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If you are interested in learning more about Lean project delivery, join the more than 600 professionals that have participated and learned from events hosted by the San Diego Community of Practice since 2007. The CoP offers a learning program every other month that covers a Lean-related topic, project, or subject matter including interactive simulations. If you are new to Lean, the CoP provides a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and learn more about Lean practices on capital project planning, design, fabrication and construction. If you are a seasoned Lean practitioner, consider sharing your knowledge with the greater San Diego community. To learn more contact Sandra LeDrew at sledrew@mascariwarner.com or David Umstot @ david.umstot@umstotsolutions.com.
It is not too late. This is the third in the series of events that feature The Last PlannerRemote Lean Coffee – Implementing The Last Planner System® and will focus on lessons learned and experiences shared in using The Last Planner. This is an ideal opportunity for the experienced practicioners to share their knowledge and for those who are still learning, and which of us are not, to continue our education. We have experienced Zoom Room breakout leaders and commitments from senior members of our local LCI community to make this a the ideal opportunity to round out the learnings from the previous two sessions or to catch up if you missed them.
Speakers:
Dan Shirkey, Balfour Beatty
Daniel is the Sr. Director of Technology and Operational Improvement for the California Division of Balfour Beatty. His primary focus in this role is foster business improvement through the use of new technology, innovation and lean implementation. Daniel currently leads the VDC and Scheduling departments for Balfour Beatty’s California Division. Daniel has managed BIM and Lean implementation on projects utilizing a variety of delivery methods ranging from $6 million to over $1 Billion in value.
Call it Kaizen, continuous improvement, or operational excellence, we all want to be better and better at what we do. That may be with our crews in the field, how we execute projects, our design teams, or the everyday processes we use to operate our organization. In this webinar you will learn:
What you learn can be put to use right away. While becoming a continuously improving organization takes time, with every step you, your teams, and your organization will benefit.
Design professionals want to know how they can improve client outcomes while maximizing design excellence. Participants in the Lean in the Design Phase webinar will gain insight to Lean approaches and tools relative to the design phase of project delivery. They will understand how Lean supports optimizing team communication, collaboration and results by connecting people, principles, and practices. Participants will be exposed to how Lean processes such as Target Value Delivery, set-based design, and the Last Planner System® in Design can be applied.
Learning Objectives:
Join us for a 60-minute virtual CoP experience to engage deeply with independent Lean Coaches in a collaborative discussion.
Come with your most vexing Lean implementation or project problems and get expert advice. We will utilize breakouts to discuss topics in small groups, each led by a coach.
The Zoom link for attendance will be included with your registration confirmation email.
This is going to be a fun and interactive session and so we are capping attendance at 50! As well, joining from your mobile device may be frustrating. For that reason, we are only allowing attendees to join from your computer. We also ask that everyone #turnyourcameraon and come ready to actively participate! It will enrich the experience for all participants.
Construction teams looking to improve the value being produced by workers and to create safer working environments conduct Gemba Walks. In the Gemba Walks For Construction course, participants will gain insight to the what, why and how to successfully implement this method to support their projects. This course is important to developing a positive continuous improvement mindset on your projects.
Learning Objectives:
1. Gain an understanding of the definitions of Gemba and Gemba Walks: “The What.”
2. Identify the purpose and roles related to conducting a Gemba Walk: “The Why.”
3. Discover the process of conducting a Gemba Walk including key guiding questions: “The How.”
4. Gain insight through real-project examples of Gemba Walks and the resulting improvements.
Discover the presentations that mean the most to your Lean journey with five tracks built around the overarching theme of The ABCs of Lean: Transformation through Actions, Best Practices and Coaching:
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Lean Beer
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.
Topic this month will focus on Target Value Design (TVD)
Learning Objective: To learn relevant Lean problem, solutions and lessons
Registration Rates:
Member Rate: $10.00 Non-Member Rate: $15.00
Drinks and Snacks will be provided
Parking Information: Proceed to the paid parking in the rear and enter thru the rear door of the building to lobby, and proceed to second floor via elevator or stair. Parking vouchers to exit will be made available.
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Project Breakdowns – How to Identify, Present and Prevent
It is common for teams to experience occasional problems during the delivery of projects. In most cases the biggest concern is how quickly the team will recognize a problem or break down has occurred and how quickly will analyze and return with the best response and what will they learn.
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to notice and declare a break down
Learn why break downs should be declared and who should declare them
Learn process for responding to and documenting break downs
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Speaker
Steve Wilson – HMC – Steve Wilson, Associate DBIA is a principal of HMC Architects’ San Diego studio. With more than 20 years of experience, Steve specializes in healthcare facility design and project management, along with industrial and educational projects. He has led hospital replacement projects, renovations and upgrades for major healthcare providers. Steve’s strengths lie in his leadership skills and ability to develop collaborative, high-performing project teams.
