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Welcome to the LCI Northern California Community of Practice. Our community serves Lean practitioners from the Bay Area to the Central Valley. Currently we hold two separate events per month, one in the Bay Area in Oakland, and a Central Valley event in Sacramento. Every third month we hold a single joint event at a more neutral location in Walnut Creek. We take the month of July off so that members of our CoP can enjoy some summer vacation time with family.
As you know, the design and construction industry is transforming into a more collaborative culture through the application of Lean principles and integration project teams. Our goal is to create an environment where owners, architects, designers, contractors, trade partners, suppliers, academics and industry organizations can all come together to share, learn, and explore Lean principles and processes with a common goal of improving our industry and delivering value to our Owners and community.
Each December and March our Core Group meets to outline our monthly event topics that is inspired by LCI’s vision to transform the Built Environment through Lean Implementation and to ultimately increase stakeholder satisfaction and maximize project delivery value.
For any membership questions, or for general questions and/or comments, please contact Angela Bowman (Leader) at [email protected]. If you have a topic that you would like to present, or for sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dan Goodman (Vice/Events Leader) at [email protected].
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If you’re a Champion are you also a Coach? Do they basically serve the same purpose? Join four members of the LCI Coaching CoP as they discuss these questions and others, practical skills, and how to enhance your team’s Lean Practice.
Come learn:
There will be dedicated time for your Q&A.
If you ask any construction worker, “Are you experiencing good flow on this job site?” you can often get a quick and honest response. While we hope workers on our job sites immediately respond, “Absolutely!” chances are high that their actual responses are not so positive. Why is that the case? Why is it so hard to get good flow on our job sites? What can we do to sustain steady production throughput by the “parades of trades” within our projects?
Developed by the Lean Construction (LCI) Institute over 20 years ago, the Parade of Trades® is a key foundational experience for anyone interested in implementing Lean within a project setting. The simulation explores the questions listed above by illustrating the impact of local variability on global throughput. Attendees will virtually represent one of seven trade partners involved in a parade of trades within a construction team. Teams will roll virtual dice that represent the capacity they bring to site to complete their work scope within a given week. However, a team member’s ability to complete their work will depend on and thus be limited by the handoffs of work completion by their preceding trade partner. This fun (unless you find yourself at the end of the “parade of trades”) virtual workshop will last 120 minutes and includes a group debrief of key takeaways for enabling and sustaining good flow within our projects.
Are you looking to improve the outcomes of your capital projects? The Lean Construction Institute commissioned two research efforts done by Dodge Data & Analytics and University of Minnesota which examined 172 projects to discover what makes projects excel. In The Business Case for Lean Project Delivery Webinar, the research results will be presented along with a consideration of ways designers and constructors can improve project outcomes. This webinar is an important step in learning about this important research, outcomes and promote fact-driven Lean and IPD knowledge across the industry.
Learning Objectives:
Looking to improve workflow on your projects? Simulations promote concept attainment through experiential practice. They help participants understand the nuances of a concept. Simulations are more deeply engaging than other activities, as participants experience the activity first-hand, rather than hearing about it or seeing it. Not to mention, they are a fun way to learn!
The Batch-Pull-Balance Simulation helps participants understand two production laws and a production control method that can be used to improve project performance in terms of duration and cost. It is based on the concepts learned in the traditional Lego airplane game offered by LCI.The simulation demonstrates the impact of batching/WIP on cycle time and project duration. In addition, the simulation demonstrates the impact of balancing process steps and reducing bottleneck duration on throughput and project duration. This highly-engaging, virtual simulation event is 120 minutes including a group debrief of the experience.
Kids grow up right before our eyes. Lean teams can, too. The common elements are a safe, nurturing culture, and education. In this elevated discussion, participants can explore how others have accelerated the growth of a Lean culture, the essential role of leadership, and current ideas for Lean training and education in an era of physical distancing, Zoom, and curtailed budgets.
During this online dialog between two Lean coaches, participants will learn:
Are you ready to make your work exponentially easier and valuable for your organization? Scrum harnesses the power of individuals working together as a team. Double your productivity using this framework with less effort. This webinar is geared for individuals and teams with Lean practitioner experience. Workshop resources will be provided to guide scaling up to fully functional Scrum teams.
Learning Objectives:
Want to learn more now, find out what is Scrum and who uses it with this video from the Scrum Alliance on YouTube:
What is Scrum? YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/TRcReyRYIMg
Unpredictable workflows correlate with an increase in construction costs and schedules. The Last Planner System® (LPS®) was developed to improve predictability while maximizing efficiency and safety. In the Introduction to The Last Planner System® webinar, you will discover the five connected planning conversations of LPS® and how they improve communication, trust, transparency and reliability. This webinar, which includes real-life examples of LPS® implementation will be a first step in mastering the System.
Learning Objectives:
Similar to during construction, unpredictable workflows correlate with an increase to project costs and schedules during the design (preconstruction) phases. The Last Planner System® (LPS®) is an effective approach to improving the delivery of projects during these phases. In the Last Planner System® In Design webinar participants will gain insight as to how collaborative planning will improve their delivery process and outcomes as relevant to the specifics of design. This webinar is an important step in learning to stabilize your delivery process by keeping all team members’ needs being reliably met.
