahachie Replacement Hospital, Southwest Airlines Flight Training Center and Operations Support Buildings, and Baylor Sammons Collins Cancer Center. Preston’s role has a large focus on the advancement and education of the use of prefabricated components throughout the Texas markets. With a strong focus on the fabrication of fully manufactured exterior wall panel assemblies, one of Preston’s key roles is to spend time with owners, architects, and contractors alike to better help them understand the benefits that prefabrication can bring to a project.
Sam Balunda – Baker Triangle Prefab – Sam is the Preconstruction Manager of Baker Triangle Prefab and is a graduate of Texas Tech University.
Paul Baker – Brandt – Paul is an Assistant Project Manager at Brandt. Paul has worked to improve the fabrication facilities (Sheet metal and Plumbing/piping shops) by implementing lean principles to increase production as well as altering systems to better suit customer needs.
Registration:
Attendance is free of charge (Please Register)
Lite Refreshments will be provided
Parking onsite along Apollo Road
Houston Community of Practice
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Lean Brew
Join us for a Lean Brew at Karbach Brewing Company to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey.
No Previous Lean experience is required.
Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS! Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed. Come as you are and be ready to learn.
SPEAKER:
Brian Bowden-Dunaway Associates – Senior Discipline Lead at Dunaway Associates
Registration Rate: $15.00
Beverages will be available at the event!
Food will be provided at the individual’s cost
Parking onsite
LCI Dallas / Fort Worth Community of Practice
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Lean at the Lanes
Join us for a gathering in which we will build community amongst each other. We will bowl, have food and drinks. There is no formal presentation.
We have a capacity of 35, and are required to submit numbers in advance, please only RSVP if you will attend. The event will be sponsored by the Local Community of Practice.
Appetizers and beverages will be provided
Parking available onsite
LCI Dallas Fort Worth CoP
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Quality Through Kaizen
Often, general contractors and construction managers perform quality control by compliance and checking work after much of it is already installed. Achieving quality through kaizen using a Quality at the Source program is designed to shift the quality focus to the onset of all processes and collaboratively involve all associated parties from the owner, to the AHJs, the designers, consultants and ultimately the last planners and craft workers.
Learning objectives
• How do we design in quality?
• How do we assure that our last planners are educated and capable to train their craft workers on the project specific requirements?
• How do we leverage technology to track and measure quality results?
• How do we learn and introduce accountability and ownership through reporting?
Speakers:
REGISTRATION:
Flat Rate: Free
Light refreshments will be provided
Parking available onsite
LCI Dallas Fort Worth Community of Practice
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Introduction to Last Planner®® System
Unpredictable workflows correlate with an increase to construction costs and schedules. In response to 1990s research revealing 54 percent of construction project commitments were completed on time, LCI developed The Last Planner System® (LPS® ) with five levels designed to help project teams maintain reliable workflow while maximizing efficiency and safety. Now, you can complete LCI’s Introduction to Last Planner System® to learn how it improves communication, trust and transparency across all stakeholders. Engage in group discussions and see for yourself how variations in flow impact the entire project with the Parade of Trades simulation embedded in this 4-hour LCI education course.
Objectives:
-Overview understanding of each of the 5 levels of Last Planner System® (LPS®) and how they inter-relate.
-Understand the need for reliability on projects and how LPS® produces it
-Understand the need to reduce variation in work flow and how LPS® supports this
-Basic mechanics of the 5 levels of LPS
Speaker:
Brian Winningham – Field Driven Lean – Field Driven Lean owner, Brian Winningham has over 20 years experience estimating, planning, managing and leading construction projects. He is passionate about sharing the benefits of Lean Construction. Brian is the leader of the San Antonio LCI Community of Practice (CoP). He is an LCI Approved Instructor for LCI training courses and also an approved instructor for the AGC Lean Construction Education Program (LCEP). Brian is also a Veteran of 3/75 Ranger Battalion and active with Veterans in his community.
Registration Rates:
Flat Rate: $100Refreshments will be offered in the morning. Lunch will NOT be provided
LCI Dallas / Fort Worth Community of Practice
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Lean Brew
Join us for a Lean Coffee to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required.
Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS! Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed. Come as you are and be ready to learn.
Attendance is free of charge (Please Register)
Beverages will be provided
Parking onsite
Dallas/Fort Worth Community of Practice
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Digging Deeper: From the roots, Growing a Holistic Project Team with Lean Tools
Texas’s Methodist Health System routinely applies a philosophy of continuous improvement to their project team selection process. After trying (not always successfully) to achieve a holistic and collaborative team on previous projects, MHS made several changes – including the incorporation of Lean tools – for the selection of a CM/GC partner on one of their most important and complex construction projects to-date. This approach created a momentum that traveled past the selection process, as goals for adding value and removing waste inspired team members to seek ways to innovate the teambuilding process, project kick-off, and beyond.
Join us for an interactive panel discussion representing the full scale of the project team, from owner to trade partner, as we dig deeper into the WHYs, HOWs for the approach to this truly unique partnering arrangement, as well as the remarkable direct benefits (including financial metrics) that have already resulted only a year into the project. The story will provide a forward-thinking and applicable “People-Based Lean” playbook for attendees to inform both their project teaming processes and their approach to meaningful teambuilding, ensuring early alignment for the successful launch of any project, big or small.
SPEAKERS:
Scott Simons – Methodist Health System – Scott Simons has over 14 years of diverse, healthcare-specific project management experience. As a Senior Project Manager for Planning, Design and Construction at Methodist Health System, Scott is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of multiple simultaneous large- and small-scale system construction projects ranging in contract value from $1M to $100M. Scott serves as Board Member for the Lean Construction Institute’s Dallas/Fort Worth Community of Practice.
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David Ojeda – Baker Triangle – David Ojeda has 25 years of commercial construction project management experience with Baker Drywall. His portfolio of completed work totals over $50M in bids and is comprised of more than 45 projects to-date, encompassing a diversity of facility types, including healthcare, educational, faith-based, and corporate offices ranging from $1M to $14M in contract value.
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Michael Knapp – Skiles Group – Michael Knapp, CHC has nine years of commercial construction experience at Skiles Group with an emphasis on complex healthcare-oriented projects. Michael has served as a project manager for Skiles Group on projects ranging in size from $1M to $50M in contract value. He is a Certified Healthcare Constructor and a member of ASHE. Michael is very active with TEXO’s Young Constructors Council and is currently serving as the Programming chair
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Buddy Brumley – Skiles Group – Buddy Brumley has 34 years of construction management experience with a wide variety of facility types, including healthcare, faith-based, educational, retail, cultural, and commercial. As a Superintendent with Skiles Group Buddy is responsible for providing oversight of the day-to-day execution of all project tasks and supervision of all work onsite on projects ranging from $10M to over $50M in contract value.
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Keyan Zandy – Skiles Group– Keyan Zandy is an industry-recognized leader in Lean Construction who has spoken both nationally and internationally on Lean and various other topics. Keyan’s main focus is to create measurable value for Skiles Group’s clients through the innovative, consistent, and dependable services they provide. As Skiles Group’s Chief Operating Officer, Keyan is responsible for providing leadership, direction, and guidance by developing innovative processes, tools, and organizational structure.
Attendance is free of charge (Register Required)
Refreshments will be provided by HKS
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Join us for a Lean Coffee to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required.
Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS! Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed. Come as you are and be ready to learn.
Attendance is free of charge (Please Register)
Coffee and Light refreshments will be provided.
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Join us for our last meeting of the year to have open discussion regarding what you learned/ liked at Congress (what you would like to change/ see more of) as well as start to plan for next year. The committee would love to hear from YOU, the client to ensure all of our presentations. trainings, and meetings are value added and impactful.