Agenda:
5:00p-6:00p: Networking (Refreshments)
6:00p-6:15p: Announcements and Introduction of Speaker
6:15p-7:45p: Main Event
7:45p-8:00p: Wrap Up and Plus/Delta
Registration Rates:
Member Rate: $35.00Non-Member Rate: $45.00
Owner Rate: First 10 Free
Student Rate: $20
Food and Drink will be provided
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Lean Happy Hour
Join us for a Lean (Coffee) 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. 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.
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Speaker:
Steve Wilson (Facilitator) – HMC – Steve Wilson, Associate DBIA is a principal of HMC Architects’ San Diego studio. With more than 20 years of experience, Steve specializes in healthcare facility design and project management, along with industrial and educational projects. He has led hospital replacement projects, renovations and upgrades for major healthcare providers. Steve’s strengths lie in his leadership skills and ability to develop collaborative, high-performing project teams.
Registration Rates:
Member Rate: $10.00 Non-Member Rate: $15.00Appetizers, Beer and Wine will be served
Parking Information: There is paid parking in the rear but we will arrange to have it covered with a coupon. Proceed to the paid visitor parking in the rear of the building. A parking coupon will be provided at the event. To get from parking to the event, enter through the rear door to the lobby and then proceed to second floor via the elevator or stairs.
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Different Ways to Contract for Lean Project Delivery
As the awareness and embrace of Lean Construction continues to expand in the construction industry, ever-increasing numbers of projects grapple with the question of how to address Lean Construction principles and methods in their design and construction contracts. Project owners have taken primarily three approaches on this:
• Seeking the highest level of Lean performance, owners have used Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) agreements, such as the ConsensusDocs 300, sometimes called integrated forms of agreement (IFOAs).
• When they or their team are not willing or able to use an IPD agreement, other owners have used legal counsel to custom-draft design and construction contracts under more conventional project delivery models such as CM-at-Risk, to address Lean design and construction methodologies.
• Other owners will seek to promote Lean behaviors among the project team independent of what is in the design and construction contracts.
Now, project teams have new options for contracting for a Lean project when they cannot implement an IPD Agreement. In 2018, ConsensusDocs published two important contract documents for collaborative construction projects: (1) the ConsensusDocs 305 Lean Construction Addendum (CD305); and (2) the ConsensusDocs 541 Design-Assist Addendum (CD541).
With the CD305, for the first time we have a non-IPD contract document available to the whole industry that provides for a wide spectrum of Lean design and construction practices. To use the CD305, an Owner can start with either an industry standard form front-end contract or its own standard contract and add to it a Lean Construction Addendum that reflects the best thinking in the industry around Lean design and construction.
The CD541 provides terms and conditions for the design and construction team when the CM and key trades are engaged during the design phase to provide design-assist services. Design-assist has been a major trend of the last several years and a key accelerant to Lean Project Delivery, but there has not been a standard industry approach to defining what design-assist services involve and what terms and conditions should apply. The CD541 is the first industry standard contract form to tackle the difficult task of defining the range of design-assist services and providing appropriate contract terms. By gaining the early involvement of builders’ expertise and coordinating those efforts with design teams, teams achieve greater project cohesion and efficiency. The CD541 was intentionally designed to coordinate with the CD305 Lean Construction Addendum so that they can work together or stand independent.
Tonight’s event will discuss the different ways to contract for Lean Project Delivery, with discussion of IPD agreements, using Design-Build for Lean Project Delivery, and CM-at-Risk using the new CD305 and CD541.
Learning Objective: Understand currently available contracting methods for fostering Lean project delivery including IPD, Design-Build, and CM-at-Risk, as well as how the new ConsensusDocs 305 Lean Construction Addendum and ConsensusDocs 541 Design-Assist Addendum can help projects achieve greater success in Lean Project Delivery
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Speaker
Joel Darrington – DPR Construction – Joel Darrington has extensive experience as a construction attorney, and during his law firm days advised private and public clients in construction transactions in a wide variety of settings. Now providing in-house legal support to DPR Construction in their construction contracting, Joel assists with transactions in both traditional and collaborative project delivery settings, including Integrated Project Delivery, Lean Construction, design-build, CM-at-Risk, multi-prime, and design-bid-build.
Joel is active in the Lean Construction Institute and has written and presented numerous times about Lean Construction and IPD. He has also extensively researched various approaches to incentive programs and risk allocation utilized by international project delivery models. Joel’s research on incentives and relational contracting is featured in numerous publications. Joel was also a key member of the editorial group that made a comprehensive revision of the ConsensusDocs 300 Integrated Project Delivery Agreement (released in 2016), and the editorial groups that developed the ConsensusDocs 305 Lean Construction Addendum and ConsensusDocs 541 Design-Assist Addendum (released in 2018).