Learning Objectives:
During the Design Phase, teams seek ways to improve client outcomes while maximizing design excellence. Lean In The Design Phase webinar participants gain insight to Lean approaches and tools relative to the design phase to optimize team communication, collaboration and results. Learners will understand how a Lean strategy can drive innovative solutions by connecting people, principles and practices. This webinar is foundationally important for anyone involved in preconstruction to improve the impact you are having on the project outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
LCI COmmunity of Practice Event
Recorded Presentation from 2020 LCI Congress followed by audience questions and answers from Jeff Slinger (Andersen Construction)
This is going to be an interactive session and joining from your mobile device may be frustrating. For that reason, we are only allowing attendees to join from your computer. We also encourage everyone to #turnyourcameraon! It will enrich the experience for all participants.
Course Overview: Gain an understanding of Target Value Delivery (TVD) by learning the different phases and components that make up the delivery approach. Learn how the Lean components interact together to improve the process and outcome of the project. Enhance learning with a project simulation throughout the course. This course is a more advanced course. Learners should consider taking other LCI courses to gain foundational Lean understanding prior to taking this course.
LCI Instructor: Brian Winningham, Field Driven Lean
A Lean Construction consultant who has over 20 years in industry estimating, planning, managing and leading construction projects and teams, Brian is passionate about sharing the benefits of Lean Construction. He’s the leader emeritus of the San Antonio LCI Community of Practice (CoP). He is an approved instructor for LCI training courses and for the AGC Lean Construction Education Program (AGC-LCEP). He is an Army Ranger Veteran and active with Veterans in his community.
Discuss how Trade Partners and GC’s can effectively and successfully execute on Lean projects and what obstacles tend to get in the way.
Attendees of this presentation will gain:
Speakers:
Henry Nutt, III, Southland Industries
Henry serves as a Preconstruction Executive for Southland Industries, after serving as the Sheet Metal General Superintendent for 13 years and 32 years as a Union Sheet Metal Worker with Local 104. He was responsible for over 200 Sheet Metal Workers during his tenure and led Lean implementations on projects throughout Northern California on Southland projects. Henry’s strategy of field support included a mixture of a “boots on the ground” type of approach combined with practical theory and relationship building.
Joe Donarumo, Linbeck
Joe serves Linbeck as Senior Superintendent in Fort Worth where he has been able to develop and lead high-performing field teams in Linbeck’s Healthcare market sector. He also serves Linbeck as Director of Lean Application, ensuring that Linbeck’s Lean processes are continuously improved and consistently practiced. Joe has a unique passion for Lean implementation, continuous improvement, and a ruthless pursuit of waste elimination within his projects, teams, and our overall organization. Joe is also the Co-Author to The Lean Builder, a business fable written for field leaders and last planners to help them begin their Lean journey with respect to Lean implementation at the field level.
Greg Stedman, KHS&S
Greg joined the carpenters union in 1977 and has worked in commercial construction throughout his career. Greg started at KHS&S in 2001 as General Superintendent. While at KHS&S, Greg has also served as Operations Manager and Regional Vice President of the Anaheim office. Over the last 10 years, Greg has spearheaded KHS&S’ Lean development as Director, Lean. Greg`s 43 years in construction and his knowledge of field and office made it a perfect fit to lead the Lean transformation at KHS&S. Greg also serves on the LCI Board of Directors.
Perry Thompson, Parsons Electric
Perry following his military service, went on to spent years earning degrees in technologies, until he joined Parsons electrical division twenty years ago. He currently serves as the Lean Executive Director at Parsons. Perry is a certified instructor for Lean Construction Institute (LCI), serves on the LCI education board and is a certified instructor for Lean Leadership Institute (LLI). He has certified hundreds of students in the Parson’s Black Belt program, developed by Perry and LLI, achieving the corporate goal of being a “Lean Ready” trade partner.
Lean construction and the collaborative planning of work shows results in improving outcomes in the design and construction of projects.
With the onset of Covid 19 and mandates for remote working, tried and true methods for “Pull Planning” an integral part of the Last Planner System, have been upended. With teams now working remotely, traditional methods of meeting in a big room and closely collaborating around a section of wall with sticky notes is no longer an option.
While we are working remotely, methods of collaboration and shared planning are more important than ever. Our expert panel will share how they are moving collaborative planning to a virtual environment, keeping their projects moving and driving for success.
Speakers:
We’re all adjusting to a new way of working. Join us to learn about methods and tips to work effectively in this environment. This session will cover two topics: how to have effective virtual meetings, and how to manage the work when the team is remote.
Learning Objectives:
Speakers:
Meredith Hargreaves, Haley Aldrich – Meredith is an experienced lean coach and practitioner. She has over 15 years of experience in applying lean. She is an expert facilitator and has led numerous teams through lean transformations. Meredith is a Lean Blackbelt.
Alex Gururajan, Haley Aldrich – Alex is a passionate Lean practitioner and learner. He has a 20 year track record of successfully implementing Lean transformations, and supporting leaders in instilling operational excellence systems. Alex serves as a coach for leaders and team members. Alex is a Lean Master Blackbelt.
Registration Fee: $10.00
Join us for a Virtual 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 as we adjust to a remote working environment.
The process will be slightly different than traditional Lean Coffees. This is going to be an interactive session and joining from your mobile device may be frustrating. For that reason, we are only allowing attendees to join from your computer. We also ask that everyone #turnyourcameraon! It will enrich the experience for all participants.
Facilitator:
Brian Winningham, FIeld Driven Lean, is a Lean Construction consultant who spent over 20 years estimating, planning, managing and leading construction projects and teams, Brian is passionate about sharing the benefits of Lean Construction. He’s the leader emeritus of the San Antonio LCI Community of Practice (CoP). He is an approved instructor for LCI training courses and for the AGC Lean Construction Education Program (AGC-LCEP). He’s an Army Ranger Veteran and active with Veterans in his community.
Attendance is free of charge.
