Northern California (Sacramento) Community of Practice

presents

A Case Study for Lean & Design-Build on Small Healthcare Projects

Lean behaviors can only get you so far on Design-Bid-Build projects. One owner/contractor team tried multiple approaches on multiple projects and was able to achieve reliable outcomes through a Design-Build + Lean approach.  Attendees will hear about how each of these projects were executed and the lessons learned.  They will also learn about how the team tried to implement countermeasures to address the lessons learned on the previous project.

Come and see a 2019 Congress presentation before anyone else!

Speakers:

Kenneth Roberts, RCDD, RTPM, PMP, CSM, SCPM, Sutter Health Facility & Property Services – As a Senior Project Manager, Kenneth’s primary focus is on micro to medium size projects ($30K to $5M) for Sutter Medical Center at Sacramento and surrounding Sutter affiliates.  He has leveraged design-build on several micro and small projects with great success.  He is a Stanford Certified Project Manager with a focus on Innovation and Design Thinking.

Angela Bowman, The Boldt Company – Angela came to The Boldt Company in 2014 with an extensive background in the HVAC/plumbing industry, where she has over 15 years of experience.  Angela’s immersion in the initial system design and its continued management during the project has been a great asset in eliminating many of the field conflicts typical to complex system design.  She utilizes many Lean principles and tools, no matter the delivery method of a project

Registration Rates:

• Member Rate: $55.00
• Non-Member Rate: $75.00
• Owner: Free
• Student: Free

Light Hor d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

LCI Northern California (Bay Area) Community of Practice

presents

Mistakeproofing or Poka Yoke

To err is human but people can design and make systems that are less error-prone, more fail-safe, and defect-free than many are today. One such lean design practice is called mistakeproofing (poka yoke). It is integral to the Toyota Production System and successfully practiced in numerous industry sectors. Mistakeproofing is not as widely- nor as intentionally practiced in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry as it could be.

This presentation will present 6 mistakeproofing principles and provide lots of examples for the audience to help classify accordingly. 

Meeting participants should bring their own examples and prepare to present them.

Speakers

Iris D. Tommelein- Project Production Systems Laboratory – Iris D. Tommelein is Professor of Engineering and Project Management, in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UC Berkeley.

Professor Tommelein is an expert on Lean Construction, site logistics, layout, operations and methods design, materials management, and supply-chain management. She received the Lean Pioneer Award 2015 from LCI, recognizing an individual who has moved the design and construction industry forward in embracing lean tools.

Member Rate: $55.00

Non-Member Rate: $75.00

Owner: Free

Student: Free

Light Hor d’oeuvre and refreshments provided

The Clay Street parking garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

With $10B in work in the next 10 years, what are owners like DGS, UCSF & SFO looking for in their partners?

sponsored by:

Public institutions in Northern California are on the cusp of a building boom. Between UCSF, DGS, and others, the region is looking at over $10B in new projects in the next 10 years.

If you are a designer, builder or other value provider for projects, join LCI and the International Partnering Institute to learn what these owners are looking for in their future partners. Come learn an overview of their programs, how they plan to select partners and what they are looking for in their ideal partners.

If you are an owner, come network with your peers and learn what others are doing to drive reliable results for their capital programs.

Speakers

Scott Muxen – University of California, San Francisco – Mr. Muxen is the Associate Vice Chancellor, Capital Program Management for the University of California, San Francisco. He has been managing the real estate and capital program for the school for the last 5 years. Prior to UCSF, Muxen was the VP of Business Development at Herrero Builders and the Director of Project Management at Southland Industries.
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Mike Meredith – Department of General Services – Project Management and Development Branch –  Mike is a Capital Outlay Program Manager at the California Department of General Services, overseeing the State’s 10-year $2.4B Sequencing Plan addressing facilities deficiencies. He is currently leading the execution of the $597M New Natural Resources Agency HQ Building and the $275M New O street Office Building in Sacramento. Mike has participated in over $2.5B worth of Design-Build projects and has been involved with DBIA for several years.
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Geoffrey Neumayr, SE – Chief Development Officer, San Francisco International Airport – Geoff Neumayr is the Chief Development Officer for the San Francisco International Airport Planning, Design & Construction Division. He is responsible for the planning, design and construction of all Airport maintenance & capital projects. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Architectural Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He has over 30 years in design and construction, and brings a unique insight to the Design & Construction process in that he has been a designer, builder, owner’s representative and now is an owner. Geoff is a huge advocate for Structured Collaborative Partnering because it is the foundation on which high-performing collaborative teams are built.

Buffet Dinner will be provided

Parking – There is a below grade parking structure. When you pull into the hotel, go down the ramp to the below grade structure. Turn right and take a ticket. (the parking lot attendant leaves prior to our meeting letting out and parking is typically free)

LCI Northern California (Oakland) Community of Practice

presents

LCI Education Course:
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.

• Understand an overview of each of the 5 connected conversations of LPS® and how they inter-relate
• Recognize the need for reliability on projects and how LPS® produces it
• Identify the need to reduce variation in work flow and how LPS® supports this
• Know the basic mechanics of the 5 connected conversations of LPS

Speakers

Vic Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services – Vic Ortiz is a charter member of LCI and a member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Education Team. Vic is an LCI Instructor with over 40 years of training high performance teams, with broad experience in both large and small projects.

Matthew Boersma – Herro Boldt – Matthew
Boersma is a Project Manager at the Boldt Company, with years of
practical Lean Construction implementation experience. Mathew is a
long-time member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Training Committee.

This course is AIA/CES registered for 4 LU credits

Coffee available at 8:30 a.m., course begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Lunch is included with registration.

Street parking and community lots available.

BART 12th Street station is recommended.

LCI Northern California (Sacramento) Community of Practice

presents

LCI Education Course:
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.

• Understand an overview of each of the 5 connected conversations of LPS® and how they inter-relate
• Recognize the need for reliability on projects and how LPS® produces it
• Identify the need to reduce variation in work flow and how LPS® supports this
• Know the basic mechanics of the 5 connected conversations of LPS

Speakers

Vic Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services – Vic Ortiz is a charter member of LCI and a member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Education Team. Vic is an LCI Instructor with over 40 years of training high performance teams, with broad experience in both large and small projects.

Dennis Stroup – HGA Architects – Denis Stroup is a Healthcare Principal at HGA Architects in Sacramento with more than 12 years of Lean Construction experience. Denis is a Licensed Architect, an LCI Instructor, and a member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Education Team.

This course is AIA/CES registered for 4 LU credits

Coffee available at 8:30 a.m., course begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Lunch is included with registration.

HGA SAC Local Parking Map

LCI Northern California Central Valley Community of Practice

presents

Instituting a Reflection Process

The reflection process allows teams to take a step back and analyze the next steps for continuous improvement. By thoughtfully looking back at recent events, teams can learn from their experience in a way that broadens their knowledge about what makes them successful.
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Speaker

Dave Hagan – The Boldt Company – Dave Hagan has been involved in the Lean and Integrated Project Delivery communities for over 15 years. As Director of Process Development for The Boldt Company of Appleton Wisconsin, Dave has used his experience and expertise to facilitate the implementation of Integrated Lean Project Delivery© methodologies on projects in both Canada and the United States. 

Light Hor d’oeuvre and refreshments will be provided

LCI Northern California Bay Area Community of Practice

presents

Lean Meetings-A Collaboration Fundamental

Lean Construction requires a dramatic increase in collaboration – defined literally as “co-laboring”, working together. Working together happens in meetings of all sorts – formal and informal, large group and small group, one-on-one or multi-stakeholder, feed-forward or feedback, problem identification or problem solving, planning, decision-making, etc. As important as collaboration is to Lean Construction, one of the most common laments is, “There are too many meetings! When am I going to get my work done?!” While virtually every meeting provides something of value, that most value-added portion may be only a small portion of the total meeting duration. Our goal will be to help you identify and transform the waste represented by least valuable 25% of your meeting time into value-adding productive collaboration.

In this highly engaging session, we will identify the root cause of the most common forms of waste in meetings and identify how to increase “value realization” from effectively led Lean Meetings. We will review a set of best practices for effective meetings and provide a meeting effectiveness evaluation tool that you can use to assess the effectiveness of your meetings and identify opportunities for improvement. We will introduce the “5 Keys for Collaboration”, a set of Collaborative Leadership Skills, of which Lean Meetings is one.

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Speaker

Victor Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services– Vic Ortiz has trained over 3000 leaders in meeting facilitation, stakeholder engagement, collaborative problem solving, effective communication, and organizational change management, and lean transformation strategies. As a founding member of LCI, Vic has been helping leaders apply Lean Principles to transform the productivity and culture of their organizations for over 40 years.

Light Hor d’oeuvre and refreshments will be provided

Clay Street Parking Garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza

LCI Northern California (Oakland) Community of Practice

presents

LCI Education Course:
Introduction to Lean Project Delivery 

What if you could add more value for your customers while meeting schedule and budget requirements? By recognizing the various types of waste in project delivery processes, you can start to increase productivity by implementing the Lean approaches taught in Introduction to Lean Project Delivery. With a small mindset shift, the silos set up by traditional delivery methods can be broken to allow architects, engineers, general contractors, trade partners and owners to closely collaborate and problem solve together. This 5-6 hour LCI learning course, taught with real-life design and construction examples and a hands-on simulation, will be an important step on your journey to achieve Lean thinking.

Objectives:

• Define Lean and the principles associated with a Lean operating system.
  
• Identify the principles and tools relevant to Lean design and Construction processes.
• Recognize various types of waste in design and construction and apply tools to reduce, minimize and/or eliminate waste.
• Increase collaboration and communication on projects through application of structured planning systems and processes
  

Speakers

Vic Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services – Vic Ortiz is a charter member of LCI and a member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Education Team. Vic is an LCI Instructor with over 40 years of training high performance teams, with broad experience in both large and small projects.

Matthew Boersma – Herro Boldt – Matthew Boersma is a Project Manager at the Boldt Company, with years of practical Lean Construction implementation experience. Mathew is a long-time member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Training Committee.

This course is AIA/CES registered for 5 LU credits

Coffee available at 8:30 a.m., course begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Lunch is included with registration.

Street parking and community lots available.

BART 12th Street station is recommended.

LCI Northern California (Sacramento) Community of Practice

presents

LCI Education Course:
Introduction to Lean Project Delivery 

What if you could add more value for your customers while meeting schedule and budget requirements? By recognizing the various types of waste in project delivery processes, you can start to increase productivity by implementing the Lean approaches taught in Introduction to Lean Project Delivery. With a small mindset shift, the silos set up by traditional delivery methods can be broken to allow architects, engineers, general contractors, trade partners and owners to closely collaborate and problem solve together. This 5-6 hour LCI learning course, taught with real-life design and construction examples and a hands-on simulation, will be an important step on your journey to achieve Lean thinking.

Objectives:

• Define Lean and the principles associated with a Lean operating system.
  
• Identify the principles and tools relevant to Lean design and Construction processes.
• Recognize various types of waste in design and construction and apply tools to reduce, minimize and/or eliminate waste.
• Increase collaboration and communication on projects through application of structured planning systems and processes
  

Speakers

Vic Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services – Vic Ortiz is a charter member of LCI and a member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Education Team. Vic is an LCI Instructor with over 40 years of training high performance teams, with broad experience in both large and small projects.

Dennis Stroup – HGA Architects – Denis Stroup is a Healthcare Principal at HGA Architects in Sacramento with more than 12 years of Lean Construction experience. Denis is a Licensed Architect, an LCI Instructor, and a member of the NorCal CoP Core Team and Education Team.

This course is AIA/CES registered for 5 LU credits

Coffee available at 8:30 a.m., course begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Lunch is included with registration.

HGA SAC Local Parking Map

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice 

presents

Leveraging Your Supply Chain for Business and Project Success

Recognizing that the Supply Chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Learn how an Owner, Architect, Builder and Trade Partner are approaching their supply chains to drive business and project success and to fix what is commonly considered a broken element of the Construction Industry.

Please join us to hear a well-rounded panel, including an owner (Sutter), architect (HGA), general contractor (Boldt) and trade partner (Southland), talk about how they manage their supply chain relationships by sharing breakdowns, seeking to understand their partners’ business drivers and collaborating to meet the demands of highly integrated workflow. Attendees will learn how:
• Sutter uses The Last Planner System® to gain visibility of the real hinderances to successful project execution. Shurid will specifically highlight the learnings from the impact of late information or changes, particularly from Medical Equipment vendors, have on upstream and downstream partners.
• HGA manages the needs of their design and build partners to ensure that all concerns and demands are met and incorporated into a constructible set of documents.
• Boldt acts as a facilitator for “The entire Supply Chain” to ensure success by driving deeper into the Supply Chain. Klas will share how they are educating and coaching team members in production planning, prefabrication thinking, and collaborative behaviors to increase schedule and budget reliability.
• Southland manages and influences its relationships in the Supply Chain to solve industry challenges. Henry will highlight their efforts with the local Unions to mitigate the impact of labor shortages and local hire ordinances and with vendor deliveries to reduce the impact on projects as production system.

