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07
Thu
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Mastering Trust: An Essential Skill for Effective Coaching
Webinar
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Mastering Trust: An Essential Skill for Effective Coaching
Webinar
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  Registration for this webinar will close 30 minutes before the webinar starts and you will receive an email with the webinar registration link immediately after registering. If you register the day of, you will receive your confirmation directly before the start of the webinar. Please use the registration link email to add this webinar to your calendar. If you are not able to attend the webinar due to time zone or scheduling misunderstandings, no refunds are given – there are no exceptions! **This webinar will be recorded and a link will be sent to all paid registrants**
12
Tue
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
A Lean Coffee
Oklahoma Community of Practice
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
High-Performance Leadership - Advanced Skills
Northern California Community of Practice
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
New Lean Labor Planning Methods for MEP Contractors
Webinar
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
A Lean Coffee
Oklahoma Community of Practice
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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....
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
High-Performance Leadership - Advanced Skills
Northern California Community of Practice
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      Instructors: Victor Ortiz, Ortiz Consulting Services (MA, Psychology) has more than 40 years of experience as a trainer, coach and consultant. Vic has trained over 3,000 professionals in Lean practices, meeting facilitation, collaborative teamwork, and successful organization change. Vic has been involved with the Lean Construction Institute since its beginning and facilitated many of the original organizing meetings of LCI. Vic brings a deep understanding of Lean Construction in industrial, process, commercial, and academic project settings.  Jennifer Lacy, Robins & Morton has been in the construction industry for 20 years and is Robins & Morton’s Building Forward® Lean Practice Leader. She is responsible for the continued advancement of the company’s Building Forward® approach, which is based on...
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
New Lean Labor Planning Methods for MEP Contractors
Webinar
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Please use the link you will be provided from GoToWebinar, after you have registered, to add this webinar to your calendar. **This webinar will be recorded and the video will be available on the 2023 LCI Congress website**
13
Wed
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
A Lean Coffee RALEIGH
Carolinas Community of Practice
03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
LCI Congress Previews
Mid-Atlantic Community of Practice
04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Implementing Lean Methods to Increase Job Site Efficiency
New York State Community of Practice
05:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Avoiding Chaos in A3 Format
Northern California Community of Practice
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
A Lean Coffee RALEIGH
Carolinas Community of Practice
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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...
03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
LCI Congress Previews
Mid-Atlantic Community of Practice
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  This year, we have three LCI Congress presentations to share:  Assembling A Well-Oiled Team  How often have you invested time, money, and effort into creating a project team, all for it to be less effective than what you had hoped for?  You are faced with an intense schedule and a tight budget; the demands are high, and you don’t understand why your team can’t seem to work together to get the job done. Frustration sets in, and you are left wondering why it just isn’t working?  Maybe there is a better way… Through due diligence, purposeful planning and shifting the focus to people, our team has been able to successfully create… implement…improve…implement… improve… a strategy that far exceeds the...
04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Implementing Lean Methods to Increase Job Site Efficiency
New York State Community of Practice
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  Cassandra Mondello, is a Clarkson University graduate; having received her BS Civil Engineering in 2020;  MS Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2023.  Her master’s thesis – “Implementing Lean Methods to Increase Site Efficiency” – is a case study of her Lean implementation as a field engineer working on the Middlebury VT, Bridge and Rail project. She is currently a Project Engineer with Dragados-USA, working in the Marine Group for the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel in Norfolk, VA.
05:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Avoiding Chaos in A3 Format
Northern California Community of Practice
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  Dinner and non-alcoholic drinks provided with registration.
14
Thu
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
A Lean Coffee - CHARLOTTE
Carolinas Community of Practice
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
A Lean Coffee - GREENVILLE
Carolinas Community of Practice
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
A Hybrid Lean Coffee
Minnesota Community of Practice
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
2023 Congress Sneak Peek: How the book, "How Big Things Get
Avoiding Chaos in A3 Format
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
A Lean Coffee - CHARLOTTE
Carolinas Community of Practice
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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....
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
A Lean Coffee - GREENVILLE
Carolinas Community of Practice
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Registration is free.  Please pre-register. Parking is available onsite. Coffee and donuts will be provided!  
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
A Hybrid Lean Coffee
Minnesota Community of Practice
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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...