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 LCI education course will be an important step on your journey to achieve Lean thinking.
Learning Objectives:
This workshop is intended to give newcomers a broad awareness of vocabulary, fundamental principals and basic practices of lean project delivery. This can serve as a frame work for learning how to apply lean thinking and methods to deliver significantly greater value on your projects and within your organization.
Instructors:
Denis J Stroup, HGA Architects and Engineers – Denis 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.
Vic Ortiz, Ortiz Consulting Services – Vic 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
Registration Rates:
This course is registered with AIA CES for 5 LU credits.
Light refreshments will be provided.
2-hour on street parking available nearby
Are you frustrated with the current state of design delivery that results in design loop-backs? Is the current way of producing the work leading to projects going over budget? Target Value Delivery may hold the answer!
This presentation will introduce Target Value Delivery (TVD) and its associated phases. Target Value Delivery encompasses Target Value Design and Target Value Production. LCI is proposing that, as an industry, we need to focus on Target Value Delivery holistically. Participants will learn the key differences between traditional versus TVD approach, key high-level guidelines, and some Lean approaches supporting implementing TVD.
SPEAKER:
Denis Stroup – HGA – Denis Stroup is a licensed Architect in California with 28 years’ experience focusing on lean integrated project delivery and healthcare design. Current core group member of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) NorCal Community of Practice and Co-Chair of training. Denis has a passion for building and sustaining a culture that fosters a highly collaborative environment where people do their best work.
RECOMMENDED READING: Target Value Delivery / A Practitioner Guidebook for Implementation/Lean Construction Institute
Registration Rate:
Member – $55
Non-Member $75
Owner-Free
Student-Free
Heavy appetizers will be served
Parking available on site
Are you frustrated with the current state of design delivery that results in design loop-backs? Is the current way of producing the work leading to projects going over budget? Target Value Delivery may hold the answer!
This presentation will introduce Target Value Delivery (TVD) and its associated phases. Target Value Delivery encompasses Target Value Design and Target Value Production. LCI is proposing that, as an industry, we need to focus on Target Value Delivery holistically. Participants will learn the key differences between traditional versus TVD approach, key high-level guidelines, and some Lean approaches supporting implementing TVD.
SPEAKER:
Vic Ortiz – Vic Ortiz – Ortiz Consulting Services- Vic has trained over 3000 leaders in meeting facilitation, stakeholder engagement, collaborative problem solving, effective communication, and organizational change management. Many of the best practices used by LCI today come from Vic and his colleagues’ work at Interaction Associates in the 1980s. As a founding member of LCI and a certified trainer, Vic has been helping leaders apply Lean Principles to transform the productivity and culture of their organizations and projects for over 25 years
RECOMMENDED READING: Target Value Delivery / A Practitioner Guidebook for Implementation/Lean Construction Institute
Registration Rate:
Member – $55
Non-Member $75
Owner-Free
Student-Free
Light Hors d’oeuvre and refreshments provided
This training session will introduce the concept of a Big Room and how it fits into the design and construction process. Participants will learn why we use a Big Room, the diferent types, how to create the ideal space, and how technology supports a Big Room. They will also learn how to effectively manage the time spent in this highly collaborative setting.
Learning objectives:
Coffee and Networking starts at 7:30 AM
Registration:
Member – $200
Non-Member $275
Owner-$75
Student-$25
This course is registered with AIA/CES for 4 LU credits.
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.
Registration Fees:
Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be provided
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.
Registration Fees:
Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be provided
Does your organization have ongoing challenges that seem to be too big to bite off, overwhelming to resolve, emotionally charged? Did you know that Lean Thinking can help make big issues manageable?
Want to take your lean thinking beyond the project site and into your organization? Then come hear how Dome Construction took a deep dive into the industry challenges directly affecting their people, specifically on Safety and the Advancement of Women. They found these topics to be a very complex, multifaceted, and sensitive issues; so, they decided to approach it the same as they do with projects, with Lean concepts. Hear from the team members as they describe the entire process to identify and implement effective solutions.
Whether you are trying to solve these or other big hairy problems, listening to Dome’s story with detailed steps, outcomes, and lessons learned along the way, will help you take on similar problems within your own organization.
Man or Woman, Front Line or Business Leader, Owner/Builder/Designer, this event will speak to you.
Speakers:
1. Steve Long
2. Robert Marshall
3. Kaitlin Frank
4. Melissa Berg
5. Remy Behl
6. Rob Lynch
A buffet dinner is provided
Goal – Show appreciation for LCI Members and create venue for marketing and networking.
Appetizers and drinks are provided
Registration – Free (Registration Required)
Goal – Show appreciation for LCI Members and create venue for marketing and networking.
Appetizers and drinks are provided
Registration Rate: Free (Registration Required)
This assessment helps organizations to understand where they are in their Lean journey in less than 10 minutes. It also helps to create the path that will create more synergy between the progress of the transformation and the organization structure.
Speaker: Paolo Napolitano, Allele Network
Paulo has been applying Lean Principles in projects and organizations in North America, Europe, and South America since 1999. Paulo combines research in innovative areas with practical experience to improve project performance and organization results. His main focus is on people and how they structure their decision making. He helps them build their leadership based on collective trust and not on hierarchy
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 parking structure. When you you pull into the hotel, go down the ramp and turn right to take a ticket.
A buffet dinner is provided
This training session will introduce the concept of a Big Room and how it fits into the design and construction process. Participants will learn why we use a Big Room, the diferent types, how to create the ideal space, and how technology supports a Big Room. They will also learn how to effectively manage the time spent in this highly collaborative setting.