SPEAKERS:

Shurid Rahman- Sutter Health– Shurid is a Project Manager for Sutter Health, and is currently based at the Alta Bates Summit Campus in Oakland, California. His background is in architecture, with a Masters in Architecture from University of Detroit Mercy, and 6 years professional experience. He has been involved with various IFOA/IPD projects throughout his career. An ardent believer in the value of collaboration, Shurid finds innovative and effective ways to create and empower healthcare environments.
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Stan Chiu – HGA Architects – Stan is a principal with more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and higher education. He is a leader in Lean Design and Integrated Project Delivery and has helped develop core Lean tools as Target Value Design and Set Based Design. His work has received regional and national awards along with setting new benchmarks for prefabricated assemblies. Stan has lectured at national conferences and authored numerous articles on architecture, healthcare delivery, and Lean Design.
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Klas Berghede – The Boldt Company– Klas has been a leader in Construction and Integrated Lean Project Delivery and production planning since 2007. Klas is working to pioneer the industrialization of production planning and delivery in the construction industry. By delivering a total of over 3B dollars worth of projects using TAKT time planning. Klas is leading Boldt’s corporate prefabrication and supply chain efforts and was recently responsible for the Production Planning on the 1 Million sqft, signature Sutter/CPMC Hospital.

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Henry Nutt, III – Southland Industries–  Henry, a Local 104 worker since 1987, has experienced dynamic changes in the construction industry, which has shaped him into a better leader. As the Sheet Metal General Superintendent at Southland Industries, he is passionate about empowering teams with the right tools and know how. He is a Certified Instructor for LCI, sits on LCI’s Board of Directors, AGC’s Lean Steering Committee, AGC’s Diversity & Inclusion Steering Council, and SMACNA’s National Lean TASK Force.

Buffet dinner will be provided

Parking – There is valet parking available at the entrance to the hotel. The cost of this parking is not included. There is a below grade parking structure. When you pull into the hotel, go down the ramp to the below grade structure. Turn right and take a ticket. (the parking lot attendant leaves prior to our meeting letting out and parking is typically free)

LCI Northern California (Central Valley) Community of Practice

presents

Lean Coffee

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.

Breakfast and networking from 7:00 AM-7:30 AM
The Lean Coffee will run from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Attendance is free of charge.

Light breakfast and coffee are provided

 Free Street parking (90 minute and 2 hour time limits) are available in the general vicinity.  There is a 10-hour maximum metered parking 

HGA SAC Local Parking Map

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice 

presents

Instituting a Reflection Process

The reflection process allows teams to take a step back and analyze the next steps for continuous improvement. By thoughtfully looking back at recent events, teams can learn from their experience in a way that broadens their knowledge about what makes them successful.
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Speaker

Dave Hagan – The Boldt Company – Dave Hagan has been involved in the Lean and Integrated Project Delivery communities for over 15 years. As Director of Process Development for The Boldt Company of Appleton Wisconsin, Dave has used his experience and expertise to facilitate the implementation of Integrated Lean Project Delivery© methodologies on projects in both Canada and the United States.

Parking – The Clay Street Parking Garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza.

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice (Central Valley)

presents

Lean Meetings – A Collaboration Fundamental

Lean Construction requires a dramatic increase in collaboration – defined literally as “co-laboring”, working together. Working together happens in meetings of all sorts – formal and informal, large group and small group, one-on-one or multi-stakeholder, feed-forward or feedback, problem identification or problem solving, planning, decision-making, etc. As important as collaboration is to Lean Construction, one of the most common laments is, “There are too many meetings! When am I going to get my work done?!” While virtually every meeting provides something of value, that most value-added portion may be only a small portion of the total meeting duration. Our goal will be to help you identify and transform the waste represented by least valuable 25% of your meeting time into value-adding productive collaboration.

In this highly engaging session, we will identify the root cause of the most common forms of waste in meetings and identify how to increase “value realization” from effectively led Lean Meetings. We will review a set of best practices for effective meetings and provide a meeting effectiveness evaluation tool that you can use to assess the effectiveness of your meetings and identify opportunities for improvement. We will introduce the “5 Keys for Collaboration”, a set of Collaborative Leadership Skills, of which Lean Meetings is one.

Speaker 

Victor R Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services – Vic Ortiz has trained over 3000 leaders in meeting facilitation, stakeholder engagement, collaborative problem solving, effective communication, and organizational change management, and lean transformation strategies. As a founding member of LCI, Vic has been helping leaders apply Lean Principles to transform the productivity and culture of their organizations for over 40 years.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

Parking –  The Clay Street parking garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Fran Ogawa Plaza. The AIA office is a short walk from the 12th Street/City Center BART Station.

Registration Rates:

• Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owner: Free
• Student: Free

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice (Sacramento)

presents

Lean Happy Hour – A Structured but Agenda-Less Conversation About Your Lean Journey

Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations.

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.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

 The Clay Street parking garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Fran Ogawa Plaza. The AIA office is a short walk from the 12th Street/City Center BART Station.

Registration Rates:

• Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owner: Free
• Student: Free

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice (Oakland)

presents

Lean Happy Hour – A Structured but Agenda-Less Conversation About Your Lean Journey

Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations.

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.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

 The Clay Street parking garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Fran Ogawa Plaza. The AIA office is a short walk from the 12th Street/City Center BART Station.

Registration Rates:

• Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owner: Free
• Student: Free

Northern California  Community of Practice 

presents

Leveraging Co-Location and Lean Principles for Design Success

Confronted by an aggressive design and construction schedule with an additional challenge to significantly reduce the budget all while maintaining the desired scope and quality Sutter Health looks to lean integrated project delivery as the solution. By Leveraging co-location to house the entire project team on site coordination and collaboration is significantly enhanced. Some of the byproducts of having the project team co-located on site include constant access to key project team members, being moments away from the place where the work occurs, the ability to confirm actual existing conditions as well as enhanced access to the end users. This session will feature a panel discussion including the owner, architect, inspector of record and general contractor to update the progress of a 200-million-dollar program to deliver 100,000 square feet of expansion and 11,000 square feet of renovation leveraging an integrated co-located team. Using lean and integrated tools and processes the speakers will address the successes and lessons learned as they near their 2020 completion.

SPEAKERS:

Denis Stroup – HGA – Denis is an architect licensed in California and a core group member of the LCI Nor Cal CoP supporting training. He has 27 years of experience focusing on lean integrated project delivery and healthcare design. In his current role as a Senior Project Manager he is the design team leader of a multidisciplinary project team at a Co-Located IPD project for a major Northern California Healthcare provider.

Chris Burun – Sutter Health FPS – Chris is a Senior Project Manager with Sutter Health, where he provides leadership in the construction of larger, commercial projects, in healthcare. Mr. Burun has worked in the Construction and Facilities industry for 20 years and has collaborated on projects ranging from small Facilities projects to over $150M.

Brett Beagley – Rudolph & Sletten– Brett is a Senior Project Manager at Rudolph and Sletten, Inc., where he provides leadership in the construction of larger, commercial projects, primarily in the healthcare and higher education sectors. Mr. Beagley has worked in the construction industry for over 25 years and has collaborated on projects ranging in value from $5M, to over $150M.

Steve Billings – Steve R. Billings Construction Inspection and Project Management –  Steve is a licensed OSHPD IOR and DSA Project Inspector. Steve has worked in the construction inspection business for over 30 years focusing mainly in the healthcare industry. He has also been involved with project inspection services for numerous school districts, and performed independent inspection services for Public Works Departments. His projects have ranged from small facility projects to over $400M additions. He has collaborated on a number of lean integrated healthcare project.

• Member Rate: $75.00
• Non-Member Rate: $95.00
• Owner: $20.00
• Student Rate: $10.00

Seated dinner will be provided

Parking – There is valet parking available at the entrance to the hotel. The cost of this parking is not included. There is a below grade parking structure. When you pull into the hotel, go down the ramp to the below grade structure. Turn right and take a ticket. (the parking lot attendant leaves prior to our meeting letting out and parking is typically free)

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice 

presents

An Owner and GC’s Lean Journey

The Boldt Company embarked on its Lean journey in 1998. Over the past 20 years, it has experienced multiple phases as it ahs moved from implementing Last Planner® as a tool to focus on enterprise transformation. Along the way, the company has participated in developing a number of tools or methods that are now standard in the Lean construction community including Target Value Design, Choosing by Advantages, Takt Planning and IFOA Contracting. In addition, the company has lead delivery of several landmark projects that have used Lean methods. Along the way, the Boldt has learned many lessons about effective leadership and steering a Lean initiative.

Presentations will be followed by a panel Q&A

SPEAKERS:

Digby Christian – Sutter Health FPS – Digby is the Director of Integrated Lean Project Delivery at Sutter Health in the Facility and Property Services group. His primary responsibilities are the development of an Expedited Project Delivery service line and the broadening and deepening the group’s expertise in integrated lean project delivery.
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James Pease – Sutter Health FPS – James is a Regional Manager for Project Delivery for the Greater Sacramento Area at Sutter Health Facility and Property Services. He focuses on the delivery of complex capital projects using Lean and Integrated Project Delivery. He has a BS in Management Science from UC San Diego and is the executive editor of the IPD focused website https://leanipd.com
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Angela Bowman – The Boldt Company – Angela came to the Boldt company in 2015 with an extensive background in the HVAC/Plumbing industry, where she has over 15 years of experience. Angela’s immersion in the initial system design and its continued management during the projects has been a great asset in eliminating many of the field conflicts typical to complex system design. She has been involved with Lean since 2007 and is the current Northern California CoP Leader.

Sponsorship Available

• Gold: includes Table for 7 seated with Presenter, Intro Presenter, Company Recognition -$2,500
• Silver: Includes Table for 7, Company recognition – $1,500
• Bronze: Includes Registration for 4, Display Table – $750
• Please contact Angela Bowman – angela.bowman@boldt.com if you wish to participate

• Member Rate: $75.00
• Non-Member Rate: $95.00
• Owner: Free
• Student Rate: $10.00

Buffet dinner will be provided

Parking – Cost for parking is NOT included. There is valet parking available at the entrance to the hotel. There is also a below grade parking structure. When you pull into the hotel go down the ramp to the below grade parking structure. Turn right and take a ticket. There is also parking across the street at the BART parking lot.

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice 

presents

5th Annual AIA/LCI Joint Program

Lean Construction in Design

Lean Construction concepts and tools can be applied to Architectural and Engineering design work during the design and construction phases.

Panel presentation on Lean Construction and impacts on design will begin with an introduction to Lean Construction concepts, This primer will introduce the ideas and practice of Lean Construction from manufacturing of automobiles to construction of buildings and how tools used in the factory can be applied out on the construction site.

Presentation will also include Lean tools architects and engineers can use during design of a project to improve quality and efficiency. Panelists will also include architects presenting example projects using Lean processes on projects both large and small improve outcomes.
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SPEAKERS: 

James Pease – Sutter Health – James is a Regional Manager for Project Delivery for the Greater Sacramento Area at Sutter Health Facility and Property Services. He focuses on the delivery of complex capital projects using Lean and Integrated Project Delivery.

Patricia Tillmann – UCSF – Patricia is a Senior Lean Manager for UCSF. She is an Architect with a Master’s degree and PhD in Construction Management. She has worked with the implementation and evaluation of lean methods for design and construction for more than 17 years.

Engel Ching AIA– HGA – Engel is the lead project architect for the Sutter Van Ness and Geary MOB project, currently embedded with an integrated team of designers and contractors employing Lean to expedite the delivery of this 150,000 SF TI project.

Jill Bergman AIA – HDR -Jill is a Principal at HDR, and a leader in healthcare facility design. She is the Sutter Expedited Project Delivery Program, Command Center leader. . She believes architectural design is a team sport; that hospitals are small magical cities; a short, well run meeting is a thing of beauty.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

 The Clay Street parking garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Fran Ogawa Plaza. The AIA office is a short walk from the 12th Street/City Center BART Station.