Registration is free – Registration Required
Suds and snacks will be provided
Parking is available on the West and East side of the building as well as on Blair Road or La Sierra Drive
Please enter the office from either the West or East double doors and proceed to the elevators, take the elevators to Level 6
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If you have been on the fence about attending the 2018 LCI Congress in Orlando, you will have an opportunity to see one of the several presentations that will be highlighted at this years congress right here in DFW! Please make plans to be at this great event and hear from world class lean practitioners right here in our backyard discuss their journey and lessons learned on integrated team growth through an engaging panel discussion. The panel will include representatives from the Owner, Architect and Engineering groups and General Contractor and will focus on the Cook Children’s Medical work that they have partnered on.
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Speakers:
Spencer Seals -Cook Childrens Healthcare System
Eduardo Calderon – Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
Wayne Barger- Smith Group
Mark Linenberger – Linbeck Group
Event is Free -Registration is Required
Parking available onsite and is free
Refreshments will be provided by Linbeck and CCMC
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Join in taking a look at TDI’s way of working, The meeting will include a tour of the manufacturing floor, a presentation on the companies Lean Journey, Q&A while in the manufacturing shop, and highlights of the use of prefabrication.
Event is Free -Registration is Required
Parking available onsite.
Refreshments will be provided by TD Industries
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Program will be taking a deep dive into the new technologies that are being implemented on job sites in our market and are having a tremendous impact on reducing waste and increasing efficiencies. Specific technologies discussed will include 4D Scheduling, Laser Scanning, VR, Drones, and Daily Job Photo Management.
Speakers
1. Thomas Hook – Linbeck – Director of Linbeck’s Applied Technology Department.
2. Steve Moore – Robins & Morton – Manager of Scheduling and Innovative Support
3. Christena Holcombe – Robins & Morton – Assistant Superintendent
4. Bill Stevens – Robins & Morton – Senior Superintendent
Refreshments and snacks will be provided
Event is Sponsored by Robins & Morton
Event is free – Registration is required.
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Join us for Lean Suds to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required. Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS!
Meeting discussion will start around key takeaways from the CoP presentation on May 15th Taking Time to Examine Takt Time, the Failures and Wins at the TCU Dorm Project / Taking it to the next level from a Marketing approach by Robins & Morton.
Event is Free -Registration is Required by May 30, 2018
Parking available onsite.
Refreshments will be provided by 
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The DFW LCI CoP will be hosting a joint presentation on Tuesday May 15th. The first presentation will feature failures and wins from the Beck team at the TCU Dorm Project regarding Takt Time implementation on one of their latest projects. The second presentation will be a discussion centered around how to elevate innovations in the field through specific marketing techniques as presented by Robins & Morton. We will also be utilizing live polling during the presentations to solicit feedback and define key takeaways from participants to help generate substance for our follow up Lean Suds event on May 31st.
SPEAKERS:
JENNIFER LACY – ROBINS & MORTON – JENNIFER IS A DIVISION MARKETING DIRECTOR AT ROBINS & MORTON AND SITS ON THE LOCAL COP BOARD.
BILL STEVENS – ROBINS & MORTON – BILL IS A SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT WITH 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT ROBINS & MORTON.
JORDAN CHRISTENSEN – BECK GROUP
DREW KELLEY – BECK GROUP
PAUL KRAUSS – BECK GROUP
Parking available onsite.
Refreshments will be provided by Linbeck
Event is free – Registration is required.
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Join us for Lean Suds to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required. Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS!
Meeting discussion will start around key takeaways from our last CoP presentation from the Skiles Group –“Zero to 60, A Lean Journey in the Fast Lane” 
Parking available onsite. Refreshments will be provided by Linbeck
LCI Dallas-Fort Worth Community of Practice “What Can Lean Construction Learn from The Machine That Changed the World?”
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016 Time: 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM (CDT) Location: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. | ||
See first-hand how the machine operates by touring Toyota’s Tacoma manufacturing plant in San Antonio. Have lunch with Toyota and David MacNeel, a lean construction coach with real world construction experience, as we explore ways that lean manufacturing and lean construction are different, but maybe more so, the ways that they are alike. You will have the unique opportunity to see Toyota in action on the manufacturing floor. Witness the choreography of different truck models and styles flow through the production line, using the storied tools of lean manufacturing: kan ban, andon cords, visual display and more. During lunch, you’ll hear David MacNeel, former Operations Manager for Baker Concrete, and Toyota directors discuss what is it that Toyota does, and why their approach has so much influence beyond the manufacturing world. We will try to get beyond the tools to the pillars of the Toyota way: respect for people and continuous improvement, to consider what the Toyota way offers for the construction industry.