Agenda:
5:00p-6:00p: Networking (Food and Drink is provided at the event)
6:00p-6:15p: Announcements and Introduction of Speakers
6:15p-7:45p: Main Event
7:45p-8:00p: Wrap Up and Plus/Delta
Registration Rates:
Member Rate: $35.00Non-Member Rate: $45.00
Owner Rate: First 10 Free
Student Rate: $20
Food and Drink will be provided
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Lean Happy Hour
Join us for a Lean (Coffee) 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. 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.
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Speaker:
Steve Wilson (Facilitator) – HMC – Steve Wilson, Associate DBIA is a principal of HMC Architects’ San Diego studio. With more than 20 years of experience, Steve specializes in healthcare facility design and project management, along with industrial and educational projects. He has led hospital replacement projects, renovations and upgrades for major healthcare providers. Steve’s strengths lie in his leadership skills and ability to develop collaborative, high-performing project teams.
Registration Rates:
Member Rate: $10.00Non-Member Rate: $15.00
Appetizers, Beer and Wine will be served
presents
Panel Discussion – The market is telling us that San Diego does not have enough Construction Professionals for the work that is projected over the next three to five years. What are Owners doing about it? Come find out some insights from local Owner who are willing to share their initiatives. Are there opportunities where a lean approach can address some of the issues?
Motivation: Kick off the year and come participate in a dialogue that is an industry wide challenge
Learning Objective: Exchange ideas with fellow colleagues within our local Community of Practice
Speakers:
Robert Schulz – San Diego State University – Owner Panel Representative – Higher Education Sector
Jennifer Halstead – 1HWY1 (Developer representative for Seaport Village Project)
Gregg Zoll – Sharp HealthCare– Owner Panel Representative – Healthcare Sector
Lee Dulgeroff – SDUSD – Owner Panel Representative – Education Sector
Agenda:
5:00p-6:00p: Networking (Food and Drink provided)
6:00p-6:15p: Announcements and Introduction of Speakers
6:15p-7:45p: Main Event
7:45p-8:00p: Wrap Up and Plus/Delta
Registration Rates:
Last day to register is January 15, 2019 (Space is limited)
Light refreshments will be served
presents
Mike Osterling will provide an overview of the different types of gemba walks and how they are used in organizations on the Lean journey. This will be followed by an actual tour of the Cutwater Spirits back-of-house distilling, materials handling, canning/bottling and shipping operations. Teams will be using a worksheet on “How to Read a Plant Fast” as part of the event to capture their observations and for reporting back as a group after the walk. Food will be served.
Speaker
Mike Osterling – Osterling Consulting, Inc. – Mike is the President and Principal Consultant at Osterling Consulting, Inc. With more than 30 yrs of leadership experience worldwide, he has played a pivotal role in leading Lean transformations across a broad range of clients and industries including service, manufacturing, utilities, alternative energy, oil production, construction and government. In 1999 he helped found San Diego State University’s Lean Enterprise Certificate Program and continues to teach in that program as Lead Instructor. In his Lean career Mike has delivered more than 2,000 days of training and certified more than 1,500 students on Lean Enterprise principles and tools. Mike co-authored the “how-to” books: Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation (a Shingo Award winner), and Metrics-Based Process Mapping: An Excel-Based Solution.
Recommended reading:
1. Harvard Business Review 2002 – Harvard Business Review 2002 – Read a PlantFast
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Tours will start at 5:30 pm sharp.
Agenda:
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Meeting No. 2. – The goal is to discuss Lean Construction implementation with local companies using books recently published by the LCI and increase the critical mass of practitioners well-versed in Lean Construction topics and implementation. The goal is to have participants read the assigned book ahead of the meetings. 1. how local companies are applying what is discussed in the book; 2. clarify questions from those who are not familiar with the topics but want to start on their Lean journey; and 3. discuss challenges faced by all when trying to implement Lean Construction in their projects. Our CoP leadership has secured support from the LCI National to distribute 15 books for those who sign up and commit to attending Approximately 3 meetings per book discussed.