Registration is Free – Registration required

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice (Sacramento Region)

presents

Owner Benefits of a Lean Value Definition Approach to Pre-Design Planning

At the moment an Owner makes a decision to consider building a project, both the choices and the risks are open-ended. Everything is yet to be decided, but every decision constrains the plan. In a typical disjointed siloed planning phase approach, the best opportunities to optimize the project are lost before it ever gets past the initial go/no go decision.  Although this “Value Definition Phase” is the time where the benefits of a collaborative Lean approach can be most beneficial, a reliable method for doing it has been elusive.  A value definition, done right, should provide the delivery team (architect/contractor) a coordinated reliable project definition, with collaborative stakeholder input, predictable risks identified and mitigated, onerous contract terms made unnecessary, requirements and budget aligned, and (perhaps most valuable) an owner team skilled in Lean practice and prepared to be a better partner. A more enlightened value definition provides the Owner with the best possible opportunity for optimization of function, cost, time, aesthetics, and total cost of ownership over the entire life of the facility.

This session will propose a model for a “Value Definition” approach, adapting Lean practice to optimize the project plan. Our purpose is to facilitate a conversation with owners, architects and contractors to collect input and feedback for an upcoming research paper.  The goal is to invent a better value definition for design and construction, created by a collaborative team, making good, fully informed decisions in the right order at the right time, with a shared understanding of project cost, risks and mitigations.  The skills to be effective in their collaborative roles during the design and construction process

The program’s purpose to provide an overview of the early project planning phase which produces a project’s value definition and to stimulate thinking among the attendees for improvement. The program will explore the idea to expand the use last planner during early planning to greatly improve our ability to adjust and apply lean methodology to this phase. We will refer to this as the Value Definition Phase. The methodology proposes taking advantage of the extraordinary value of Lean during project conception.

The program will include content from Bill’s extensive experience with complex capital projects and his continued research in the search for improvement with insight into current practices from a Sutter Health Critical Care Expansion Project represented by Chris Burun (Sutter Health PM) and Denis Stroup (HGA Sr PM).

Owners have been resistant to change during the value definition planning phase as a result of the vagueness of the project definition, a preconceived notion of risk and cost before making their initial go-no go decision. Introducing Lean during the Value Definition Phase has the potential for radically improving value, function, design and construction outcomes and particularly long term operating cost over the entire life of the facilities. New research indicates that by introducing an adaptation of a lean-based operating system built around Last Planner®, rolling risk mitigation and target value methodology it will enable the use of other lean tools and open up the best opportunities for true project optimization.

Speakers:

Pat Derickson – Coact Designworks – President of Coact Designworks in Sacramento, is a member of the core planning team for the Lean Construction Institute Northern California Community of Practice. Pat will serve as the facilitator for the program.

Bill Proctor – Lean Project Delivery Planning consultant – Bill was an early adapter of Lean Project Management and Integrated Project Delivery methodology for large projects being developed under complex circumstances. He served as the Project Director for the $6 billion California Prison Receivership program and the Project Manager on the $3 billion University of California Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley Lab Second Campus Master plan.

Chris Burun – Sutter Health – Chris is Sutter Health’s Project Manager on their $180 million Sutter Health’s Roseville Critical Care Expansion project. The project included a validation phase to define benchmark of success. This phase utilized early engagement and co-location of the owner/design/construction team.

Denis J Stroup – HGA –  Denis is Associate Vice President for HGA Architects and is serving Sutter Health’s Roseville Critical Care Expansion Project as their Senior Project Manager. He is working in collaboration with Chris Burun to deliver the project.
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Light refreshments and beverages provided

 Street Parking is available.

Registration Rates:

Member: $55.00
Non-Member: $75.00
Owner: Free
Student: Free

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice (Sacramento Region)

presents

How to Facilitate a Pull Plan to Help Meet Owner Expectations

This workshop will provide attendees with guidelines to facilitate a successful pull planning session. Participants will learn to walk project teams through successful discussions around customer expectations and milestone deliverables by creating common language and goals to which project teams can work to meet.

After this presentation, participants will understand how to:
• Identify and meet customer expectations for planning deliverables
• Properly prepare for a productive pull planning session
• Leverage pull planning during different phases of a project
• Increase engagement of pull planning participants.

It is recommended that participants have been involved in pull planning sessions before and have an intermediate understanding of Last Planner System®.

Speaker:

Angela Bowman –  ​​The Boldt Company – Angela came to the Boldt Company in 2014 with an extensive background in the HVAC/plumbing industry, where she has over 15 years of experience. Angela’s immersion in the initial system design and its continued management during the project has been a great asset in eliminating many of the field conflicts typical to complex system design.  She has been involved with Lean and Pull Planning since 2007 and is the current Northern California CoP Leader.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

Street Parking is available.

Registration Rates:

• Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owner: Free
• Student: Free

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice (Oakland)

presents

How to Facilitate a Pull Plan to Help Meet Owner Expectations

This workshop will provide attendees with guidelines to facilitate a successful pull planning session. Participants will learn to walk project teams through successful discussions around customer expectations and milestone deliverables by creating common language and goals to which project teams can work to meet.

After this presentation, participants will understand how to:
• Identify and meet customer expectations for planning deliverables
• Properly prepare for a productive pull planning session
• Leverage pull planning during different phases of a project
• Increase engagement of pull planning participants.

It is recommended that participants have been involved in pull planning sessions before and have an intermediate understanding of Last Planner System®.

Speaker:

Sabrina Odah –  ​​The Boldt Company – Sabrina is a lean integration leader, and has worked with The Boldt Company since 2013. She works with project teams to assess the effectiveness of a business function and develop strategies, processes and performance metrics to achieve targeted business objectives. She acts as a liaison between projects, actively promoting a learning culture and providing transformation expertise in accountability. She empowers teams to think creatively, stretch potential and share improvement opportunities.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

 The Clay Street parking garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Fran Ogawa Plaza. The AIA office is a short walk from the 12th Street/City Center BART Station.

Registration Rates:

• Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owner: Free
• Student: Free

LCI Northern California  Community of Practice

presents

Current State of IPD with Sutter Health, DPR and Hanson Bridgett: Presented by Digby Christian, James Pease, Howard Ashcraft and Dean Reed

Integrated Project Delivery is a new way of delivering complex capital projects with documented reliable results for projects across multiple project types and industries. Join LCI NorCal for a look at the current thinking around Integrated Project Delivery and some key resources to help you be successful.

Digby Christian, Director of Integrated Lean Project Delivery at Sutter Health will layout the current state of Integrated Project Delivery and share some of his experiences with the delivery model at Sutter Health. Sutter Health has delivered nearly $2Billion with this model and has $3Billion underway with highly successful results.

James Pease and Howard Ashcraft will report out on the 18 month process of creating Integrated Project Delivery – An Action Guide for Leaders. This Guide is a collaborative effort of lean experts from the US and Canada packaged into a free pdf funded by the Pankow Foundation. The design is to be a practical guide for those interested in implementing IPD for the first time and for experienced practitioners.

Howard Ashcraft and Dean Reed will report out on their book, Integrating Project Delivery. They will share their experiences in writing the book and give an overview of the content.

The presentations will be followed by a panel Q&A

Speakers:

Digby Christian -Sutter Health -Digby is Director of Integrated Lean Project Delivery at Sutter Health in the Facility and Property Services group.

His primary responsibilities are the development of an Expedited Project Delivery service line and the broadening and deepening the group’s expertise in integrated lean project delivery.
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James Pease – Sutter Health – James is a Regional Manager for Project Delivery for the Greater Sacramento Area at Sutter Health Facility and Property Services.

He focuses on the delivery of complex capital projects using Lean and Integrated Project Delivery. He has a BS in Management Science from UC San Diego and is the executive editor of the IPD focused website https://leanipd.com
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Howard Ashcraft – Hanson Bridgett– Howard Ashcraft has led in the development and use of Integrated Project Delivery in the United States, Canada and abroad. Over the past decade, his team has structured over 125 pure IPD projects and worked on many highly-integrated projects.

He co-authored the AIACC’s Integrated Project Delivery: A Working Definition, the AIA’s IPD Guide and the text published by Wiley earlier this year, Integrating Project Delivery. He is a partner in the San Francisco law firm of Hanson Bridgett.
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Dean Reed- DPR – Dean is a Director of Lean Construction with DPR. He is LCI member #1 and a co-author of the IPD focused textbook – Integrating Project Delivery.

Registration Rate

Member and Partner Rate: $75.00

Non-Member Rate: $95.00

Owner: Free

Student Rate: $10.00 

(Partner Organization: AIA, DBIA, PMI, CMAA, COAA) 

Seated Dinner included with registration

 Sponsorship Available

Gold: includes Table for 7 seated with Presenter, Intro Presenter, Company Recognition -$2,500

Silver: Includes Table for 7, Company recognition – $1,500

Please contact Angela Bowman – angela.bowman@boldt.com if you wish to participate

PARKING Information

Cost for parking is NOT INCLUDED in the registration.

Free parking option: There is a below grade parking structure that is FREE to leave after 8:00 PM. When you pull into the hotel, go down the ramp to the below grade parking structure. Turn right and take a ticket. The gate will be up after 8:00 PM.

There is valet parking available at the entrance to the hotel but this cost is NOT included in the registration.

There is also parking across the street at the BART parking lot.

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Introduction to Lean Project Delivery 

What if you could add more value for your customers while meeting schedule and budget requirements? By recognizing the various types of waste in project delivery processes, you can start to increase productivity by implementing the Lean approaches taught in Introduction to Lean Project Delivery. With a small mindset shift, the silos set up by traditional delivery methods can be broken to allow architects, engineers, general contractors, trade partners and owners to closely collaborate and problem solve together. This 5-6 hour LCI learning course, taught with real-life design and construction examples and a hands-on simulation, will be an important step on your journey to achieve Lean thinking.

Objectives:

• Definition of Lean and the principles associated with a Lean operating system.
• Identify the principles and tools relevant to Lean design and Construction processes.
• Recognize various types of waste in design and construction and apply tools to reduce, minimize and/or eliminate waste.
• Increase collaboration and communication on projects through application of structured planning systems and processes

Speakers

David Long – David Long Consulting – David Long has sought for years to apply advanced, innovative approaches to manage people in organizations specifically focused on assembling high performing teams delivering capital projects. David has lectured in seminars and conferences worldwide and is an active supporter of LCI. David currently provides consulting services to project teams on Lean Construction principles, The Last Planner®System, Target Value Delivery, Integrated Project Delivery, and Choosing By Advantages.

Vic Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services – Victor Ortiz has more than 35 years of experience doing training, coaching and consulting in support of effective organization development and business process re-engineering. Vic has trained over 3,000 leaders and managers in meeting facilitation, collaborative teamwork and organization change leadership. Vic has been involved with LCI since its beginning and facilitated many of the original organizing meetings of LCI. Vic brings deep experience applying lean in construction settings.

This course is AIA/CES registered for 5 LU credits 

Parking is somewhat limited. Please consider carpooling

Bagels, pastries and coffee/tea will be provided

LCI Northern California Community of Practice(Oakland)

presents

Highlights of Current Research from the Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL) 

Professors Iris Tommelein and Glenn Ballard will report on the following current P2SL research projects, with opportunities for discussion and questions:

– Construction Safety
– Cost Modeling in Target Value Delivery
– Steering to Targets in Construction
– Mistake Proofing
– TaktPlanning
– Last Planner® Development

Speakers:

Iris Tommelein -UC Berkeley –  ​​Dr. Iris Tommelein is Professor of Engineering and Project Management at UC Berkeley. She teaches and conducts research to develop and advance the theory and principles of project-based production management. She directs the Project Production Systems Laboratory at UC Berkeley, a research laboratory dedicated to developing and deploying knowledge and tools for project management. Her research focuses on enabling integrated owner/designer/builder teams to continuously improve their processes.

Glenn Ballard – UC Berkeley – Dr. Glenn Ballard is the Research Director of the Project Production Systems Laboratory and an Associate Professor at UC Berkeley. His principle research interest is adapting lean production theory from manufacturing to project management practice. Dr. Ballard co-founded the Lean Construction Institute in 1997. He brings 25 years of construction industry expertise to his role and is a recognized expert in the area of project performance improvement.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

The Clay Street Parking Garage is closed.  Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza.  The AIA Office is a short walk from the 12th Street/City Center BART Station.

LCI Northern California Community of Practice(Oakland)

presents

Highlights of Current Research from the Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL) 

Professors Iris Tommelein and Glenn Ballard will report on the following current P2SL research projects, with opportunities for discussion and questions:

– Construction Safety
– Cost Modeling in Target Value Delivery
– Steering to Targets in Construction
– Mistake Proofing
– TaktPlanning
– Last Planner® Development

Speakers:

Iris Tommelein -UC Berkeley –  ​​Dr. Iris Tommelein is Professor of Engineering and Project Management at UC Berkeley. She teaches and conducts research to develop and advance the theory and principles of project-based production management. She directs the Project Production Systems Laboratory at UC Berkeley, a research laboratory dedicated to developing and deploying knowledge and tools for project management. Her research focuses on enabling integrated owner/designer/builder teams to continuously improve their processes.