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
2023 Congress Sneak Peek: How the book, "How Big Things Get
A Hybrid Lean Coffee
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Speakers: Mike Staun – Lean IPD Advisor, Lean IPD Advisors, LLC  Mike Staun was Procter & Gamble’s Engineering leader for Global Capital Management where he was responsible for ensuring the Company’s $3.5 billion annual capital budget was spent wisely and effectively. Mike knew that for P&G to win versus competition they needed greater value from their capital investments. That’s why he championed Lean IPD (Integrated Project Delivery). P&G’s Lean IPD efforts began in earnest with the first of 15 pilot projects in July 2016. Fifteen months later, P&G signed its first poly-party IFOA. Mike sees all major P&G projects eventually being done under a Master IFOA with trusted Engineering & Construction partners following Lean principles and practices. The 7 practices...
15
Fri
07:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Lean Construction Scheduling; Takt Planning
Colorado Community of Practice
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
A Virtual Lean Coffee - Managing Your Congress Experience
Michigan Community of Practice
07:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Lean Construction Scheduling; Takt Planning
Colorado Community of Practice
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      Speaker: Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction “With his passion for Lean production and scheduling and his experience as a construction leader for 22 years in positions that ranged from field engineer to project  superintendent to general superintendent to field operations director, Schroeder is the ideal person for bringing our foreman and superintendent training track to life. Having managed his share of heavy civil and commercial projects, he shows you how to level up as a foreman, keep your projects on time and on budget, meet your production targets, and connect with and lead your crews.” – BuildWitt    Breakfast and lunch are included. Breakfast will be available beginning at 7:00 AM.  The program will begin promptly at 7:30 AM. CLICK HERE FOR SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION!    
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
A Virtual Lean Coffee - Managing Your Congress Experience
Michigan Community of Practice
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  Registration fee – $5.00
19
Tue
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
A Virtual Lean Coffee
Chicago Community of Practice
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Lean Cocktails
Greater Des Moines Community of Practice
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Lean In Action: Lean into the Resistance (Congress Preview)
New England Community of Practice
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
A Virtual Lean Coffee
Chicago Community of Practice
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Speakers: Brian Garcea, Lean Coffee Co-Chair – RG Construction John Zachara, Lean Coffee Co-Chair – IFS Group Joe Pecoraro, Lean Coffee Facilitator – Skender   Registration is free – Please pre-register.
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Lean Cocktails
Greater Des Moines Community of Practice
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    Adult beverages provided. Registration is free.  
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Lean In Action: Lean into the Resistance (Congress Preview)
New England Community of Practice
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    Speakers: Mark Jussaume Leigh Olsen Snow Laurie DaForno Mark, Leigh, and Laurie are all members of the SmithGroup Boston Office Lean Advisors.  We are jointly presenting this topic at the October 2023 LCI Congress.
20
Wed
03:30 PM - 05:30 PM
LCI Congress Sneak Peek 2023
Arizona Community of Practice
03:30 PM - 05:30 PM
LCI Congress Sneak Peek 2023
Arizona Community of Practice
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  Topics include: Use the Study Action Team Key to Start you Team’s Continuous Improvement Engine, Get in your C.A.R. and drive your Safety Program Improvements presented by WWPS’s Tracy Lucero and Bianca Trujilo. Creating Flow in Pull Planning for Design presented by Dave Healy, Eric Ubersax and Scott Rasmussen from Devenney Group.  From Divide & Conquer to Combine & Collaborate presented by Jason Light of Okland Construction, Chris Jacobson of McCarthy Building Companies, Aaron Zeligman of Banner Health and Craig Passey of SmithGroup. This will be an interactive event and include opportunities for feedback.    Watch these events here to expand your Detroit Congress experience!  This event qualifies for 2 hours of CE credit Registration Fee: $25.00 Cookies, drinks...
22
Fri
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Target Value Delivery (TVD)
Salt Lake City Community of Practice
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
LCI Virtual Member Hub Group Tour
National
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Target Value Delivery (TVD)
Salt Lake City Community of Practice
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  Speakers: Eric Ubersax – Senior Project Manager, Devenney Group Jason Light – Project Executive, Okland Construction Eric and Jason have been practicing LEAN and Target Value Delivery on several IPD and Design Build projects. They are true collaborators and are passionate about leading and helping teams through the process. They are passionate about teaching it but are also living it and have seen the true value from implementing Target Value Design.   Breakfast provided by     Hosted by:   
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
LCI Virtual Member Hub Group Tour
National
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Members of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Owners (AECO) community are invited to join together for an exclusive virtual tour that will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the valuable resources available within the Lean Construction Institute’s (LCI) Member Hub. The LCI Member Hub is a treasure trove of curated material available exclusively for corporate members. Whether you’re an industry veteran or just starting on your Lean journey, the Hub offers valuable resources to help you implement Lean within your organization. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the Member Hub’s features and functionalities with a guide to walk you through the contents. Furthermore, it’s a chance to connect with fellow professionals within the AECO community who share your passion...