Recommended reading: Transforming Design & Construction: A Framework for Change – chapters 25 through 41
Paid Parking at Lot 8 Aztec Recreation Center
Walk to Clark Construction Trailer – Lot 11
Coffee and light breakfast provided
presents
Clark Construction’s design build team at the San Diego State University Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences Project used the big room concept as a selling point to the University for how the team was going to streamline construction, both on the project management side and the field supervision side. In theory, having all partners; GC, major scope subcontractors, the construction manager, and the inspectors working together daily in the same room for the entire duration of the building construction and closeout is an environment created for success:- no wasted time making phone calls to people you may not get a hold of- instantaneous confirmation – near complete transparency from foreman to owner – higher “quick setup” meeting flexibility- higher FPY/(100% CA) verbal and written communication; transferable work products that pass from field to office without wasted interpretation or translation time. Problems can’t hide for long… In theory, it’s the most ideal work environment that can be created……Reality is a different story
Motivation: The motivation is to make this system work because it should be the most ideal work environment that can be created. Everyone should be afforded the collaborative advantage- without the growing pains.
Learning Objective: With the team now having started a second consecutive collocated project. Share tips on how to make the collaborative “Big Room” environment work.
Speakers:
Al J. Kirsininkas – Senior Construction Manager, OCMI
Matt Gerard – Project Executive, Clark Construction Group-CA LP
Wendy Bohn – Senior Project Manager, Clark Construction Group-CA LP
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Book Club Session – Transforming Design and Construction:
A Framework for Change
Our CoP is re-starting a Book Club, which successfully ran a few years ago. The goal is to discuss Lean Construction implementation with local companies using books recently published by the LCI and increase the critical mass of practitioners well-versed in Lean Construction topics and implementation. The goal is to have participants read the assigned book ahead of the meetings (for this first meeting we expect to discuss the first 5 chapters) and discuss
Our CoP leadership has secured support from the LCI National to distribute 15 books for those who sign up and commit to attending 2 – 3 meetings per book discussed.
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Creating Effective Communication and Empowering Craftsman:
LPS in the Field
Date: Thursday, January 18, 2018
Time: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Continuous improvement has been a part of the KHS&S fabric since its inception. The approach provides a platform for all major trades to get involved in planning and Lean sessions to create the most benefit for the project as a whole. KHS&S’ field supervision and crews develop/participate in pull planning sessions, weekly work plans, weekly work plan maps, and progress maps with the General Contractor and affected MEPs to discuss sequencing, milestones, and safety. On the project site, KHS&S utilizes Lean Stand-Up Boards (per each crew in the field) which illustrate these weekly work plan maps and daily production goals. These boards are visible to the entire project team and are discussed daily at the stand-up meetings. By empowering team members, a vehicle is created for improving communication and fostering ideas. Specifically, construction crews that install the work utilize the Daily Stand-Up Board meetings to communicate and nurture ideas on how to decrease waste and provide better planning.
Learning Objectives:
Agenda:
Greg Stedman – Director, Lean, KHS&S Contractors 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 5 years, Greg has spearheaded KHS&S’ Lean development as Director, Lean
Rob Walter – Vice President, KHS&S Contractors Rob has over 25 years of varied experiences in both design and construction roles from early days of AutoCAD adoption in architectural forms, through every major engineering discipline, construction administration, construction project management, estimating and design-build management. Rob provides vision, guidance and oversight for corporate wide Design-Assist efforts, Lean, BIM and IPD.
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Agile/Scrum Work Planning: How to Empower Design Teams to Get More Done in Less Time
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2017
Time: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
This event will include a brief overview of how scrum work planning is being used to design the structural systems for the new LA Rams/LA Chargers stadium in Inglewood, California followed by a hands-on workshop that demonstrates how scrum works in break-out sessions. Scrum has been used in the information technology world to develop source code and plan and execute other integration projects for the past two decades. This is an ideal opportunity for those unfamiliar with scrum to learn more and explore how they may be able to use it for a wide variety of applications in the design and construction industry.
Raquel Ranieri, S.E., LEEP AP, Walter P Moore and Associates – Raquel is a Senior Associate and Licensed Structural Engineer with Walter P Moore and Associates in their Los Angeles Office. She has been working with them as a structural engineer for the past 12 years. Raquel began her Lean journey several years ago on a large themed entertainment project that utilized Integrated Project Delivery. She has since strived to be a Lean advocate within her firm as well as within the design community.
Registration Rate:
Pay parking is available beneath the building or in the adjacent Horton Plaza parking structure
4:30-5:00 PM – Social Networking 5:00-5:15 PM – Announcements 5:15-7:00 PM Program and Hands-on Workshop 
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
The Business Case for Lean
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2017
Time: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
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 is former Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing for Intel Corporation. Most recently, he was the General Manager of Intel’s Global Construction Group where he oversaw domestic and international projects. John also was a factory and plant manager for many years, where he was responsible for the technology transfer and ramp of all of Intel’s new products. During his last three years with Intel Mr. Pemberton served 3 years as a national board member for the Lean Construction Institute representing the voice of corporations concerned about the current state of the construction industry. Since his recent retirement after 34 years with Intel, he is now a sought out champion and mentor 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.