David MacNeel had the unique opportunity to build two steel plants side-by-side, one conventionally and one using a lean approach. Baker was able to see and prove that the lean approach was faster, cheaper, safer, and allowed workers to get home sooner. With Toyota production lines and the twin Baker steel plants as a backdrop, we will attempt to get to the heart of lean over lunch.
Recommended Reading: HERE _______________________________________________ Presenter: David MacNeel – On Point Lean Consulting David MacNeel is a Lean coach and the founder of On Point Lean Consulting. He started the firm after a 20-year career in field operations with Baker Concrete Construction, an Engineering News Record Top 20 Specialty Contractor. At Baker, MacNeel served as the Corporate Lean Champion from 2006 to 2012. He taught Lean thinking and The Last Planner System® on over 150 projects to craft workers and corporate executives alike. These companies and projects regularly realized fewer injuries, and significant cost and schedule savings. MacNeel began his Lean journey in 2001.
As the Principal at On Point Lean Consulting, MacNeel has been steadily engaged with construction owners as well as general and specialty contractor clients in the U.S. and abroad. He has coached several recent Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) projects built in the U.S. MacNeel teaches Lean Construction at the national and regional levels for the Lean Construction Institute as well as for the Associated General Contractors of America Lean Construction Education Program.
MacNeel holds an MBA from Xavier University and BS in Construction Management from the University of Cincinnati. He is a LEED© Accredited Professional and co-founded the Ohio Valley Community of Practice for the Lean Construction Institute in 2009. He is currently working on the LCI National Education Committee with a focus on Lean training for craft supervisors.
In addition to Principal and Corporate Lean Champion, MacNeel has held the positions of Estimator, Project Engineer, Superintendent, Project Manager and Operations Manager. His career has been focused on large-scale commercial and industrial projects including: hospitals, sports arenas, high-rise towers, casinos, hotels, parking structures, prisons, airports, steel mills, warehouse and distribution centers, convention centers, refineries, and power generation facilities.
He resides with his family near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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LCI Dallas-Fort Worth Community of Practice “Introduction to Lean”Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 Time: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Location: Construction Education Foundation | ||
This workshop is intended to give newcomers a broad awareness of the vocabulary, fundamental principles and basic practices of Lean Project Delivery. This can serve as a framework for learning how to apply lean thinking and methods to deliver significantly greater value on your projects and within your organization.
Presenters: Aaron Pitt – JE Dunn – A construction project manager by trade Aaron spent decades growing up and working in the construction industry – seeing the same problems and issues repeated project after project. Mid-career he was introduced to The Last Planner System® and Lean Construction and finally solutions to the reoccurring problems began to surface. Aaron continued to learn and experiment with Lean Construction on his own projects and started to teach and train other project managers within his company. In 2015 he joined JE Dunn construction to teach and train Lean Construction full time. He is also involved in helping JE Dunn pursue a Lean culture and is active in bringing Lean to the field of construction. Bernita Beikmann – HKS, Inc – In 2008, as a project architect on a medium-sized greenfield hospital, a new challenge changed her approach to everything. A client, Bill Seed, encouraged the entire team to evaluate the architectural and construction practice from top to bottom. He encouraged the team to break down traditional barriers and ask questions like, “How can we do this better?” “What are your success metrics?” “How can architecture bring value to a healthcare facility?” Since that time, Bernita has built a reputation as a lean design advocate. Her passion for these principles, coupled with furthering her education, has placed her in the position to encourage many organizations and companies to implement lean design. She assists clients with value stream mapping to support efficient and value-driven operation of their facilities and works with project teams to improve processes within the firm. Bernita notes, “Once you figure it out, you can’t help but apply it to how you make coffee, organize your home or complete your daily work tasks. It just makes sense.”
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