Glenn Ballard – UC Berkeley – Dr. Glenn Ballard is the Research Director of the Project Production Systems Laboratory and an Associate Professor at UC Berkeley. His principle research interest is adapting lean production theory from manufacturing to project management practice. Dr. Ballard co-founded the Lean Construction Institute in 1997. He brings 25 years of construction industry expertise to his role and is a recognized expert in the area of project performance improvement.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided

The Clay Street Parking Garage is closed.  Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza.  The AIA Office is a short walk from the 12th Street/City Center BART Station.

LCI Northern California Community of Practice (Central Valley)

presents

A Factory of One: How to Apply Lean to Your Individual Work (and your life)

Speakers:

Dan Markovitz helps organizations become faster, stronger and more agile though a fresh approach to the teaching and practice of lean. With a philosophy derived from his years as a teacher and running coach, he helps companies reinvigorate their lean efforts by developing an accessible on-ramp for their lean journeys. Clients have included Microsoft, WL Gore, Abbott Vascular, CamelBak, Clif Bar and Microsoft. Dan is an author of two books, A Factory of One and Building the Fit Organization.

Seated Dinner is provided 

Cost for parking is NOT included. There is valet parking available at the entrance to the hotel. There is also a below grade parking structure. When you pull into the hotel go down the ramp to the below grade parking structure. Turn right and take a ticket. There is also parking across the street at the BART parking lot.

LCI Northern California Central Valley Community of Practice

presents

Going Integrated on Hard Bid Work at UC Davis

This program leads you through building project team collaboration during your design build projects that will help to make the project a success. You will hear how we were able to create this type of team collaboration to get through a complex design-build project of an existing University of California dining commons with a compact schedule. You will also hear that by having solid teamwork and collaboration, we were able to incorporate an additional 47 change orders into the project without affecting the critical end date of the schedule.

Using teamwork and collaboration with our trade partners and designers during the bidding process, allowed us to create a set of construction drawings. By showing this type of collaborative effort early in the life of the project, the Owner and end users were able to make quick, educated decisions that allowed us to turn documents around much quicker than the traditional design approval processes.

Through the implementation of team collaboration, we built trust, reliability, and accountability through the entire process from our trades, designers, the owner, the inspection team, and the end users. By asking for input and opinions on how to accomplish tasks and goals, everyone felt comfortable talking to each other and didn’t feel apprehensive about bringing up an issue or question because the team created a safe environment to allow for open communication as there was no “finger pointing” or blame. The team had the same goal, which was to deliver a quality project on time and that met the client’s needs.

More information …

LCI Northern California Bay Area Community of Practice

presents

Fix What Bugs You: How Southland Uses Videos to Drive Lean Culture

At Southland, we empower our Shop and Field Tradesmen to implement new processes that improve our inefficiencies. Changing Culture is grassroots movement, and by encouraging lean thinking and promoting big ideas, we’ve begun to experience a shift toward adopting a lean culture. Inspired by Paul Akers (Congress 2012) to create a video library, we set up a video competition with monthly and yearly winners, the yearly winner wins a trip to Congress. Our employees are motivated to document their lean processes in a format that can be easily shared across the organization. This practice creates a competitive spirit and inspires an entrepreneurial attitude and lean leadership.

Attendees will:

• Discover new ways to engage the front line for process improvement
• See direct benefits from embracing lean thinking resulting in increased time and costs saving though waste reduction
• See a company-wide program that increased employee engagement and shared lean improvements across the organization
• Learn ideas to help overcome their struggle in persuading others within their own organization towards lean adoption

LCI Northern California Oakland
 Community of Practice

presents

Lean Happy Hour – A Structured, Agenda-Less Conversation About Your Lean Journey

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations.

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.

Presenters:

• Steve Yots is Director of Construction Operations with Boldt Company. 

• Dave Hagan is Director of Process Development with Boldt Company.

• Matthew Boersma is Senior Project Manager with Boldt Company.

• Ariana Alvear is Senior Project Engineer with Boldt. Company.

• Registration Rates:

• LCI/AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $30.00

Drinks and hor de’oeuvres are included.

LCI Northern California Central Valley
 Community of Practice

presents

Lean Happy Hour – A structured, agenda-less conversation about your Lean journey

Thursday, February 8, 2018

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Sacramento, CA  05811

Street parking is available

Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations.

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.

Presenters:

• Angela Bowman is a Project Manager with Boldt Company. She has been a Lean Practitioner for over 10 years and has been in the design and construction industry for over 20 years.

• Marco Cabodi is a Lean Leader and Lean trainer for DPR Construction and has been for the last 8 years. He is a Senior Superintendent with over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry. 

• Registration Rates:

• LCI/AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $30.00

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

A Successful Team Celebrates Breakdowns

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

The
Van Ness and Geary Hospital project is a 1-million square foot quaternary care
hospital being constructed in San Francisco, CA. The project has a field work
force peaking at 900 workers and requires over 4 million worker hours to complete.
The team is using Integrated Project Delivery to deliver this complex hospital
and to challenge team members to raise the bar on reliability and
predictability in the construction industry. 
The project is tracking for a successful completion, but the team has
faced challenges along the way. This presentation is a reflection on lessons
learned and continuous improvement to date by member of the production team.

Presenters:

• Jeannie Austin – Sutter Health – Jeannie Austin is a Senior Project Manager for Sutter Health, Facility and Property Services and has been with the organization for 12 years.  She is currently helping to manage Sutter Health’s largest capital construction project, a $2 billion hospital in San Francisco, CA on Highway 101 at the Van Ness and Geary Campus (VNGC).  Jeannie holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. 

• Ron Heise-Southland Industries – Ron Heise is a General Foreman at Southland Industries and he started his career as a sheet metal apprentice in 1985.  He has worked on biopharmaceutical, commercial, and advanced technology (data centers) but most of the past 32 years have been on healthcare and OSHPD projects.  Ron’s responsibilities as general foreman include project leadership and oversight for sheet metal functions including project coordination, scheduling, training, sequencing, manpower staffing, shop prefabrication, on-time project delivery, and interfacing with unions. 

• Klas Berghede-HerreroBoldt – Klas Berghede is a Senior Production Manager for HerreroBoldt and has been a leader in construction and Integrated Lean Project Delivery since 2007.  Klas is responsible for the production planning of the ongoing 274-bed Van Ness and Geary Hospital project in San Francisco as well as providing guidance on several of Boldt’s large construction projects delivered throughout the US.  Klas draws from his experiences working as both a construction worker as well as from production planning and supply chain optimization in manufacturing. 

• Thomas Seceda – California Drywall – Thomas Secada is a Field Construction Manager at Cal Drywall who has worked with general contractors in Northern California for the past 36 years.  Tom believes in inspiring and growing talent through the field and office personnel. He keeps an open approach to discussion with all integrated project contractors implementing daily huddles with the field team, coordination with trade partners, and constraint resolution in a timely manner for the success of the project.  Tom has provided support to multiple large construction projects in the Bay Area and is currently dedicated to the Van Ness and Geary Campus Hospital project in San Francisco.
  

Registration Rates:

There is valet parking available at the entrance to the hotel.  The cost of this parking is not included with registration.  There is free parking available after 3 PM at the nearby BART Station (Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Center)

Buffet dinner is provided

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Creating Clarity for the Organization: Answering the Six Critical Questions

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Learn and apply the key concepts for creating healthy organizations and cohesive teams that have been used by thousands of leaders from many of the best companies in the world.  Bob Bernatz and Neil Sullivan, Principal Consultants with Patrick Lencioni’s firm, The Table Group, will guide members through an interactive session designed for immediate application of the ground-breaking concepts from Lencioni’s best-selling book The Advantage, and share with participants how to create greater Clarity within an organization by answering the six critical questions.

This session is a continuation of the work presented last year around Lencioni’s model of team cohesion.  As with the past workshop, expect to have series of discussions that will lead to tangible actions for  your organization.
Participants will learn how to answer the following with their leadership teams: Why do we exist? How do we behave? What do we do? How will we succeed? What is most important right now? Who must do what?

Major projects and initiatives require teams to collaborate in a much more integrated manner.  The interactive session will include:

• An overview of an effective meeting model.
• A brief review of the team cohesion models.

Presenters:

• Bob Bernatz brings over twenty-five years of experience as a corporate psychologist, entrepreneur and consultant to his partnership with The Table Group.  His formal training in psychology and deep knowledge of organizational health has positioned him uniquely to be highly effective when consulting with individual CEOs and their executive teams. 




• Neil Sullivan
  

  leverages his 25+ years of corporate and non-profit experience to help CEOs and executive teams perform at their highest levels.  His executive management background creates the ability to quickly connect with CEOs, clearly understand their goals and objectives, and partner to achieve desired results for their team and organization.  Neil has introduced The Table Group’s concepts to hundreds of teams over the years and is dedicated to helping executive teams break down barriers.

Registration Rates:

• LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $30.00

There is valet parking available at the entrance to the hotel.  The cost of this parking is not included with registration.  There is a below grade structure.  When you pull into the hotel, go down the ramp to the below grade structure.  Turn right and take a ticket.  There will be validation for this parking.  The parking lot attendant leaves prior to our meeting letting out and parking is typically free.

This presentation includes a seated dinner.

         

LCI Northern California Central Valley Community of Practice

presents

Lean Training:

Half Day: Last Planner® System

Half Day: Mindset of an Effective Big Room

Date: Monday, November 13, 2017

 Last Planner^® – 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Mindset of an Effective Big Room – 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

         

LCI Northern California Central Valley Community of Practice

present

How to Minimize Risk & Maximize the Chances of Success – Lessons from Sutter Health(Northern California CoP)

LCI Northern California Community of Practice (Oakland)

presents

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Four architects discuss about their journeys in Lean to increase value and reduce waste in their work. Lean Construction techniques and processes come from the manufacturing world where a step saved is a dollar earned. Production system based on Lean values efficiency and productivity.

When these principles and practices are applied to an iterative process such as designing a building, they impact the way architects work. Working in Lean is often described as a journey rather than a state. Four architects describe their challenges, successes and differences along their respective Lean journeys including how their work has been impacted.

Light Hors d’oeuvre and refreshments provided.

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Transforming Culture: Learning Essential Conversations and How to Navigate Moods

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

AEC projects can be described as a network of commitments. Commitments are shaped by conversations that generate actions. Conversations around what is or not possible to do in a construction project are influenced by moods. 

Moods are contagious and invisible to most of the project participants, negative moods prevent innovation and collaboration, positive moods allow for productive actions. 

Leaders that are proficient at creating conversations for actions, and learn the skills to navigate moods can transform their companies culture. Therefore, allowing project teams to see new opportunities, and to significantly improve productivity, workers lives, clients and stakeholders satisfaction.

Paz Arroyo, Lean Project Consulting – Paz Arroyo is a Senior Coach with LeanProject. She holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. She has expertise on implementing lean construction philosophy and methods since 2006. In addition, she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the school of engineering at Catholic University of Chile. She is a well-recognized international expert in the Choosing By a Advantages (CBA) decision-making system. 

LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
Non-Member: $75.00
Owners & Students: free
Academics: $55.00

Parking: The Clay Street Garage is now permanently closed, but there is parking available at the Dalziel garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza

This class is AIA/CES registered for 2 LUcredits.

         

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

present

Maximizing Value By Design

LCI Carolinas Community of Practice

presents

 Introduction to Lean Project Delivery

06/09/2017

8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Pull in Production Workshop (Central Valley Branch)

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Are you comfortable when someone asks you to participate in a pull planning session? Do you know what a pull plan is? Have you always wanted to know how to even go about starting a pull plan? 



Having a full understanding regarding what a pull plan is will help you achieve your team’s objectives from cost, design, construction and milestones.



Members of the LCI Northern California Core Team will help attendees:

– Gain a better understanding between the difference push and pull planning

– Learn key definitions 

– Understand the key steps in pull planning 

– Work through a pull planning simulation

• Registration Rates:

• LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $55.00

Parking: Street parking is available

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Pull in Production Workshop (Bay Area Branch)

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Are you comfortable when someone asks you to participate in a pull planning session? Do you know what a pull plan is? Have you always wanted to know how to even go about starting a pull plan? 



Having a full understanding regarding what a pull plan is will help you achieve your team’s objectives from cost, design, construction and milestones.



Members of the LCI Northern California Core Team will help attendees:

– Gain a better understanding between the difference push and pull planning

– Learn key definitions 

– Understand the key steps in pull planning 

– Work through a pull planning simulation

• Registration Rates:

• LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $55.00

Parking: The Clay Street Garage is now permanently closed, but there is parking available at various garages nearby, including: the Dalziel garage on 16th street between Clay and San Pablo, Downtown Merchants Parking on Franklin street between 13th and 14th, Douglas Parking on 13th street between Broadway and Franklin, and Latham Square garage on Telegraph between 16th and 17th.