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Building a Lean Culture
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
How can we change our mindsets to reward better planning as the result of using Lean principles and quality production? This presentation presents the efforts of DPR Construction in educating its employees on Lean concepts, principles and tools. The company has sustained a healthy growth throughout the United States over the past 20+ years and has made consistent progress in applying Last Planner and other Lean practices in many of its projects. However, the pace of Lean adoption has been slow in keeping up with the company’s growth. In order to accelerate the pace of Lean implementation, the Lean leadership group has moved from training operations people supported solely on tools and solutions, to a holistic approach of embracing Lean thinking at every level in the organization as the best way to deliver exceptional value to its customers. This presentation explains why, how, and what has been done to train staff from all disciplines across the country. The presenter will talk about how it started, the feedback received from participants who attended Lean training sessions, and how it plans to grow this program over the years to sustain Lean implementation at a companywide level.
Cory Hackler is an advocate and educator for Lean at DPR Construction. Cory became an advocate early in his career, working in the field as a superintendent for General Contractors. He uses the PDCA cycle of improvement on each of his projects. Cory’s focus at DPR is sharing the Lean journey with project teams to bring work/life balance back into the industry. Cory attended Adams State University majoring in Business and has over 15 years of experience in the construction industry.
Registration Rates:
Parking information to be provided later.
Reception starts @4:30 PM
Capacity is Limited – Register Early!
LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017
Time: 4:30 p.m. Reception
5:30 p.m. Presentation
7:00 p.m. Adjourn
Achieving smooth flow of production in construction requires team-based planning and systematic avoidance of waste through production control mechanisms. Over the past decade, production control theories such as the Last Planner System have emerged that stabilize workflows by shielding the direct work from upstream variation and uncertainty. While the benefits of these theories are well documented, their potential across the life of a construction project is not fully achieved and the root-causes for this are not entirely understood. A large body of empirical observations suggest that successful implementation of control mechanisms requires dedicated facilitators and engages practitioners in a relatively deep learning process. Sustaining this level of commitment for the duration of a project can be difficult and in its absence, project teams may revert back to traditional project control practices. While these barriers are mostly attributed to the people and organizational processes involved in implementing lean principles, yet there is a growing recognition that the functional aspects of production control techniques need close re-examination to better understand, predict and analyze reliability in performance, and preserve effective and timely flow of information both to and from the workface.
To address these knowledge gaps, this talk presents a new visual production management system that easily and quickly captures, communicates and analyzes actual and potential construction performance problems. To ensure its implementation does not take away from actual productivity, the web-based system extends the value of 4D (3D+time) Building Information Models (BIM) commonly used for constructability review as a benchmark for performance. Likewise, it takes advantage from images and videos frequently collected by project participants or professional services via smartphone and drone cameras to visually document actual performance. These images and videos are used together with a cloud-based computer vision and machine learning platform to continuously map the current state of production in 3D and then 4D. The 4D point clouds and their associated still images and videos are integrated and compared continuously with the 4D BIM Plan to expose actual waste and highlight potential issues by forecasting reliability in project look-ahead schedules. Experimental results from implementing this system on several real-world construction projects will be shared to demonstrate how these visual production models together with actionable data analytics on construction performance can proactively support collaborative decision making that eliminates root causes of waste. The system also provides visual interfaces between people and information that enable effective pull flow, decentralize work tracking and facilitate in-process quality control and hand-overs among contractors.
Dr. Mani Golparvar is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and of Computer Science, Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellow, and the director of the Real-time and Automated Monitoring and Control (RAAMAC) lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He received his PhD degree in Civil Engrg and MS degree in Computer Science from UIUC in 2010, MASc in Civil Engrg from University of British Columbia in 2006, and MS and BS in Civil Engrg from Iran University of Science and Technology in 2005 and 2002 respectively. Prior to joining the faculty at UIUC, he was an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is the recipient of the 2016 ASCE Dan H. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction, 2013 ASCE James R. Croes Medal for innovation in Civil Engrg, 2013 FIATECH CETI award for outstanding researcher, 2012 best paper award from the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, and numerous conference paper awards. Dr. Golparvar serves on the editorial board of the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE Journal of Construction Engrg and Management, and Elsevier Journal of Automation in Construction. He is also the founder of RECONSTRUCT, a startup company that offers visual data analytics to construction projects. The underlying technology is licensed from UIUC and is recognized by several awards including an Innovation Award from Turner Construction Company in 2015.