Learning objectives:
This course is registered with AIA/CES for 4 LU credits.
“A medical planner, an architect and the authority having jurisdiction walk into a bar…”
Join us for a panel discussion of how to leverage lean and integrated practices and tools from early on in the planning through design and even through the permitting process.
Speakers:
Teresa Endres, AIA,EDAC,AAH, Stantec – Teresa has over 25 years of industry experience in healthcare programming, planning and design for state-of-the-art healthcare facilities that promote healing and wellness. This includes over ten years of experience using Lean practices. She is currently a Sr. Healthcare Planner in Stantec’s Sacramento office and is the Chair of the Central Valley AIA Academy of Architecture for Health committee.
Denis J Stroup, HGA – Denis is a licensed Architect in California with 27 years’ experience focusing on lean integrated project delivery and healthcare design. Current core group member of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) NorCal Community of Practice and Co-Chair of training. Denis has a passion for building and sustaining a culture that fosters a highly collaborative environment where people do their best work.
Dave Ring, SE, Health Facilities Review North Region, Polan Review – Dave has 8 years of structural design, and over 30 years’ experience in design and review, of which over 20 has been supervising plan review for The OSHPD, Facilities Development Division. He collaborates with owners and designers on alternate methods of compliance to keep up with state of the art healthcare, and is co-author of the Phased and Collaborative Review Policy Intent Notice 50 (PIN 50) providing review processes intended to align with Lean principles
Light hors d’oeurves and refreshments provided
Learn how our project team fosters effective communication, manages commitments and stays on track using The Last Planner System™ on a large and unique project. Witness how we execute our weekly Phase Plan meetings, Friday Pull Plan meetings and daily Last Planner (field) check-ins, and collaborate with our design team, which has helped to keep our teams engaged for the last 18 months.
Learning Objectives:
Speakers:
Henry Nutt III, Southland Industries – As Sheet Metal General Superintendent for Southland’s Northern California Division, Henry is responsible for managing shop and field staff, assisting with project scheduling, personnel assignments and training, managing tools and equipment and project safety, as well as interfacing with the unions. He is directly involved with Southland’s Lean construction delivery method and was the 2018 recipient of LCI ‘s Pioneer Award
Ron Heise, Southland Industries – Ron is a General Foreman at Southland Industries and he started his career in 1985. He has worked on biopharmaceutical, commercial and advanced technology (data centers). Most of the past 33 years have been on healthcare and OSHPD projects. Ron’s responsibilities include project leadership and oversight for sheet metal funcitons including project coordination, scheduling, training, sequencing, manpower staffing, shop prefabrication, on-time delivery, and interfacing with unions.
Gavin Lauer, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company – Gavin is a Lead Superintendent with 19 years in the construction industry. Projects include healthcare, science and technology, class A building remodels and retail. Gavin started in construction management directly after graduating from university in 2001. Currently a lead superintendent oon a mega project, Gavin uses Lean principles to foster positive attitude and a “one project” culture within the entire team.
Eric Thatcher, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company – Eric is a Senior Superintendent with 33 years in the construction industry, and over $3B in projects as a lead superintendent. His projects include healthcare, hospitality, multi-family and office high rise, power generation, and science and technology buildings. Eric began his career in 1986, completing the carpenter’s apprenticeship program in Northern California. He began large projects in 1999, and mega projects in 2008, passionately implementing LPS™ and Lean concepts since 2016.
Light hors d’oeurves and refreshments provided
Clay Street garage is closed. Available parking garage alternate is Dalziel Garage in the basement of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza
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:
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.
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.
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.
LCI Northern California Central Valley Community of Practice
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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
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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
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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:
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
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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:
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.
LCI Northern California Community of Practice
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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
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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
LCI Northern California Community of Practice
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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.
Registration Rates: Member Rate: $55.00 Non-Member Rate: $75.00 Owner: Free Student Rate: Free
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)
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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:
LCI Northern California Community of Practice (Sacramento)
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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:
LCI Northern California Community of Practice (Oakland)
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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:
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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.
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)
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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
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.
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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
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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
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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:
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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:
LCI Northern California Community of Practice
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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 – [email protected] 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.
presents
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:
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
presents
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.
presents
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.
presents
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.
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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.
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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:
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:
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.
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:
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:
Presenters:
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:
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.
Course Description – Last Planner System
This introductory training will include an overview of Last Planner System implementation. LPS integrates Lean principles and is based on conversations leading to reliable commitments by team members. Participants will learn the fundamentals of LPS. The training will include a hands-on simulation to reveal the importance of removing variation in work flow.
AIA Learning Objectives:
Course Description – Mindset of an Effective Big Room
This training session will introduce the concept of a Big Room and how it fits into the design and construction process. Participants will learn why we use a Big Room, the different types, how to create the ideal space and how technology supports Big Room. They will also learn how to effectively manage the time spent in this highly collaborative setting.
Learning Outcomes:
AIA Learning Objectives:
Presenter:
James Pease is currently helping Sutter Health deliver a $6.5 billion capital construction program. He supports a team managing projects using Lean Integrated Project Delivery for hispitals, infrastructure upgrades and outpatient medical centers. James is a past chairman of the LCI NorCal CoP and a founding member of COAA’s CA Chapter. He is a licensed CA General Contractor, Lean coach and has a BS in Management Science from UC San Diego.
Space is limited – register early!