25
Mon
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
LCI Chicago Student CoP Fall Kickoff
Chicago Community of Practice
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
LCI Chicago Student CoP Fall Kickoff
Chicago Community of Practice
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  Speakers: Ratna Kunwar is a Project Engineer with Gilbane Building Company and the leader of the LCI Chicago CoP Academics Team Ryan Woosley is a Project Manager with Jamerson and Bauwens Electrical, Inc. and member of Academics Team
26
Tue
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
How to Regain 100 Construction Days with AI-Powered Planning
Webinar
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
How to Regain 100 Construction Days with AI-Powered Planning
Webinar
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Please use the link you will be provided from GoToWebinar, after you have registered, to add this webinar to your calendar. **This webinar will be recorded and the video will be available on the 2023 LCI Congress website**
27
Wed
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
MILWAUKEE AREA Lean Coffee
Wisconsin Community of Practice
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Fast Flicks: Lean Integration
Dallas/Fort Worth Community of Practice
04:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Congress Preview Event
Cascadia-Portland Community of Practice
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
MILWAUKEE AREA Lean Coffee
Wisconsin Community of Practice
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  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....
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Fast Flicks: Lean Integration
Dallas/Fort Worth Community of Practice
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Examples include: Daily huddles Constraint management Visual communication tools Takt planning Plus/Delta  Join us on Wednesday September 27th from 3 – 5PM for this unique opportunity to watch and then discuss best practices, as shared by Turner Construction, Skiles Group, HKS, Linbeck Group, Robins & Morton and TDindustries, to name a few.
04:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Congress Preview Event
Cascadia-Portland Community of Practice
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Event Schedule: 4:00p – 4:10p – Refreshments, Opening Announcements 4:10p – 4:55p – Presentation #1 – How to Accelerate your Project Through the Use of Takt 5:00p – 5:45p – Presentation #2 – Bring permanent power to your building before the steel gets erected! 5:50p – 6:35p – Presentation #3 – Leveraging Lean and VDC to Eliminate Deferred Submittals   Presentation #1 Speakers: Sean West, Turner Construction Company Jeff Anderson, Turner Construction Company Justin Horvath, Sequoyah Electric, Inc. Presentation #2 Speakers: Ed Thompson, Cherry City Electric Jeff Yrazabal, Populous Presentation #3 Speakers:  John Medvec, Skanska USA Builders, Inc Jessica Mistretta, Oregon Health Science University Tami Chen, NBBJ Design; Arne Knutsen, Southland Industries Neil Moreland, Cherry City Electric   Drinks and...
28
Thu
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
MADISON AREA - Getting Started on Lean
Wisconsin Community of Practice
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LPS®: People + Tech with Bosch RefinemySite
Webinar
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
MADISON AREA - Getting Started on Lean
Wisconsin Community of Practice
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  EVENT HOST/SPONSOR: Tony Sullivan, Director of Project Management|Healthcare   Refreshments will be provided. Registration is free. Capacity is limited – register today!
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LPS®: People + Tech with Bosch RefinemySite
Webinar
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Please use the link you will be provided from GoToWebinar, after you have registered, to add this webinar to your calendar. **This webinar will be recorded and the video will be available on the 2023 LCI Congress website**
29
Fri
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Get Lean(er) on the Jobsite with Reality Capture
Webinar
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Get Lean(er) on the Jobsite with Reality Capture
Webinar
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  Registration for this webinar will close 30 minutes before the webinar starts and you will receive an email with the webinar registration link immediately after registering. If you register the day of, you will receive your confirmation directly before the start of the webinar. Please use the registration link email to add this webinar to your calendar. If you are not able to attend the webinar due to time zone or scheduling misunderstandings, no refunds are given – there are no exceptions! **This webinar will be recorded and a link will be sent to all paid registrants**

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Lean in Design Forum

May 1-2, 2024

As a member of the design community, your involvement in the beginning of the project planning process is crucial. From saving the team from delivering projects late to ensuring the greatest value in these projects, your role is vital to your team’s success. Lean in design can help you continue to exceed expectations!

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