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Lean Training: Introduction to Lean Project Delivery

04/26/2017

10:00 AM to 02:30 PM

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

The 5 Choices

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

5:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Why The 5 Choices – The workplace is an unprecedented minefield of constant demands from other people, technology, and a nonstop workday. We are forced to make critical decisions under pressure, creating a personal energy crisis that prevents us from thinking clearly and achieving extraordinary results. To succeed in this new work world, we need to learn how to make good decisions, focus our attention, and sustain high energy day in and day out.



Focus – The 5 Choices helps you make five fundamental choices that dramatically increase your ability to focus on your most important outcomes. We will specifically focus on two of the five choices:



CHOICE 1: ACT ON THE IMPORTANT – don’t react to the urgent In today’s world, people are drowning in email, overwhelmed with demands, and trying to do more with less. We will explore how to filter vitally important priorities from distractions so they can make a real contribution.



CHOICE 3: SCHEDULE THE BIG ROCKS – don’t sort gravel. The crushing increase in workday pressures can make people feel helpless and out of control. You will learn the planning systems that lead to extraordinary outcomes .



Results – Understand how to make more selective, high-impact choices about where to invest their valuable attention, energy, and time. You’ll also learn how to increase the productivity of individuals, teams, and organizations. 

Presenters:

Jerel McShane is a senior consultant and Practice Leader for Franklin Covey’s Western U.S. Region.  His tenure with Franklin Covey includes coaching and consulting with clients in a variety of industries, including: telecommunications, manufacturing, financial and real estate management, higher education, healthcare, and non-profit. 

Registration Rates:

Member: $55.00
Non-Member: $75.00
Owners & Students: Free
Academics: $55.00
Partner Organization: $55.00

Parking Information:  Valet Parking at the entrance to the hotel. The cost of parking not-included. There is a below grade parking structure. When you pull into the hotel, go down the ramp to the below grade structure. Turn right and take a ticket. There will be validation for this parking. The parking lot attendant leaves prior to our meeting letting out and parking is typically free.

         

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

&

COAA California

present

The Business Case for Lean

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Psychological Safety and How It Affects Team Learning and Performance

Thursday, March 9, 2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Do the people and teams on your projects and in your companies feel safe to identify errors, ask questions, and experiment? These learning behaviors drive team performance, but can be blocked when psychological safety is not felt. A current P2SL research group is tackling these questions: 



What can be done to assess psychological safety? What can be done to improve it? 



Attendees will learn how to assess and promote the feeling of psychological safety on their projects and in their organizations.



We will also discuss another recent product of P2SL updated research on the Current Process Benchmark for the Last Planner System including:

-Describing its foundations (functions, principles, and beliefs)

-Current best methods

-Future research to improve the Benchmark

-Frequently Asked Questions

Presenters:

• Glenn Ballard is Research Director for the Project Production Systems Laboratory at UC Berkeley and a co-founder of the International Group for Lean Construction and the Lean Construction Institute.  He has been writing and talking about Lean Construction since 1993. 
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• Registration Rates:

• LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $55.00

Parking Information:  Street Parking Available

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Psychological Safety and How It Affects Team Learning and Performance

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Do the people and teams on your projects and in your companies feel safe to identify errors, ask questions, and experiment? These learning behaviors drive team performance, but can be blocked when psychological safety is not felt. A current P2SL research group is tackling these questions: 



What can be done to assess psychological safety? What can be done to improve it? 



Attendees will learn how to assess and promote the feeling of psychological safety on their projects and in their organizations.



We will also discuss another recent product of P2SL updated research on the Current Process Benchmark for the Last Planner System including:

-Describing its foundations (functions, principles, and beliefs)

-Current best methods

-Future research to improve the Benchmark

-Frequently Asked Questions

Presenters:

• Glenn Ballard is Research Director for the Project Production Systems Laboratory at UC Berkeley and a co-founder of the International Group for Lean Construction and the Lean Construction Institute.  He has been writing and talking about Lean Construction since 1993. 
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• Registration Rates:

• LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $55.00

Parking Information: The Clay Street Parking Garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza.

LCI Northern California Bay Area
 Community of Practice

presents

Lean Happy Hour –
A structured, agenda-less conversation about your Lean journey

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Oakland, CA  94612

Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations.

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.

Suggested Reading: How to Conduct a Lean Coffee 

Presenters:

• Matthew Boersma, The Boldt Company, is a Interiors Project Manager on the Hospital on Van Ness and Geary.
• Dave Hagen is the Director of Process Development for Western Operations for the The Boldt Company.

Registration Rates:

• LCI/AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $30.00

LCI Northern California Central Valley
 Community of Practice

presents

Lean Happy Hour – A structured, agenda-less conversation about your Lean journey

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Sacramento, CA  05811

Street parking is available

Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations.

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.

Presenters:

• Marco Cabodi is a Lean Leader and Lean trainer for DPR Construction and has been for the last 7 year. He is a Senior Superintendent with over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry. 

• Pat Derickson is President of Stafford King Wiese Architects in Sacramento. Our firm has begun the journey of Lean working on Higher Education and Healthcare projects. Learning the tools of lean is important, but the larger goal is to teach our entire staff how to see differently, to see value and waste.
  

Registration Rates:

• LCI/AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $30.00

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

Design Management Scheduling Using a Kanban Board

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

There is a search for a better way to manage design schedules in the early phases of design. Managing a Design Schedule or Knowledge work has come into focus with the use of alternative forms of project delivery. Weather Design/Build or Integrated project delivery (IPD) project teams are challenged to find better practices and tools to manage work to improve flow of design decisions.

This presentation will discuss an approach that uses Last planner and combines it with a Kanban Card to visualize work flow and build a “pull system” for design decisions. This presentation will discuss the practical issues that are faced by the design team and why managing the design schedule requires a different approach than the construction schedule. We will describe how to translate from the Pull Plan to a Kanban Board. We will offer a practical exercise of preparing a Kanban Board. We will discuss Work In progress WIP and how this approach facilitates reprioritization of design decisions.

Presenters:

• Bruce Cousins has over forty years of diverse experience in architecture, constructions project management and real estate development. As a practicing Architect he specialized in the design of higher density service intensive mixed-use projects such as resort hotels, town centers, healthcare and community facilities. 
• Ralf-Uwe Modrich 

  is Sr. Project Manager at Webcor Builders in San Francisco California. He received his B.S. from University of Applied Sciences in Munich Germany and is currently finishing his M.S. in International Construction Management at University of Bath, England. After working more than 26 years in the construction operations, in Germany, Spain and the U.S., is he focusing on the integration of VDC and Production data using Lean processes in the operations of his company.

Registration Rates:

• LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $30.00

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

and

Design-Build Institute of America

present

CPMC VanNess and Geary Hospital
Lean Case Study and Job Tour

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

11:30 am to 1:20 pm

The DBIA, together with the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), is pleased to sponsor a program focused on Sutter Health’s One Million ft2 CPMC Van Ness and Geary Hospital. Speakers will be represented by the owner (focused on IPD delivery), the architect (focused on dealing with the city and the entitlements), the GC (focused on production tracking, actual vs. budgeted), and a trade partner (focused on practical application of Lean). The purchasers of the Title and Gold Sponsorships (table of 10, limited to 6 tables) will be given a hosted 1 ½ hour tour of the project site (hard soled shoes required, PPE will be provided)

For more information and to register, CLICK HERE

LCI Northern California Community of Practice

presents

The Advantage of a Healthy Organization for Project Success

Thursday, November 10, 2016

5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Learn and apply the key concepts for creating healthy organizations and cohesive teams that have been used by thousands of leaders from many of the best companies in the world.  Jeff Gibson, President of Consulting and Al Amador, Principal Consultant with Patrick Lencioni’s firm, The Table Group will guide members through an interactive session designed for immediate application of the ground-breaking concepts from Lencioni’s best-selling books The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Advantage.

Gibson and Amador will address the unique nature of the design and construction industry and share how organizational health can be a competitive advantage for owners, architects, engineers, general contractors and trade partners who  need to work  in an integrated approach to successfully deliver their projects.

Participants will learn how to quickly create: high levels of trust, an environment for open debate, clear expectations and commitments, and a mutually accountable team focused on a common objective.  Participants will leave this interactive session with tangible actions that can be applied the next day to the teams they are on or the teams they lead.

Major projects and initiatives require teams to collaborate in a much more integrated manner. This interactive session will also include:

• Best practices employed by some of the most effective leaders in the country
• A simple tool to assess your team
• Additional materials on team cohesion, effective meetings and employee engagement

Recommended Reading : The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni

Jeff Gibson brings 20 years of consulting experience to The Table Group where he has responsibility for managing our global consulting organization. Whether he’s working with a CEO, addressing senior executives during a conference or workshop, or counseling a client over the phone, Jeff brings his passion, enthusiasm and contagious optimism for organizational health to every client he touches.  

Currently, Jeff works regularly with CEOs and executive teams in applying the concepts captured in all of Patrick Lencioni’s books. His clients span a variety of industries, including technology, financial services and healthcare. Specific organizations Jeff has worked with include Southwest Airlines, HBK, Barclaycard US, Deloitte, Western Digital Corporation, Chick-fil-A, Rackspace, HCA Inc., Pinterest, as well as many others.

Prior to joining The Table Group in 1999, Jeff worked as a management consultant for Deloitte.  After earning his electrical engineering degree from UCLA, he began his career with Hughes Electronics as a hardware design engineer.  During that time he discovered his latent passion for leadership development which led him to pursue an MBA in management and organizational behavior from the University of Washington where he graduated with honors. Jeff lives in Walnut Creek with his wife and two children.

Al Amador brings extensive experience from the information technology field as a director of numerous enterprise implementations as well as over two decades of keynote speaking, communication training, teaching, coaching and facilitating. Al’s specialty is bringing teams together to work on the key areas of; trust, meaningful conflict, commitment and clarity. He has a passion for coaching directors and teams, as well as a reputation for connecting with both senior business and technical leaders. Al’s current clients include: The North Face, OCULUS Rift, Bayer Healthcare, CISCO, AutoDesk and others.

Prior to joining the Table Group Al’s positions included; program director for credit card security at Kaiser Permanente, director of technology services for Bare Escentuals, and intranet services manager for Robert Half International. Al has led numerous technical teams in the UK, India, China, Japan, Germany, and Latin America. Al lives with his wife and two children in Lafayette, California.

Founded in 1997 as a consulting firm focused on high-growth clients, the company has consistently grown and evolved, propelled by the success of founder Patrick Lencioni’s best-selling books including his breakthrough title, The Advantage, as well as the longstanding Wall Street Journal best-seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.  Pat’s most recent book, The Ideal Team Player, released in 2016 has become an instant best-seller.

Over the past 19 years, the firm has worked with a variety of world class organizations including Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, churches, schools, military and professional sports organizations. The Table Group brings Lencioni’s original methodologies to organizations and the people within them through speeches, consulting, books and products.

Registration Rates:

• LCI / AIA Member: $55.00
• Non-Member: $75.00
• Owners & Students: free
• Academics: $30.00

LCI Northern California Community of Practice
presents
     The Design Side of Lean Construction
A Joint Program with AIA East Bay

Date:  Wednesday – September 14, 2016

Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM

Location: AIA East Bay Office
1405 Clay Street
Oakland, CA 94612

Please join us we hear from architects on how Lean Construction has impacted their practices. Each panelist and Lean practitioner will present how Lean Construction techniques are used in their design processes and discuss cultural shifts within their organizations.

This is a great opportunity for design professionals to understand Lean Construction concepts applied to the design process and the benefits and changes to their practices

Denis J Stroup, AIA is a Senior Associate at HGA Architects and Engineers with over 24 years of experience, the last 15 years delivering acute healthcare projects in California.  He is often called on to head up multidisciplinary teams for larger projects in the role of a design team leader.  He possesses a strong leadership proclivity leveraging lean project delivery tools and methodologies in all projects he is involved in both large and small.  Denis is a current Core Group member for the NorCal LCI CoP who has had the privilege of presenting to CoP’s in northern and southern California as well as the National Congress in 2014.

Eric Peabody is a Project Director in the Health Care and Science & Tech markets at Taylor Design. His passion is applying optimism, reason, and creativity to architecture that promotes the advancement of society. His experience includes highly technical projects which involve complex integration of architecture, equipment, and building systems. His leadership and problem solving skills serve him well as a project director for complex clients. As a project architect, he get involved in the details of construction and I bring a practical approach to design and construction that focuses on collaborative problem solving.