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice
presents
Virtual Reality’s Current & Future Impact on
Lean Design & Construction
Thursday, October 27, 2016
4:30pm to 7:00pm
The era of Virtual Reality (VR) is rapidly approaching and it is quite possible this technology will prove to be impactful not just for gaming but for our society as a whole. Today Virtual Reality represents an amazing opportunity to break down the barriers of technology through the immersion virtual reality provides, allowing more project team members to benefit from interacting with the project in BIM. This creates transparency and enhances communication for the team. In the near future VR will be enhancing our ability to plan, explore and interact in our buildings and with our teammates like never before. Audience members will learn about the current use cases for VR during the design and planning phases of a project and how these effect Lean design and help with project planning and value engineering. Additionally they will get a glimpse at some of the future impacts the technology can have on our projects for items such as scheduling (sequencing activities), safety and collaboration. Opportunities will also be provided for audience members to experience VR first hand.
Daniel Shirkey, DBIA, is the Senior Director of Technology and Operations Improvement for the California Division of Balfour Beatty Construction. His primary focus in this role is Lead business improvement through the use of new technology, innovation and process improvement. Prior to his current position Daniel has worked as a BIM Manager on both CM and Design-Build projects ranging from $6 to $220 Million. Most recently the new San Diego County Women’s Detention Facility located in Santee, CA. Additionally, Daniel is an adjunct-professor at San Diego State University (SDSU) where he teaches Virtual Design and Construction to Civil and Construction Engineering students. Daniel is also a member of the steering committee for the San Diego Lean Construction Institute (LCI) Community of Practice.
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 LCI San Diego Community of Practice presentsIndustry DayDate: Friday, August 5, 2016 Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM San Diego State University Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center San Diego, CA 92122-6299 | |
| Come learn how design schedules were compressed on the first phase of the San Ysidro border crossing project, the busiest border crossing in the world! Learn how BIM and the Last Planner® are being used together to produce incredible results during design. Updates on the current state of LCI and cutting edge research on Lean application to project delivery at UC Berkeley will also be provided. Dick Bayer will share keys to developing more collaborative cultures. Come learn what “pistanthrophobia” is and how to avoid it. Two well-assembled panels will discuss what’s working and what’s not working for specialty trade contractors on Lean projects. Learn how can builders better leverage the expertise and value specialty contractors can bring to the table. We will close with an engaging owner panel discussion that includes Bob Schulz from SDSU, Randy Leopold from UCSD and John Ransom of Kaiser Permanente. Stick around afterwards to network and enjoy the sponsored Happy Hour with local microbrews and wine.
Consider being a sponsor for $500 which includes 3 registrations. Contact Dave Umstot @david.umstot@umstotsolutions.com if you are interested. Committed Sponsors to date:
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice presentsSpecial Event with Sammy Obara of HonshaDate: Thursday, March 24, 2016 Time: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Location: Stantec There is free parking across the street at University Towne Center and a $12 fee to park in the building parking structure. | |
| Going to the Gemba and the Kaizen Teian approach with Sammy Obara of Honsha, one of the world’s leading Lean coaching firms. You can learn more about Honsha, a San Diego-based Lean consulting group of former Toyota employees, at www.honsha.org. Read this entertaining article about how Sammy helped Pacific Surfing School here in San Diego standardize their work and make the surfing learning experience Leaner and more fun Pacific Surfing School Learns Lean. Learn from someone who started his career in the Toyota Organization and worked with Toyota in Brazil, Japan, Latin America and the US. He now works internationally sharing his Lean experience as a sensei and coach to a wide and diverse variety of organizations including the State of Washington, service industries, manufacturing and surf camps. Speaker – Sammy Obara – Honsha Registration Rates:
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice presentsValue Stream MappingDate: Thursday, January 21, 2016 Time: 5:15 PM to 7:00 PM 4:45 Meet and Network (light meal served) Location: DPR Construction | |
| Value Stream Mapping with Mike Osterling and Karen Martin, Shingo Prize Winning authors of the books The Kaizen Event Planner, Metrics-Based Process Mapping and Value Stream Mapping. This will be an interactive event and and is not to be missed. What is Value Stream Mapping? How does it differ from Process Mapping? How do you use Value Stream Mapping? What is leadership’s role? How can it help improve my organization? Come join us to learn the answers to these questions and more! Speakers: Karen Martin – Karen Martin Group – http://www.ksmartin.com/ Mike Osterling – Osterling Consulting – http://www.mosterling.com/
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice presentsIncentive Programs for a Design-Build Public Work Project — A Case Study from the SDSU Zura Hall Student Residence ProjectDate: Thursday, September 17, 2015 Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Location: Balfour Beatty | |
