Awards
LCI has three awards that are presented at the annual LCI Congress event in October. These awards constitute an essential aspect of LCI programs, recognizing the accomplishments of individuals in the Lean environment who have provided extraordinary service on behalf of LCI and/or the industry as a whole.
Pioneer Award
The LCI Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who have moved the design and construction industry forward in embracing and implementing Lean tools and techniques.
Chairman's Award
The LCI Chairman’s Award recognizes individuals who have moved the Lean Construction Institute forward in meeting its mission of transforming the design and construction industry. The awards are given out during LCI’s Annual Congress where awardees are recognized by the Lean Design and Construction community.
Design Award - A Team Award
The LCI Design Award recognizes project teams that are delivering outstanding design while advancing the industry through collaborative Lean Project Delivery. The purpose of this award is to encourage the adoption of Lean approaches and methods to improve project outcome and elevate design.
2022 Annual Awards Recipients
Pioneer Award
Howard Ashcraft and Lisa Dal Gallo
Hanson Bridgett
Howard, Lisa and the Hanson Bridgett IPD team have structured over 140 pure IPD projects—most of which also used Lean methodologies. Through this work they developed the theoretical and practical underpinning for Integrated Project Delivery.
Chairman’s Award
Douglas Lee
Brasfield & Gorrie
Beginning his Lean journey 15 years ago, Douglas is known as a ‘Big L’ in the Lean community. He works with team members to implement collaborative strategies around budget/schedule and jumpstarted the Lean transformation at Brasfield & Gorrie.
2022 Annual Design Award Recipients
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building
- Owner: University of California, San Francisco
- Architect of Record: SmithGroup
- Design Architect: Mark Cavagnero Associates
- CM-at-Risk Builder: DPR Construction
- Program Manager: Jacobs
- Structural Engineer: Degenkolb
- D/B Mechanical: Critchfield Mechanical (CMI)
- D/B Electrical: Cupertino Electric, Inc
- D/B Plumbing: Southland Industries
- D/B façade: Walters & Wolf Glass Company
2022 Design Award Honorable Mentions
Advocate Outpatient Center Oak Lawn
- Owner: Advocate Aurora Health
- Design Firm: HDR
- General Contractor: The Boldt Company
Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Owner: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Design Firm: HDR
- General Contractor: Balfour Beatty
- Construction Manager: LF Driscoll
Previous Award Recipients
2021
Albert Manshum, Advocate Aurora Health
George Zettel, Turner Construction Company
2020
Dean Reed, DPR Construction
Christian Pikel, The ReAlignment Group
2019
Victor Sanvido, Senior Vice President Southland Industries
Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, Lean Director McCarthy Building Companies
2018
Henry Nutt, III Sheet Metal Superintendent Southland Industries
Rebecca Snelling Vice President and National Lean Director J.E. Dunn Construction
2017
Michael Bade Associate Vice Chancellor Capital Programs & Campus Architect University of California, San Francisco
Bevan Mace National Vice President Operations & Lean Balfour Beatty US
2016
Sutter Health
Hal Macomber President Macomber Consultants, LLC
2015
Iris D. Tommelein Director Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL) Professor, Engineering and Project Management University of California, Berkeley
Bernita Beikmann Principal Director of Lean Strategy HKS Inc.
2014
Walt Disney Imagineering
Romano Nickerson Principal Boulder Associates
2013
Leo Linbeck III Executive Chairman Linbeck
Dick Bayer President The ReAlignment Group, Ltd.
2012
William A. Lichtig Senior Vice President The Boldt Company Paul Reiser Executive Vice President The Boldt Company William R. Seed Director, Design & Construction Universal Health Services
2011
Glenn Ballard LCI Co-Founder Greg Howell LCI Co-Founder