Marianne O’Brien, FAIA is a Principal with SmithGroupJJR with more than 30 years of experience in the field of architecture leading projects and practices. She is recognized for her focus on collaborative project delivery through alternative methodologies and the application of Lean Principles. Her most recent speaking engagement was at a 2016 seminar jointly sponsored by P2SL, DBIA, and the AIA, focused on Lean practices. She was a panelist at the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) national conference opening general session in 2011 and has presented nationally and internationally at Tradeline, SCUP, and AIA conferences. Marianne served as a juror for ENR’s Best of the Best projects in 2011, was the AIA San Francisco 2014 President and served as a member of Board of Directors for 5 years. Her leadership and management of UCSF’s Regeneration Medicine Building (RMB), made her one of the top 25 Newsmakers of 2010 by ENR Magazine. In the near future, she will be presenting at the Annual LCI Congress in Chicago.

Todd Henderson is a principal at Boulder Associates with 21 years of architectural experience, mostly in the healthcare market. A self-described ‘change agent,’ ​Todd led Boulder Associates’​ successful shift to BIM and now works to further lean-inspired transformation of his company’s culture and beyond. Todd leads Boulder Associates’​ San Francisco office and has an inordinate fondness for spicy food.

• LCI/AIA Members: $55.00
• Non-Members: $75.00

• Public Sector Owners Representatives: free

• Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free

• Academic: $30.00

LEAN HAPPY HOUR – AIA SACRAMENTO OFFICE

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents       Lean Happy Hour  A Structured but Agenda-Less Conversation About Your Lean Journey Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Time: 5:00PM to 7:00PM Location: AIA Sacramento Office 1400 S Street, #100 Sacramento, CA 95811   Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations. 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. ________________________ Speakers: Dennis Stroup – HGA Architects Erik Winje – Clark Pacific Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 REGISTER HERE

TARGET VALUE DESIGN WORKSHOP

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

 

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents LCI Target Value Design: From Conception to Delivery Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Location: Embassy Suites – Walnut Creek 1345 Treat Boulevard Walnut Creek, CA  94597

TARGET VALUE DESIGN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LEAN STRATEGIES UTILIZED IN THE INTEGRATED PROJECTED DELIVERY SYSTEM TODAY. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE TO DEFINE AND CONTROL COST, SCOPE, AND CONDITIONS OF SATISFACTION FROM PROJECT INCEPTION THROUGH FINAL CONSTRUCTION.  THIS FULL DAY TRAINING SESSION WILL SERVE AS A WORKING SESSION, WHERE WE DESIGN AN ACTUAL PROJECT FROM INCEPTION TO COMPLETION USING THE TVD METHODOLOGY DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING ANY PROJECT USING TARGET VALUE DESIGN AS A CENTRAL THEME WILL HELP YOUR PROJECTS ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN A MUCH MORE RELAIBLE PROJECT ESTIMATE AND COST FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.  ALTHOUGH TVD IS A HALLMARK OF INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY, YOU CAN DO TVD REGARDLESS OF CONTRACT MODEL. Dick Bayer is the former Executive Director of the Lean Construction Institute.  He has been deeply engaged in construction project collaboration and alignment partnering since 2003 and has been part of the Lean community since 2008.  Since 2010, the Realignment Group has participated on over 100 lean or IPD programs and with over 200 teams across the country, Canada, and Europe. Dick was one of the chief facilitators for the largest IPD project ever—the $7B California Health Care Receivership Program; is an adjunct professor at the Franklin Burns School for Real Estate and the Built Environment at the University of Denver; and is a founding member of the Lean Design and Construction Guild.  This class is AIA/CES registered for 7.5 LU HSW credits. REGISTRATION FEES: LCI MEMBER: $349.00 NON-MEMBER: $499.00 OWNERS: $119.00 REGISTER HERE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ATTENDEES IS 50, SIGN UP SOON!

INCORPORATING LEAN PRINCIPLES IN A CONVENTIONAL DESIGN-PROJECT AT UC DAVIS – OAKLAND

Thursday, May 12, 2016

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents Incorporating LEAN Principles in a Conventional Design-Project at UC Davis Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016 Time: 5:30PM to 7:00 PM Location: East Bay AIA Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612 Join the NorCal CoP and the UC Davis Olson Hall Seismic Upgrade project team for a panel discussion on lessons learned on this Design-Build project. The panel will include the University’s Project Manager, the Contractors Superintendent, and the Design Team’s Project Manager. The project was a conventional Design Build delivery utilizingLead methodologies without an IFoA form of agreement. Speakers: Michael Head – UC Davis: Design & Construction Management Wesley Ramirez – Stafford King Wiese Architects Paul Tate – The Boldt Company LCI/AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 REGISTER HERE Appetizers and refreshments will be served.

INCORPORATING LEAN PRINCIPLES IN A CONVENTIONAL DESIGN-PROJECT AT UC DAVIS – SACRAMENTO

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents Incorporating LEAN Principles in a Conventional Design-Project at UC Davis Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30 PM Location: AIA Central Office 1400 S Street, Suite 100. Sacaremento, CA 95811 Join the NorCal CoP and the UC Davis Olson Hall Seismic Upgrade project team for a panel discussion on lessons learned on this Design-Build project. The panel will include the University’s Project Manager, the Contractors Superintendent, and the Design Team’s Project Manager. The project was a conventional Design Build delivery utilizingLead methodologies without an IFoA form of agreement. Speakers: Michael Head – UC Davis: Design & Construction Management Wesley Ramirez – Stafford King Wiese Architects Paul Tate – The Boldt Company LCI/AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 REGISTER HERE Appetizers and refreshments will be served.

[TRAINING] LEAN 101: INTRODUCTION TO LEAN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

 

[Training] – Lean 101: Introduction to Lean and Construction DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM Location: Embassy Suites 1345 Treat Boulevard Walnut Creek, CA  94597

Join the NorCal CoP and David MacNeel, an industry leader and the foremost expert on Lean design and construction, for a half-day training session on lean fundamentals. He will hit all the highlights of what you need to know to successfully implement Lean design and construction principles to your project team or company firm. This program is intended for individuals who would like to learn more about Lean or as a refresher course for those who have some lean training and would like to get back to basics. We invite all participants to also register for our quarterly dinner meeting immediately following, to learn more about how Lean and how it is being implemented around our Community of Practice. This will be a great opportunity for everyone from all fields interested in Lean design and construction to learn all the basics from one of the best trainers in the country. Julie Glassmeyer is a Lean Construction consultant and Senior Associate with On Point Lean Consulting. For the past 12 years, Glassmeyer has been employing, facilitating, coaching and championing Lean Construction principles and Last Planner® tools. She draws on her 20+ years of experience in commercial construction planning and management to support project teams in their efforts to achieve successful Lean implementation. She has taught Lean thinking and The Last Planner System® to people at all levels of management. As a Lean consultant, Glassmeyer has coached general contractors, construction managers, and utilities project teams throughout the U.S.. Project types include medical office buildings, university facilities, power plant shut-downs, jails, and mixed-use developments.  Glassmeyer holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from the University of Cincinnati, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati as well as Cincinnati State Technical & Community College and since 2005. She is on the Advisory Board for the Ohio Valley Community of Practice for the Lean Construction Institute and has delivered Introduction to Lean at the annual LCI Congress.   This class is AIA/CES registered for 4 LU|HSW credits Registration Rates: LCI Members Registration……………..$199.00 Non-Members Registration…………….$299.00 Owner Organization Registration………$79.00 Light Appetizers and drinks will be served prior to the training with coffee and tea at 2:30pm. REGISTER HERE

LEAN HAPPY HOUR – AIA EAST BAY OFFICE

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents       Lean Happy Hour  A Structured but Agenda-Less Conversation About Your Lean Journey Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Time: 5:00PM to 7:00PM Location: AIA East Bay Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612   Join us for a Lean Happy Hour 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. Based on our conversation with you, you’ll help us provide more relevant topics for our monthly presentations. 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. ________________________ Speakers: Matthew Boersma – Herrero Boldt Dave Hagan- The Boldt Company  Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 REGISTER HERE

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: CASE STUDY FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents Continuous Improvement:   Case Study from University of California, San Francisco Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Time: 5:30PM to 8:30PM Location: Embassy Suites 1345 Treat Blvd. Walnut Creek, CA 94547   A Design & Construction team was tasked with a major renovation project that comprised of 44,000 sq. ft. of laboratory space at University of California, San Francisco’s Parnassus Campus. The team was challenged with working together to create change for effective improvements on the project with a rigorous time frame. To overcome the tight time line and align the team members quickly, find out what the Owner did to motivate the team through a strategy of continuous improvement. The team adopted a number of innovative practices that led them to successfully execute this successful renovation. You will come away with understanding strategies for applying Lean principles in new ways for changes that leads to a mindset of continuous improvement. You will see some tools that helped them expose problems and waste so they can be addressed in an effective way and be able to utilize one the tools. Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 REGISTER HERE

IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN SAFETY ON THE JOBSITE

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents: Implementation of Lean Safety on the Jobsite Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano 3250 Rancho Solano Parkway Fairfield, CA  94534

RAUL RUIZ, TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SAFETY MANAGER How to implement Lean Safety on the jobsite – The significance of exploiting technology and innovation, as well as the need to identify waste and finding value as a team, which includes getting safety involved at the earliest possibility of production planning. Come learn the importance of true collaboration and getting buy-in from all stakeholders for a safer jobsite. Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00   REGISTER HERE.

A BETTER WAY TO BUILD – WITH AIA EAST BAY

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

LCI Northern California Community of Practice and AIA East Bay present “A Better Way to Build” Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM Location: AIA East Bay Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612

DAN AKOL, GENENTECH ERIC MILLER, SUTTER HEALTH SCOTT MUXEN, UCSF The September monthly program will be a joint program hosted by the Northern California Community of Practice of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI Nor Cal CoP) and the American Institute of Architects East Bay (AIAEB) to engage the AEC community in sharing knowledge about Lean Design and Construction as a project based production system.  The program will be a moderated panel of Owners who are engaging design and construction teams to work utilizing Lean Construction tools and techniques. Panelists will present the benefits of using Lean Design and Construction on projects ranging from small renovation to large construction projects.  The benefits can be in the form of reduced budget and schedule, but also in improved quality, process and collaboration.  Panelists will describe their experiences and their goals in their Lean journeys. Registration Fees: LCI and AIA members: $15.00 Non-members: $20.00 Not-for-profit owners – free REGISTER HERE

LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTURE

Wednesday, September 09, 2015

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents   LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTURE Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office 1400 S Street Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95811

BUILDING A LEAN PROBLEM-SOLVING CULTURE BEGINS AND ENDS WITH PEOPLE AND LEADERSHIP.  PLEASE JOIN US FOR A ONE HOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW TO BUILD A LEAN CULTURE OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES.  THIS TALK IS BASED ON THE ONLINE TRAINING COURSE, “LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTURE.” Key differences between Lean leadership and traditional leadership. The importance of creating Lean leaders who understand and focus on the power of people. How sustained results can be achieved by creating problem solving cultures where people are engaged in the business and continuously improving processes. How combining the train-do approach with e-learning and weekly team reflections proves to be the recipe for success. Real life examples of how a company applied the online learning of Lean leadership and the results that followed.  This class is AIA/CES registered for 2 LU credits. SUSIE STERLING – DIRECTOR, SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, LEANCOR Susie Sterling-Bodnar is the Director of Online Training Solutions for LeanCor Training and Education.  Susie is an instructor for Supply Chain and Logistics at the University of Kentucky MBA Program, California State University Fresno Executive MBA program, St. Louis University Center for Supply Chain Management Studies, and for the Lean Enterprise Institute.  Susie holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Avans University, Breda, the Netherlands, a Bachelor of Science in Business from Budapest Business School, Hungary, and a master’s degree in International Business and Economics from the Andrassy German University of Budapest, Hungary.  Susie speaks four languages and has worked in both the United States and Europe. Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins September 2nd: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

 

 

INTEGRATED PRACTICES IN DESIGN, LESSONS LEARNED ON THE UHS HENDERSON HOSPITAL

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: INTEGRATED PRACTICES IN DESIGN, LESSONS LEARNED ON THE UHS HENDERSON HOSPITAL Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office 1400 S Street Suite 100 Sacramento, CA  95811