| An in depth case study of how a comprehensive incentive program was implemented on a $37.5M Design-Build Student Housing Renovation Project at San Diego State University. Discover how an IPD concept like project incentive programs can be successfully integrated into a public design-build (non-IPD) contract. Hear how the team determined what performance criteria to incentivize and track progress on. Learn how individual project team members and trade partners participated in the incentive program Our presentation will focus on the practical applications of an incentive program, and how well the program actually worked out at the end of the project compared to our initial intent for the program. By presenting with a case study format, it will better equip attendees with knowledge of the lessons learned from our experience with the incentive program. In this way, audience members wishing to implement an incentive program for their own projects can be more prepared than we were when we initially set up our program. This presentation will also help further dispel the myth that Lean Concepts only apply on IPD projects. Justin A. Maletic is a Senior Project Manager for Balfour Beatty Construction and also functions as an Integration Manager for the company to bring the best lean collaboration processes to project teams. His most recent work around project integration involves the development of a Project Incentive program for the SDSU Residence Hall Renovation Project. This particular program was designed collaboratively with the client to encourage favorable results in the performance areas of safety, schedule and procurement. As Associate Vice President of Real Estate, Planning & Development at San Diego State University, Robert Schulz is responsible for real estate, planning, design and construction, student housing, and sustainability initiatives for the university. He most recently oversaw the design and construction of the LEED Platinum Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union. Mr. Schulz brings to his position over 30 years experience in design and construction, and project oversight on more than $1.5 billion of public facilities. Previously, he was the Associate Vice President of Facilities Management at Humboldt State University. Registration Rates:
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice presents
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015 Time: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Location: San Diego State University – Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union | |
| Moderator: David Umstot, PE, CEM – Umstot Project and Facilities Solutions, LLC Panelists:
From 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., SDSU and Sundt Construction will offer a tour of the South Campus Plaza Construction project. This $143M student housing and retail development is an example of SDSU’s Collaborative Design Build process. The six story complex of buildings on the edge of the SDSU campus will provide community serving retail, 600 beds of student housing, and create a new urban neighborhood to serve the larger university community. Registration Rates:
Agenda: 4:30 pm – Tour REGISTER HERE | |
LCI San Diego Community of Practice & AIA San Diego present
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Location: CW Driver | |
| Last Planner System® (LPS®) has long proven itself in planning and executing construction projects. And many use it in pre-construction. But is it only for foremen and superintendents or can design teams find high value using LPS? YES! Says the experience of 11 design teams coached by this session’s leader, Dan Fauchier, CMF, of The ReAlignment Group of California. In this hands-on session all participants will play roles of design team members and actually pull plan a chunk of the design phase using multi-colored post-its and a format unique to design. Discover first hand:
Dan Fauchier is a Certified Master Facilitator for Lean Design and Construction, facilitating, training and coaching dozens of contractors, designers, developers and public agencies in the principles, tools and techniques of Last Planner System® (pull planning), Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Rapid Improvement (Kaizen) Events, Lean Partnering and cross-organizational team effectiveness. Dan currently coaches 17 project teams all over Northern and Southern California and since 2009 has coached over 60 lean project teams. TheReAlignment Group of California, LLC is affiliated with Umstot Project & Facilities Solutions, LLC. Agenda:
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LCI San Diego Community of Practice Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015 Time: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Location: Balfour Beatty | |
THE AIRPLANE GAME SIMULATION HAS BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY BY THOSE TEACHING HOW LEAN CONCEPTS APPLY TO PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. INSTRUCTORS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT EVOLVE DURING THE SIMULATION TO LINK THEORY AND PRACTICE IN A HANDS-ON EXERCISE. PARTICIPANTS IN THE SIMULATION OFTEN PRAISE THE ABILITY OF THIS EXERCISE TO PRODUCE INSIGHTS REGARDING THE CURRENT STATE OF PRACTICES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE IMPROVED. COMMENTS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS SIMULATION IN ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL SETTING ABOUND. MOREOVER, PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPOSED IN A SHORT INTERVAL OF TIME TO POWERFUL CONCEPTS THAT ARE QUICKLY TRANSLATED TO THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENTS. THE SIMULATION WILL RAISE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BATCH SIZES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH QUALITY OF WORK DONE, CYCLE TIMES, LEAD TIMES, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF WORK AMONG PARTICIPANTS. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FIRST HAND HOW SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCEPTS RELATED TO LEAN WORK IN PRACTICE AND TO SHARE INSIGHTS WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS WHO OFTEN INTERACT IN PROJECT SETTINGS BUT USUALLY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO STOP AND DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE OF PRACTICE.Speaker: Thais Alves, Assistant Professor, J.R. Filanc Construction Engineering and Management Program, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering – San Diego State University Alves specializes in construction management and project-based production systems and is very active in the local and the international Lean Construction communities of practice. Her areas of interest include the application of lean production/construction concepts, principles, and tools to improve the performance of production systems in field and office settings. For more than 10 years, she has been teaching, advising students, researching and collaborating with construction companies towards the dissemination and implementation of lean especially in the field of production planning and control at construction sites. Alves has published extensively on the topic of lean construction implementation, and her work is documented in over 80 publications including journal and conference papers, book chapters, and reports. She holds a B.S. and Master’s in Civil Engineering from Brazilian universities, UFRN and UFRGS respectively, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley with an emphasis in Engineering and Project Management.