Registration Rates:
Single Session (morning OR afternoon, no lunch)
AM / Last Planner System:
PM / Mindset of an Effective Big Room:
Both Sessions (includes lunch):
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)
SPEAKERS:
Digby Christian – Sutter Health –Digby is the Director of Integrated Lean Project Delivery at Sutter with primary responsibilities for creating an Expedited Project Delivery service line and developing the group’s expertise in ILPD. He specializes in risk management, contracts, establishing value, work planning, process flows, and team and trust building in order to create an overall successful delivery model. He is a member of the LCI National Board of Directors and Owner’s Committee working to create demand for Lean and IPD.
Appetizers and beverages will be provided
Registration Rate:
LCI/AIA Members: $55.00
Non-members: $75.00
Owners & Students: free
Academics: $30.00
Street Parking Available
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
SPEAKERS:
John Miller, Stafford King Wiese Architects – John has over 40 years of architectural experience, focusing on healthcare and civic facilities. His background in the planning and design of large scale projects includes 15 years of experience as owner of his own 28-person, vertically integrated medical facilities development firm, using capital projects as tools to help hospitals and medical group practices achieve market penetration and optimization of operational efficiency.
Caren Cupp, Stafford King Wiese Architects – With the majority of her 27-year career as an architectural designer focused on large acute care facilities, Caren has a breadth of expertise in the programmatic, technical and code requirements of healthcare projects. Her passion for human-centered design is facilitated by strategic and medical planning skills that produce healthcare facilities capable of supporting efficient care delivery, leading to satisfied patients. Caren’s expertise combines design with business processes.
Marc Schweitzer, Stafford King Wiese Architects – Marc is an industry-recognized healthcare planner and architect with 35 years of comprehensive experience providing planning and design services to both Federal VA and California healthcare clients. He leads by exuding commitment and passion for success, using participatory processes, and defining shared project goals. Marc offers expertise in patient-centered facility design. He has worked with Planetree for decades developing and implementing nationwide the Planetree approach.
Appetizers and beverages will be provided
Registration Rate:
LCI/AIA Members: $55.00
Non-members: $75.00
Owners & Students: free
Academics: $30.00
Street Parking Available
LCI Carolinas Community of Practice
presents
Introduction to Lean Project Delivery
06/09/2017
8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Through presentation, hands on activities and discussion, participants will:
• Be introduced to lean and the principles associated with a lean operating system
• Learn about lean principles and tools relevant to the design and construction industry
• Be able to recognize waste and have an awareness of tools available to reduce or eliminate waste
• Understand how collaboration and communication can be improved on their projects through structured planning systems and processes.
This program is great as a first time introduction and can also serve as a refresher for individuals who have a basic understanding of Lean Project Delivery and are looking for clarification on how to best use specific lean tools or processes.
Presenters:
David Craft, Showalter Construction – David is a 10 veteran with the Lean Construction Institute. He is the leader of the Carolina’s Lean Community of Practice. David has worked as both a general contractor and now a specialty trade partner. He led the development of lean training for project foreman and has been a member of the LCI education committee for the past 5 years. In his spare time he enjoys crossfit and craft beers.
Katherine Copeland, Southland Industries – Katherine has been working on her lean journey since her first seminar with the lean construction institute in 1998. She has worked as a specialty design build trade partner and had the privilege to work on many lean and IPD project. She is currently working on the Target Value Design training with LCI and has been a member of the LCI education committee for 5 years. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, running and wine tasting.
Registration Rates:
Member: $150.00
Non-Member: $200.00
Owners: $50.00
Parking: Conference Room is located on the 1st Floor close to the old front entrance of the hospital. If you have problems on the day of the event please contact Katherine Copeland 919.619.7531
Lunch will be provided provided
Katherine Copeland ([email protected])
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
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
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
Through presentation, hands on activities and discussion, participants will:
• Be introduced to lean and the principles associated with a lean operating system
• Learn about lean principles and tools relevant to the design and construction industry
• Be able to recognize waste and have an awareness of tools available to reduce or eliminate waste
• Understand how collaboration and communication can be improved on their projects through structured planning systems and processes.
This program is great as a first time introduction and can also serve as a refresher for individuals who have a basic understanding of Lean Project Delivery and are looking for clarification on how to best use specific lean tools or processes.
Space is limited so sign-up fast!
Presenters:
Paid parking is available at The Oakland City Center Marriott, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607, directly across 11th street from the venue.
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
Traditionally we have relied on anecdotal evidence to suggest how Lean project teams typically deliver better project outcomes. Empirical evidence now shows that projects with high Lean intensity are three times more likely to complete ahead of schedule and two times more likely to complete under budget. How and why Lean and IPD projects are excelling were explored through two separate Lean Construction Institute research efforts conducted by Dodge Data & Analytics and University of Minnesota.
Join us to find out why owners, architects, engineers, and constructors are forging ahead with Lean. Attendees will learn how to use this compelling information as a call to action, and a way to change the project mindset for the better. They will leave the event with an understanding of how to get started, and the best way to tell the story.
John Pemberton,
Intel’s former VP of Technology and Manufacturing, recently oversaw domestic and international projects as Intel’s Global Construction Group General
Manager. John also led the technology transfer and ramp of new
products. During his last three years with Intel, Pemberton was on Lean
Construction Institute’s board representing corporations concerned about the
construction industry’s current state. After 34 years with Intel, he is
retired and now a sought-out champion for Lean and collaborative delivery
approaches.
Bevan Mace, Ph.D., a National Vice President for Operations & Lean at Balfour Beatty Construction, is dedicated to maximizing value for customers by nurturing lean, innovation and knowledge sharing across the company’s North American operations. For over 15 years and with a background in operations, Bevan has led or coached teams in translating lean philosophy into practical tactics – turning over $5 billion of concepts into reality – and is a regular speaker at industry conferences.