Ron Migliori – B&B Structural Engineers, Inc. Steve Wilson – HMC Architects Larry Summerfield – B&B Structural Engineers, Inc. George Vangelatos – HMC Architects COME AND HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE UHS HENDERSON HOSPITAL TEAM WHO WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE LEAN DESIGN PROCESSES AND METHODOLOGY LEVERAGED ON THE DESIGN INCLUDING; CO-LOCATION, USE OF MOCK-UPS, SET BASED DESIGN/CBA AND LAST PLANNER® SYSTEM IN DESIGN.    THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY PARTICULARLY FOR OWNER’S AND DESIGNERS TO HEAR A REPORT OUT FROM AN INTEGRATED DESIGN PROCESS. RON MIGLIORI IS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT BUEHLER & BUEHLER STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS. HE IS ALSO THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR DBIA WESTERN PACIFIC REGION AND FORMER CORE GROUP MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF LCI. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HE HAS PRESENTED ON LEAN TOPICS AT LCI, P2SL, AND OTHER VENUES. IN THE LAST 4 YEARS HE HAS WORKED ON SEVEN IPD (INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY) PROJECTS. This course is AIA/CES registered for 2 LU credits. As per the new format, heavy appetizers and drinks will be served prior to the presentation.  Early Registration:  LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins August 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTURE

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents   LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTURE Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612

BUILDING A LEAN PROBLEM-SOLVING CULTURE BEGINS AND ENDS WITH PEOPLE AND LEADERSHIP.  PLEASE JOIN US FOR A ONE HOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW TO BUILD A LEAN CULTURE OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES.  THIS TALK IS BASED ON THE ONLINE TRAINING COURSE, “LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTURE.” Key differences between Lean leadership and traditional leadership. The importance of creating Lean leaders who understand and focus on the power of people. How sustained results can be achieved by creating problem solving cultures where people are engaged in the business and continuously improving processes. How combining the train-do approach with e-learning and weekly team reflections proves to be the recipe for success. Real life examples of how a company applied the online learning of Lean leadership and the results that followed.  This class is AIA/CES registered for 2 LU credits. SUSIE STERLING – DIRECTOR, SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, LEANCOR Susie Sterling-Bodnar is the Director of Online Training Solutions for LeanCor Training and Education.  Susie is an instructor for Supply Chain and Logistics at the University of Kentucky MBA Program, California State University Fresno Executive MBA program, St. Louis University Center for Supply Chain Management Studies, and for the Lean Enterprise Institute.  Susie holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Avans University, Breda, the Netherlands, a Bachelor of Science in Business from Budapest Business School, Hungary, and a master’s degree in International Business and Economics from the Andrassy German University of Budapest, Hungary.  Susie speaks four languages and has worked in both the United States and Europe. Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins August 5th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

 

 

EFFECTIVELY MANAGING THEDACARE’S TRUE NORTH VISION

Wednesday, July 08, 2015

LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents: Maintaining Energy & Focus Throughout the Organization by Managing to a True North Vision Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano 3250 Rancho Solano Parkway Fairfield, CA  94534

DAN COLLINS, THEDACARE Dan will discuss ThedaCare’s mission, vision and values and how they are used to develop their True North metrics and Key Initiatives.  Additionally, Dan will discuss how these initiatives are transferred from the C-Suite to the customer-facing employees along with the Lean tools and systems required to engage the teams to help create improvement across the ThedaCare system.  Following the presentation, participants will understand the value of having guiding principles to focus teams on organizational excellence. Dinner is Included. Dan Collins is currently the Director of Quality for ThedaCare in Appleton, WI.  ThedaCare is a seven hospital system with 33 physician clinics.  Dan earned his MBOE degree from The Ohio State Universty – The Fisher College of Business, and his BSN from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.  Dan has been with ThedaCare for 18 years.  During that time he has been leading Lean improvement in Emergency Services, Intensive Care, and Cardiovascular and Ambulatory Services.   Dan is passionate about improving both the care that is delivered and the experience for the patient in that delivery. Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Late Registration begins June 30th: Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

THERE IS BUILDING AND THERE IS ARCHITECTURE – OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DESIGN

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: THERE IS BUILDING AND THERE IS ARCHITECTURE – OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DESIGN Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office 1400 S Street Suite 100 Sacramento, CA  95811

BRUCE COUSINS – SWORD INTEGRATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS 70% OF PROJECT COSTS ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN EFFORTS. 70% OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN. INTEGRATED DESIGN GUIDE TO SUSTAINABILITY  â€” BILL REED “THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SPENT LONG YEARS AT DESIGN SCHOOL STILL FIND IT HARD TO SHAKE OFF DEARLY HELD ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW TO GET THINGS DONE.” CHANGE BY DESIGN â€” TIM  BROWN ONE FUNDAMENTAL FEATURE THAT DESIGN-BUILD, IPD, AND THE MANY HYBRID PROJECT APPROACHES SHARE IS THE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY DOWNSTREAM PLAYERS IN THE EARLY DESIGN STAGES OF THE PROJECT. INTEGRATING BUILDERS, TRADE PARTNERS AND SUPPLIERS KNOWLEDGE FROM THE DESIGN PHASE ONWARD IS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST POSSIBLE DESIGN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MOVES FORWARD. AS A RESULT, MANY OF THE TRADITIONAL WORKFLOWS AND BELIEFS OF BOTH ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS ARE BEING EXAMINED, CHALLENGED AND REDEFINED. THIS EARLY, AND CRITICAL, COLLABORATION IS A MAJOR CHANGE FOR MANY IN THE INDUSTRY, AND FIRMS THAT CAN SUCCESSFULLY SHIFT THEIR CORE SERVICE OFFERINGS TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND WORKING EFFECTIVELY AS AN INTEGRATED TEAM MEMBER WILL BE INVALUABLE TO OWNERS REQUESTING DESIGN-ASSIST OR IPD PROJECTS. WITH OVER FORTY YEARS AS A PRACTICING ARCHITECT, BRUCE COUSINS AIAHAS BOTH LEAD AND PARTICIPATED IN TRADITIONAL AND IPD OR CONCURRENT DESIGN EFFORTS. HE WILL PRESENT SEVERAL OF THE CHALLENGES RECENTLY FACED BY PROJECT TEAMS.  HE WILL LEAD A DISCUSSION USING A LEAN VALUE STREAM APPROACH TO CONSIDER THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TEAMS MIGHT FACE AND CONSIDER WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED; E.G. THE CONDITIONS OF SATISFACTION FOR KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT CREATE TEAM ALIGNMENT AND TRUST REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIVE PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS TO SUCCEED. RECOMMENDED READING Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull President of PIXAR Animation — Chapter Scrum — The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time — Chapter Salad Chat: Chair Exercise — Plan how to design, manufacture and deliver a chair to a customer.  This course is AIA/CES registered for 2 LU credits.  Early Registration:  LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins June 2nd: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

CREATING A USEFUL PROJECT PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEM

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: CREATING A USEFUL PROJECT PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEM Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612

JOIN MEMBERS OF THE VAN NESS AND GEARY CAMPUS HOSPITAL TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THIS TEAM IS SETTING UP PRODUCTION AND LABOR TRACKING. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE INITIAL PRODUCTION TRACKING FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION DURING CONSTRUCTION. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE SMALL SAMPLE SIZE REPORTING TO CREATE LEADING INDICATORS, HELP TO STEER PRODUCTION, AND ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY. WE WILL GO OVER THE LESSONS LEARNED REGARDING WHAT TO TRACK, AND HOW TO BEST SUPPORT PRODUCTION. A GOOD PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEM THAT RELIES ON HIGH-FREQUENCY CHECKS WITH SMALL AND INFORMED BATCHES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE SCHEDULE WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT TO PRODUCTION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. Panel: Panos Lampsas – Sutter Health, Regional Program Manager Klas Berghede – HerreroBoldt, Production Manager Joe McKeown – Pankow, Project Superintendent Dan Goodman – Southland Industries, Project Manager   This course is AIA/CES registered for 2 LU/HSW credits. Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins June 2nd: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

 

 

CREATING A USEFUL PROJECT PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEM

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: CREATING A USEFUL PROJECT PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEM Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office 1400 S Street Suite 100 Sacramento, CA  95811

JOIN MEMBERS OF THE VAN NESS AND GEARY CAMPUS HOSPITAL TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THIS TEAM IS SETTING UP PRODUCTION AND LABOR TRACKING. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE INITIAL PRODUCTION TRACKING FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION DURING CONSTRUCTION. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE SMALL SAMPLE SIZE REPORTING TO CREATE LEADING INDICATORS, HELP TO STEER PRODUCTION, AND ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY. WE WILL GO OVER THE LESSONS LEARNED REGARDING WHAT TO TRACK, AND HOW TO BEST SUPPORT PRODUCTION. A GOOD PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEM THAT RELIES ON HIGH-FREQUENCY CHECKS WITH SMALL AND INFORMED BATCHES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE SCHEDULE WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT TO PRODUCTION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. Panel: Jason Martin – HerreroBoldt, Manager Construction Operations & Innovations Klas Berghede – HerreroBoldt, Production Manager Joe McKeown – Pankow, Project Superintendent Dan Goodman – Southland Industries, Project Manager Panos Lampsas – Sutter Health, Regional Program Manager  This course is AIA/CES registered for 2 LU/HSW credits. Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins May 6th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

THERE IS BUILDING AND THERE IS ARCHITECTURE – OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DESIGN

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: THERE IS BUILDING AND THERE IS ARCHITECTURE – OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DESIGN Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612

BRUCE COUSINS – SWORD INTEGRATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS 70% OF PROJECT COSTS ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN EFFORTS. 70% OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN. INTEGRATED DESIGN GUIDE TO SUSTAINABILITY  â€” BILL REED “THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SPENT LONG YEARS AT DESIGN SCHOOL STILL FIND IT HARD TO SHAKE OFF DEARLY HELD ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW TO GET THINGS DONE.” CHANGE BY DESIGN â€” TIM  BROWN ONE FUNDAMENTAL FEATURE THAT DESIGN-BUILD, IPD, AND THE MANY HYBRID PROJECT APPROACHES SHARE IS THE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY DOWNSTREAM PLAYERS IN THE EARLY DESIGN STAGES OF THE PROJECT. INTEGRATING BUILDERS, TRADE PARTNERS AND SUPPLIERS KNOWLEDGE FROM THE DESIGN PHASE ONWARD IS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST POSSIBLE DESIGN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MOVES FORWARD. AS A RESULT, MANY OF THE TRADITIONAL WORKFLOWS AND BELIEFS OF BOTH ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS ARE BEING EXAMINED, CHALLENGED AND REDEFINED. THIS EARLY, AND CRITICAL, COLLABORATION IS A MAJOR CHANGE FOR MANY IN THE INDUSTRY, AND FIRMS THAT CAN SUCCESSFULLY SHIFT THEIR CORE SERVICE OFFERINGS TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND WORKING EFFECTIVELY AS AN INTEGRATED TEAM MEMBER WILL BE INVALUABLE TO OWNERS REQUESTING DESIGN-ASSIST OR IPD PROJECTS. WITH OVER FORTY YEARS AS A PRACTICING ARCHITECT, BRUCE COUSINS AIAHAS BOTH LEAD AND PARTICIPATED IN TRADITIONAL AND IPD OR CONCURRENT DESIGN EFFORTS. HE WILL PRESENT SEVERAL OF THE CHALLENGES RECENTLY FACED BY PROJECT TEAMS.  HE WILL LEAD A DISCUSSION USING A LEAN VALUE STREAM APPROACH TO CONSIDER THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TEAMS MIGHT FACE AND CONSIDER WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED; E.G. THE CONDITIONS OF SATISFACTION FOR KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT CREATE TEAM ALIGNMENT AND TRUST REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIVE PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS TO SUCCEED. RECOMMENDED READING Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull President of PIXAR Animation — Chapter Scrum — The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time — Chapter Salad Chat: Chair Exercise — Plan how to design, manufacture and deliver a chair to a customer.  This course is AIA/CES registered for 2 LU credits.  Early Registration:  LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins May 6th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

INTEL’S CONSTRUCTION REVOLUTION

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: Intel’s Construction Revolution Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano 3250 Rancho Solano Parkway Fairfield, CA  94534

Intel’s changing business environment and construction challenges are similar to what other owners with capital projects face.  Matt Shipley will showcase Intel’s journey for making organizational change to implement Lean construction practices and their continuous improvement commitment.  Central to their “Construction Revolution” is Integrated Project Delivery, which is helping to radically reduce capital expenditure and improve productivity. Dinner is Included. Matthew Shipley holds BS and MS Engineering degrees from the University of Montana and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Idaho.  He has been certified as both a Project Management Professional and a Certified Facility Manager.   He started his career working for the Department of Energy doing R&D on clean coal energy production and nuclear waste remediation technologies.  He has spent the last 20yrs working in the Semiconductor industry leading engineering and construction teams for green field construction, factory retrofits and tool install.  He has led multinational teams both from the US and internationally.  His is currently the Manager of Construction at Intel for the Oregon campus. LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Late Registration begins April 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

LCI/P2SL STATE OF THE UNION & NETWORKING

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: LCI/P2SL STATE OF THE UNION AND NETWORKING Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office 1400 S Street Suite 100 Sacramento, CA  95811