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LCI San Diego CoP – Dinner Presentation Lean Practices from Competition through Construction: A Holistic Approach to Designing and Constructing the UCSF Mission Hall Project Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014 Time: 4:30 – 5:00PM – Networking reception Location: Sheraton LaJolla | ||
KELLI MARIE QUINN, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER | ||
| Registration Rates LCI Member: $45.00 Register HERE. |
LCI San Diego CoP Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014 Time: 3:30 – 4:30 Lean 101 Location: Balfour Beatty free parking on site | ||
The proliferation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) use on construction projects creates unique opportunities for owners in the post occupancy phases of a building lifecycle. This presentation will help owners and service providers understand what these areas of potential synergy are, and how they can work together to fully exploit this technology trend. CHUCK MIES, LEED AP, ASSOC. AIA | ||
| Registration Rates LCI Member: $35.00 Register HERE.
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LCI San Diego CoP Date: Thursday, July 24, 2014 Time: 4:30 – 5:00PM – Networking and Appetizers Location: Coast 9 Amenities Center FREE on-site parking | ||
SIAN ROBERTS, FAIA, DBIA, LEED AP, PARTNER – – MILLER|HULL PARTNERSHIPSian Roberts, FAIA, DBIA, LEED AP is a partner with the Miller|Hull Partnership where she has led design teams on civic, educational and infrastructure projects throughout the Northwest. Her projects include a variety of academic buildings and libraries for public and higher education clients. Her projects have won AIA awards for design, the innovative use of BIM and excellence in design-build. Sian has a special interest in alternative delivery and has been involved in most of the firm’s design-build projects. Sian has a Masters in Science in Physics from Haverford College and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Washington. She has been an instructor at the University of Washington and for the AIA +2030 series and is a regular guest juror. She has spoken on changes in practice, sustainability and library design at DBIA, AIA and PLA conferences and events. Close integration among all team members under a GC/CM contract for the University of Washington Odegaard Undergraduate Library allowed the team to be in construction nine months after hiring the architect and meet a critical summer closure deadline. A Collaboration Guide and scorecard were drafted with members of the owner, architect and contractor team and included specific goals for everything from meeting the schedule to response time on RFI’s to use of the facility upon completion. The team leadership from all three entities was instrumental in keeping the teams focused on project and not individual firm performance. The status of the scorecard was reviewed at each meeting leading to accountability and teamwork with the common goal improving the score. During the project, each team member proved their value in areas that are typically the domain of others. Lean construction techniques were not only implemented on site by the General Contract, they were also used by the design team. Pull planning sessions were used to address the challenging schedule and value stream mapping was used for the RFI and submittal process to streamline construction communication.
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LCI San Diego CoP Date: Thursday, May 22, 2014 Time: 4:30 – 5:00PM – Networking and Appetizers Location: 401 West A Street | ||
DAN FAUCHIER, CERTIFIED MASTER FACILITATOR FOR LEAN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONDan Fauchier is a Certified Master Facilitator for Lean Design and Construction, facilitating, training and coaching dozens of contractors, designers, developers and public agencies in the principles, tools and techniques of Last Planner System® (pull planning), Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Rapid Improvement (Kaizen) Events, Lean Partnering and cross-organizational team effectiveness. As Senior Lean Facilitator of Denver-based The ReAlignment Group, Dan lives in Del Mar and currently coaches 15 project teams all over Northern and Southern California and since 2009 has coached over 60 lean project teams. Dan will discuss how a dozen or more project teams (design and construction – current and past) have implemented Last Planner®(R) System (LPS®), the triumphs and stumbles, the pitfalls and challenges, on a variety of project types (schools, hospitals, prisons, commercial, residential). He will share case histories, show photos, demonstrate his energetic 15 minute kickoff explanation of LPS® (it will give you some ideas on tightly coupling learning with action), give tips on facilitating LPS® sessions, and take lots of questions. Other than photos there won’t be much PowerPoint. This session will be mostly action and inter-action. Suggested reading before the session: Dan’s and Dr. Thais Alves’ IGLC21 Paper on Last Planner® as the Gateway to Lean Behaviors: http://alves.sdsu.edu/Papers/Fauchier-Alves-2013-LPS_Is_The_Gateway_To_Lean_Behaviors.pdf
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