In addition to learning of the benefits of utilizing lean processes on your projects, come hear from some of the Bay Area’s leading building owner lean practitioners regarding their personal and company lean journey’s, why they chose to implement lean principles on their projects and currently the types of projects they are implementing it on, and more specifically what they look for from the design and construction teams and what more could we do as lean community to help them achieve their metric goals.
Panelists include:
Registration Rate:
This class is AIA/CES registered for 1 LU credit
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:
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:
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:
Registration Rates:
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.
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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:
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.
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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:
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.
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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.
Appetizers and Refreshments will be served.
Registration Fees:
• LCI/AIA Members: $55.00
• Non-Members: $75.00
• Public Sector Owners Representatives: free
• Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free
• Academic: $30.00
LCI Northern California Community of Practice Date: September 14, 2016 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office Please join us as we review the Choosing By Advantages decision making system. This system has continuously proved to be the most exceptional tool in helping project teams make complex, informed, and transparent decisions that inevitably lead to better overall project outcomes.
This a great opportunity for owners, builders, and designers to participate in a training that will help each make better decisions on all scales as individuals, companies, and project teams. You will come away from the event with a rubric and strategies useful in making sound, informed, relevant, and transparent decisions effectively.
Speakers: Ron Migliori is the Executive Vice President of Buehler & Buehler Structural Engineers. He is currently the president of DBIA Western Pacific region. From large healthcare projects, to complex aviation projects, to extensive department of corrections work, he has functioned as a lean leader and lean consultant on innumerable project teams both internally and externally over the past decade. He has served as a project executive within the industry for well over 30 years and uses his extensive knowledge in building construction and lean practices to cultivate successful projects and project teams
Larry Summerfield is an Associate Principal with Buehler & Buehler Structural Engineers. He has 30 years of experience working as a design professional in the built environment. He heads Buehler & Buehler’s in–house development in 3D design and modelling and has helped pioneer IPD and lean construction methods throughout his projects across the industry. He has previously served on the LCI Northern California Community of Practice Core Group and has facilitated trainings on lean design and construction principles.
LCI/AIA Members: $55.00
REGISTER HERE Appetizers and refreshments will be served. | |
LCI Northern California The Last Planner System®: From A-to-Z with Simulations & References | |
Join the NorCal CoP and one of the foremost experts on Lean design and construction, for a full-day training session on Pull Planning and the Last Planner®® System. He will hit all the highlights of what you need to know to successfully implement the Last Planner®® System at any phase of any building project with your project team or your company firm. This program is intended for individuals have a basic understanding of lean design and construction principals and who would like to learn more specifically about the Pull Planning Process.The Last Planner®® System, one of the hallmark management tools for successful implementation of a lean design/construction project, has been shown to streamline the scheduling process and increase productivity throughout multiple disciplines. Understanding this information will be invaluable to you and your firm.
Dan Fauchier is Director of The ReAlignment Group of California. He is described as a master of cross-organization effectiveness, construction dispute resolutionist, a teacher, a mediator, and a construction management expert. He has recently given talks at the 2015 LCI Congress and is hailed by LCI as one of the best trainers on the Last Planner System®. Kyle Martinez is an experienced Facilitator and Lean Coach for The ReAlignment Group of California. Kyle has deep experience in coaching and managing over 50 project teams in The Last Planner System® in design, construction, fabrication and hospital fit-up projects. He is also experienced in facilitating and coaching Root Cause Analysis, leading Villego simulations, providing “5 Why” training and scrivening dozens of Lean Partnering and IPD Alignment sessions. Registration Fees: LCI Members: $349.00 Registration Closes August 15th at 5:00PM PDT Light Breakfast with Tea, Coffee, and Pastries | Lunch | Coffee, Tea, and Sodas at 2:30pm |
![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice 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
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 REGISTER HERE | |
![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice presents LCI Target Value Design: From Conception to DeliveryDate: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Location: Embassy Suites – Walnut Creek | |
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 METHODOLOGYDESIGNING 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.
REGISTRATION FEES:NON-MEMBER: $499.00 OWNERS: $119.00 |
![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016 Time: 5:30PM to 7:00 PM Location: East Bay AIA Office 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 REGISTER HERE Appetizers and refreshments will be served. | |
![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30 PM Location: AIA Central Office 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 REGISTER HERE Appetizers and refreshments will be served. | |
![]() [Training] – Lean 101: Introduction to Lean and Construction DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016Time: 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM Location: Embassy Suites | |
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.
Registration Rates: LCI Members Registration……………..$199.00 Light Appetizers and drinks will be served prior to the training with coffee and tea at 2:30pm. |
![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice 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
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 REGISTER HERE | |
![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Time: 5:30PM to 8:30PM Location: Embassy Suites
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 REGISTER HERE | |
![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice Implementation of Lean Safety on the Jobsite
Time: 5:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano | |
RAUL RUIZ, TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SAFETY MANAGERHow 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
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![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM Location: AIA East Bay Office | ||
DAN AKOL, GENENTECH |
Registration Fees:
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LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTUREDate: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office | |
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.”
SUSIE STERLING – DIRECTOR, SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, LEANCOR
Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Regular Registration begins September 2nd: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00
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![]() LCI NorCal presents: INTEGRATED PRACTICES IN DESIGN, LESSONS LEARNED ON THE UHS HENDERSON HOSPITALDate: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office | |
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.
As per the new format, heavy appetizers and drinks will be served prior to the presentation. Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Regular Registration begins August 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 REGISTER HERE. |
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LEAN LEADERSHIP: BUILDING THE LEAN CULTUREDate: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office | |
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.”