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A “STATE OF THE UNION” FOR THE LEAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE AND P2SL.  REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS WILL REPORT OUT ON THEIR PROPOSED INITIATIVES FOR 2015 AS WELL AS THEIR SUCCESSES FROM 2014.  LCI WILL PRESENT ON BOTH THE NORCAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AS WELL AS ON THE RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL CONGRESS IN OCTOBER AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES.  P2SL WILL REPORT OUT ON THEIR CURRENT RESEARCH INITIATES AND FUTURE GOALS. WE ARE USING A NEW FORMAT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETINGS IN 2015.  PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE TO THE AIA CENTRAL VALLEY OFFICE, AT 1400 S STREET, IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO.  PARKING IS AVAILABLE ON THE STREET. THE PRESENTATION WILL BE FOLLOWING BY A NETWORKING SESSION WITH HEAVY APPETIZERS AND A HOSTED BAR.   Attendees should get a general understanding of the organization of the LCI NorCal Chapter, its goals for 2015, ways to get involved, and the upcoming event schedule.  Attendees should also get an understanding of P2SL, how it works and how to get them involved in future projects.  New this year, time will be set aside for networking among participants. Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins March 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENT

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENT Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612

GARRETT BRADFORD – CLARK PACIFIC CLARK PACIFIC, FOUNDED IN 1963 AS TECON PACIFIC, IS A LEADER IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND INSTALLATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART STRUCTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST BUILDING SYSTEMS. WE ARE A TRUSTED PARTNER IN DESIGN-BUILD TURNKEY STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS.  WE FOCUS ON A PRECONSTRUCTION PARTNERING PROCESS THAT HELPS OUR CLIENTS ACHIEVE SHORTER PROJECT SCHEDULES, REDUCED PROJECT COSTS, AND BEST VALUE DESIGNS.  WE HAVE TWO PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (WEST SACRAMENTO AND WOODLAND), AND TWO PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (FONTANA AND IRWINDALE). THE GOAL OF THE KAIZEN EVENT IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY, QUALITY, AND PRODUCTIVITY BY DEVELOPING STANDARD OPERATIONS FOR THE STRIPPING, SET UP, REINFORCING, AND PLACING OF PRECAST SYSTEMS.  THE CHANGE WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING ABOUT WAS TO GO FROM A TEAM WHO CONSTANTLY HAD TO LOOK TO THEIR SUPERVISOR FOR WHAT TO DO NEXT TO A TEAM WHERE EACH EMPLOYEE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ROLE WAS IN COMPLETING ALL THE WORK. KAIZEN EVENTS CAN INTRODUCE DRAMATIC CHANGE TO A PROCESS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GREAT RESULTS.  HOWEVER, THE POWER OF KAIZEN MUST BE APPLIED WITH THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION IN MIND.  IN THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL LEARN HOW MANAGING THE PREPARATION FOR A KAIZEN CAN GO VERY WELL, OR VERY BADLY. WE ARE USING A NEW FORMAT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETINGS IN 2015.  PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE TO THE AIA EAST BAY OFFICE, AT 1405 CLAY STREET, IN DOWNTOWN OAKLAND.  PARKING IS AVAILABLE ACROSS CLAY STREET FROM THE BUILDING ENTRANCE.  BART IS TWO BLOCKS FROM THE BUILDING. THE PRESENTATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A NETWORKING SESSION WITH HEAVY APPETIZERS AND A HOSTED BAR. Lessons of a Failed Kaizen Event will help any Lean practitioner avoid the pitfalls of change in an organization.  It will outline the steps necessary for assuring alignment between management and a project team through real examples of failure (which is the 1st step to success).  This class is AIA/CES registered for 1 LU credit. Early Registration:  LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins March 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENT

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENT Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley 1400 S Street Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95811

GARRETT BRADFORD – CLARK PACIFIC CLARK PACIFIC, FOUNDED IN 1963 AS TECON PACIFIC, IS A LEADER IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND INSTALLATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART STRUCTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST BUILDING SYSTEMS. WE ARE A TRUSTED PARTNER IN DESIGN-BUILD TURNKEY STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS.  WE FOCUS ON A PRECONSTRUCTION PARTNERING PROCESS THAT HELPS OUR CLIENTS ACHIEVE SHORTER PROJECT SCHEDULES, REDUCED PROJECT COSTS, AND BEST VALUE DESIGNS.  WE HAVE TWO PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (WEST SACRAMENTO AND WOODLAND), AND TWO PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (FONTANA AND IRWINDALE). THE GOAL OF THE KAIZEN EVENT IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY, QUALITY, AND PRODUCTIVITY BY DEVELOPING STANDARD OPERATIONS FOR THE STRIPPING, SET UP, REINFORCING, AND PLACING OF PRECAST SYSTEMS.  THE CHANGE WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING ABOUT WAS TO GO FROM A TEAM WHO CONSTANTLY HAD TO LOOK TO THEIR SUPERVISOR FOR WHAT TO DO NEXT TO A TEAM WHERE EACH EMPLOYEE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ROLE WAS IN COMPLETING ALL THE WORK. KAIZEN EVENTS CAN INTRODUCE DRAMATIC CHANGE TO A PROCESS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GREAT RESULTS.  HOWEVER, THE POWER OF KAIZEN MUST BE APPLIED WITH THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION IN MIND.  IN THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL LEARN HOW MANAGING THE PREPARATION FOR A KAIZEN CAN GO VERY WELL, OR VERY BADLY. WE WILL USING A NEW FORMAT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETINGS IN 2015.  PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE TO THE AIA CENTRAL VALLEY OFFICE, AT 1400 S STREET, IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO.  PARKING IS AVAILABLE ON THE STREET. THE PRESENTATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A NETWORKING SESSION WITH HEAVY APPETIZERS AND A HOSTED BAR. Lessons of a Failed Kaizen Event will help any Lean practitioner avoid the pitfalls of change in an organization.  It will outline the steps necessary for assuring alignment between management and a project team through real examples of failure (which is the 1st step to success).  This class is AIA/CES registered for 1 LU credit. Early Registration:  LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins February 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

LCI/P2SL STATE OF THE UNION & NETWORKING

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: LCI/P2SL STATE OF THE UNION AND NETWORKING Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office 1405 Clay Street Oakland, CA  94612

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A “STATE OF THE UNION” FOR THE LEAN CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE AND P2SL.  REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS WILL REPORT OUT ON THEIR PROPOSED INITIATIVES FOR 2015 AS WELL AS THEIR SUCCESSES FROM 2014.  LCI WILL PRESENT ON BOTH THE NORCAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AS WELL AS ON THE RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL CONGRESS IN OCTOBER AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES.  P2SL WILL REPORT OUT ON THEIR CURRENT RESEARCH INITIATES AND FUTURE GOALS. WE WILL BE USING A NEW FORMAT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETINGS IN 2015.  PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE TO THE AIA EAST BAY OFFICE ON CLAY STREET IN DOWNTOWN OAKLAND.  PARKING IS AVAILABLE ACROSS CLAY ST FROM THE BUILDING ENTRANCE.  BART IS TWO BLOCKS FROM THE BUILDING. THE PRESENTATION WILL BE FOLLOWING BY A NETWORKING SESSION WITH HEAVY APPETIZERS AND A HOSTED BAR. Attendees should get a general understanding of the organization of the LCI NorCal Chapter, its goals for 2015, ways to get involved, and the upcoming event schedule.  Attendees should also get an understanding of P2SL, how it works and how to get them involved in future projects.  New this year, time will be set aside for networking among participants. Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Regular Registration begins February 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.

LEAN LEADERSHIP FOR 2015 AND BEYOND

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

LCI NorCal presents: LEAN LEADERSHIP FOR 2015 AND BEYOND Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano 3250 Rancho Solano Parkway Fairfield, CA  94534

DENNIS SOWARDS – LEAN CONSULTANT AND AUTHOR OF THE LEAN CONSTRUCTION POCKET GUIDE.  ALL WHO ATTEND WILL RECEIVE A COPY. EVERY LEAN SUCCESS STARTS WITH A LEAN CHAMPION. TECHNOLOGY AND LEAN TOOLS ARE VERY USEFUL, BUT PEOPLE BUILD BUILDINGS!  HOW CAN YOU AS LEAN LEADERS GET IT DONE IN THE DYNAMICALLY CHALLENGING WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION? ARE YOUR LEAN EFFORTS LIKE A FAST FOOD DRIVE-THROUGH SPRINKLED WITH FOREIGN WORDS OR LIKE A COFFEE SHOP ONLY OFFERING ONE TYPE OF BREW? IT’S TIME TO APPLY PDCA TO OUR LEAN EFFORTS IN THE INDUSTRY — THE “CHECK — ACT” PART. LEAN CONSULTANT AND AUTHOR DENNIS SOWARDS WILL SHARE SOME UNIQUE INSIGHTS AND IDEAS TO STIMULATE AND CHALLENGE YOUR THINKING AND START YOU OFF TO IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS ON YOUR LEAN JOURNEY IN 2015. Dennis Sowards is a dynamic speaker and Lean/quality management consultant based in Phoenix. Dennis and his wife Joan recently returned from a service mission in Thailand for the LDS church. Having been away from the construction industry for much of the last two years, he brings a fresh perspective to Lean applied in our industry. A quick look at Dennis’ unique background and qualifications: Lean Consultant since 2003, coaching companies in implementing Lean in many states and Canada. Mentored under Masaaki Imai, world renowned Lean Guru One of the leaders who started the Arizona LCI COP. Contributing author for the eBook: Advanced Integrated Practice (AIP): Create a Culture of Deep Collaboration Clients include: Bulley & Andrews, Classic Roofing, Climate Engineers, General Atomics, KITCHELL, Muth Electric, PetsMart, PSF Mechanical, Rudolph and Sletten, Shea Homes, Superior Air Handling Corporation, University Mechanical, USA Today, Van Mulder Sheet Metal Founding executive director of the Arizona Quality Alliance, which administers the Arizona State Quality Awards program Published over 50 articles in several national publications including Contractor Magazine, Quality Digest and SNIPS Lead author of the SMACNA book — Creating the High-Performing Contracting Company Performed major research projects for the New Horizons Foundation including Thinking Lean: Tools for decreasing costs and Increasing Profit and Measuring Customer Loyalty Presented at national conventions for MCAA, SMACNA, PHCC, ASQ and the Hospital Association for Thailand. Holds a BSE and MBA from Arizona State University Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 REGISTER HERE.

LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENT

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

LCI NorCal presents: LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENT Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano 3250 Rancho Solano Parkway Fairfield, CA  94534

GARRETT BRADFORD – CLARK PACIFIC CLARK PACIFIC, FOUNDED IN 1963 AS TECON PACIFIC, IS A LEADER IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND INSTALLATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART STRUCTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST BUILDING SYSTEMS. WE ARE A TRUSTED PARTNER IN DESIGN-BUILD TURNKEY STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS.  WE FOCUS ON A PRECONSTRUCTION PARTNERING PROCESS THAT HELPS OUR CLIENTS ACHIEVE SHORTER PROJECT SCHEDULES, REDUCED PROJECT COSTS, AND BEST VALUE DESIGNS.  WE HAVE TWO PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (WEST SACRAMENTO AND WOODLAND), AND TWO PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (FONTANA AND IRWINDALE). THE GOAL OF THE KAIZEN EVENT IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY, QUALITY, AND PRODUCTIVITY BY DEVELOPING STANDARD OPERATIONS FOR THE STRIPPING, SET UP, REINFORCING, AND PLACING OF PRECAST SYSTEMS.  THE CHANGE WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING ABOUT WAS TO GO FROM A TEAM WHO CONSTANTLY HAD TO LOOK TO THEIR SUPERVISOR FOR WHAT TO DO NEXT TO A TEAM WHERE EACH EMPLOYEE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ROLE WAS IN COMPLETING ALL THE WORK. KAIZEN EVENTS CAN INTRODUCE DRAMATIC CHANGE TO A PROCESS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GREAT RESULTS.  HOWEVER, THE POWER OF KAIZEN MUST BE APPLIED WITH THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION IN MIND.  IN THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL LEARN HOW MANAGING THE PREPARATION FOR A KAIZEN CAN GO VERY WELL, OR VERY BADLY Lessons of a Failed Kaizen Event will help any Lean practitioner avoid the pitfalls of change in an organization.  It will outline the steps necessary for assuring alignment between management and a project team through real examples of failure (which is the 1st step to success). Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $75.00 Public Sector Owners Representatives: free Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free Academic: $30.00 Late Registration begins November 3rd: Members: $75.00 Non-Members: $95.00 REGISTER HERE.