SUSIE STERLING – DIRECTOR, SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, LEANCOR
Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Regular Registration begins August 5th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00
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![]() LCI Northern California Community of Practice Maintaining Energy & Focus Throughout the Organization by Managing to a True North Vision
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano | |
DAN COLLINS, THEDACAREDan 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 Late Registration begins June 30th: Members: $75.00 |
![]() LCI NorCal presents: THERE IS BUILDING AND THERE IS ARCHITECTURE – OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DESIGNDate: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office | |
BRUCE COUSINS – SWORD INTEGRATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS70% OF PROJECT COSTS ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN EFFORTS.70% OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN. |
![]() LCI NorCal presents: CREATING A USEFUL PROJECT PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEMDate: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office | |
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 Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Regular Registration begins June 2nd: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00
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![]() LCI NorCal presents: CREATING A USEFUL PROJECT PRODUCTION TRACKING SYSTEMDate: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office | |
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
Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Regular Registration begins May 6th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00
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![]() LCI NorCal presents: THERE IS BUILDING AND THERE IS ARCHITECTURE – OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DESIGNDate: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office | |
BRUCE COUSINS – SWORD INTEGRATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS70% OF PROJECT COSTS ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN EFFORTS.70% OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ARE DETERMINED IN THE FIRST 10% OF DESIGN. |
![]() LCI NorCal presents: Intel’s Construction RevolutionDate: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano | |
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 Late Registration begins April 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 |
![]() LCI NorCal presents: LCI/P2SL STATE OF THE UNION AND NETWORKINGDate: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley Office | |
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 Regular Registration begins March 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00
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![]() LCI NorCal presents: LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENTDate: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office | |
GARRETT BRADFORD – CLARK PACIFICCLARK 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).
Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Regular Registration begins March 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 REGISTER HERE. |
![]() LCI NorCal presents: LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENTDate: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: AIA Central Valley | |
GARRETT BRADFORD – CLARK PACIFICCLARK 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).
Early Registration: LCI & AIA Members: $55.00 Regular Registration begins February 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00 REGISTER HERE. |
![]() LCI NorCal presents: LCI/P2SL STATE OF THE UNION AND NETWORKINGDate: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: AIA East Bay Office | |
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 Regular Registration begins February 4th: LCI & AIA Members: $75.00
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![]() LCI NorCal presents: LEAN LEADERSHIP FOR 2015 AND BEYONDDate: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano | |
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:
Members: $55.00
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![]() LCI NorCal presents: LESSONS OF A FAILED KAIZEN EVENTDate: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano | |
GARRETT BRADFORD – CLARK PACIFICCLARK 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 Late Registration begins November 3rd: Members: $75.00 REGISTER HERE. |
INTEGRATED DESIGN BUILD DELIVERY ON THE ST. JUDE’S MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
LCI NorCal presents:
INTEGRATED DESIGN BUILD DELIVERY ON THE ST. JUDE’S MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano
3250 Rancho Solano Parkway
Fairfield, CA 94534
JUN GANG – PETRA ICS, LLC
JIM MYNOTT – MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES, INC.
HOLLY CINDELL – MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES, INC.
DENNIS ORTMAN – SASCO, INC.
PATRICK REED – SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES
Join key team members of the St. Jude’s Medical Center for an interactive discussion on how they set the stage for success by using an Integrated Design Build Delivery model on a large hospital project with complex business case needs. This project team was able to complete this CA hospital under budget, ahead of schedule, and met all owner value expectations.
Key Concepts to be discussed:
Team Selection approach for Integrated Project Delivery
Developing mutually beneficial contract terms
How to set the right goals for use with Target Value Design
Dinner is Included.
Members: $55.00
Non-Members: $75.00
Public Sector Owners Representatives: free
Not for Profit Owners Representatives: free
Academic: $30.00
Late Registration begins August 4th:
Members: $75.00
Non-Members: $95.00
REGISTER HERE.
HALF DAY INTRODUCTION TO LAST PLANNER TRAINING
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
LCI – NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COP
PRESENTS:
HALF-DAY INTRODUCTION TO LAST PLANNER TRAINING
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano
3250 Rancho Solano Parkway
Fairfield, CA 94534
Stay late and join the LCI NorCal evening event – Integrated Design Build Delivery on the St. Jude’s Medical Center Project
Separate registration required. More information and registration here.
INSTRUCTORS:
JAMES PEASE, SUTTER HEALTH
LARRY SUMMERFIELD, BUEHLER & BUEHLER
HENRY NUTT, SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES
TOM FELIZ, AUTODESK
AN ATTENDEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS INTERESTED IN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE LAST PLANNER SYSTEM WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION OR ON A PROJECT. SPECIFIC ATTENDEES COULD INCLUDE: OWNERS, DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS, AND BUILDERS INCLUDING SUPERINTENDENTS AND FOREMEN. PREVIOUS ATTENDANCE AT AN LCI “INTRO TO LEAN” TRAINING, IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
Attendee will leave this training with enough knowledge and hands on experience to actively participate in Last Planner® on a project or within an organization. The training will provide experience and learning through simulations, a thorough explanation of the different pieces of The Last Planner System®and how those pieces integrate with each other, and real life examples which can be used as a basis for participating in Last Planner®.
Registration includes all program materials and handouts.
Heavy hors d’oeuvres provided.
Cancellation without penalty deadline: Wednesday, August 6, 2014. Cancellation requests submitted after this deadline incur a $50.00 processing fee.
Cost is $200.00 for members / $325.00 for non-members.
Late Registration is $300.00 for members / $425.00 for non-members.
REGISTER HERE
This course is AIA/CES registered for 4 LU credits.
![]() Integrated Process for Document Quality Assurance Date: Thursday, July 17, 2014 Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: Holiday Inn – Capitol Plaza | ||
DENIS J. STROUP, LIONAKIS
In most cases, design teams have good internal quality and coordination process for their own disciplines. At determined design iterations, SD, DD, CD, etc., they are typically sent to one party where a single individual reviews and “throws the comments back over the fence.” Denis J. Stroup of Lionakis will offer a more collaborative and integrated method for design document quality assurance. This course will provide an overview of a more integrated Quality Assurance/Quality Control than the traditional method. Teams will learn to appraise the internal quality and coordination process for their own disciplines, and analyze the common practice of determined design iterations – schematic design, detailed design, etc. – wherein a single party or individual reviews and valuable input/feedback is lost.
REGISTER HERE
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![]() Integrated Process for Document Quality Assurance Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: HS Lordships, 199 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94710 | ||
DENIS J. STROUP, LIONAKIS
In most cases, design teams have good internal quality and coordination process for their own disciplines. At determined design iterations, SD, DD, CD, etc., they are typically sent to one party where a single individual reviews and “throws the comments back over the fence.” Denis J. Stroup of Lionakis will offer a more collaborative and integrated method for design document quality assurance. This course will provide an overview of a more integrated Quality Assurance/Quality Control than the traditional method. Teams will learn to appraise the internal quality and coordination process for their own disciplines, and analyze the common practice of determined design iterations – schematic design, detailed design, etc. – wherein a single party or individual reviews and valuable input/feedback is lost.
REGISTER HERE
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![]() LCI – National Capital Region CoP Event Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Lean Construction Institute | |
CHRISTIAN PIKEL, UHS, INC.Christian Pikel will discuss UHS’ point of view of Lean construction, integrated project delivery, and team development in their capital projects; benefits they have seen to date and lessons learned along the way. This session will explore how the journey has changed their approach to assembling and building project teams to align the team culture with driving owner value. And, we will to look at how the behaviors of constructors, designers and particularly owners must adapt to a new delivery method and benefits of making the shift for all parties. Registration is free! Sign up HERE |
![]() Small Wins: The Essence of Continuous Improvement Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014 Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: Holiday Inn – Capitol Plaza | ||
PANELISTS: JJ MACARANDAN, ERNIE SUNDQUIST, SHANNON FOLEY, NICOLAS TOWNES – THE BOLDT COMPANY
This will be a panel exploring lessons learned, including:
Our project champions are in the early phases of implementing the “Small Wins” program on their projects. They will share the challenges and successes, together with lessons learned, to date. Attending this session will position you to immediately launch your own small wins program!
REGISTER HERE:04102014(NorCal CoP)
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![]() HALF-DAY INTRODUCTION TO LEAN PROJECT DELIVERYDate: Thursday, April 10, 2014 Time: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Holiday Inn – Capitol Plaza | |
This workshop is intended to give newcomers a broad awareness of the vocabulary, fundamental principles and basic practices of Lean Project Delivery as conceived by the Lean Construction Institute. This can serve as a framework for learning how to apply Lean thinking and methods to deliver significantly greater value on your projects. It will also allow individuals attending Northern California Chapter meetings to enjoy a richer understanding of the topics presented. The understandings participants will gain in this workshop is the first step in their lean construction journey. Gaining expertise in applying methods and tools such as The Last Planner System® will come later through learning in action, participation in workshops and training classes, coaching, and self-study. Cost is $200.00 for members / $325.00 for non-members. REGISTER HERE
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![]() Small Wins: The Essence of Continuous Improvement Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: HS Lordships, 199 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94710 | ||
PANELISTS: MEELI LINNIK, SABRINA ODAH, AND DAVID MITCHELL – THE BOLDT COMPANY
This will be a panel exploring lessons learned, including:
Our project champions are in the early phases of implementing the “Small Wins” program on their projects. They will share the challenges and successes, together with lessons learned, to date. Attending this session will position you to immediately launch your own small wins program!
REGISTER HERE: 04092014(NorCal CoP)
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CHALLENGES TO CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Why is it so challenging to be creative and innovative in the design and construction industry? Our presenters will investigate that question from two directions — a case study and from a philosophical perspective.
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This workshop is intended to give newcomers a broad awareness of the vocabulary, fundamental principles and basic practices of Lean Project Delivery as conceived by the Lean Construction Institute. This can serve as a framework for learning how to apply Lean thinking and methods to deliver significantly greater value on your projects. It will also allow individuals attending Northern California Chapter meetings to enjoy a richer understanding of the topics presented. The understandings participants will gain in this workshop is the first step in their lean construction journey. Gaining expertise in applying methods and tools such as the Last Planner System®(r) will come later through learning in action, participation in workshops and training classes, coaching, and self-study.
The leading design and construction associations like DBIA, AIA, AGC, SMACNA, IIDA, P2SL and others are working with the LEAN Construction Institute to make the build environment better for the designer, contractor and especially the owner. We are going to hear how these organizations are utilizing LEAN, how it is affecting their members and what their plans are for the next year. Leadership from each of the associations will be presenting their current work with LCI and what they see as the future state.
The leading design and construction associations like DBIA, AIA, AGC, SMACNA, IIDA, P2SL and others are working with the LEAN Construction Institute to make the build environment better for the designer, contractor and especially the owner. We are going to hear how these organizations are utilizing LEAN, how it is affecting their members and what their plans are for the next year. Leadership from each of the associations will be presenting their current work with LCI and what they see as the future state.
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