Arizona

LCI Community of Practice

Arizona

The LCI Arizona Community of Practice was established to support the design and construction industry to increase awareness of Lean Construction within the Arizona community and provide a regional forum for conversations among practitioners. The Arizona CoP is growing fast and is composed of passionate design professionals, general contractors, trade partners, owners and consultants.  Please join us at one of our local events to start or continue your Lean Journey!

CoP Highlights/What's New?

Lean Happy Hour

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.

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Save the Date!

Mark your calendar for our upcoming events in 2025! Event invitations will be sent out approximately three weeks ahead of the event. Once they are on the calendar you can view them on the Upcoming Local Events section below and register.

  • 1/29 - Lean Happy Hour

  • 2/26 - 2 Presentations: DPR and WWPS

  • 3/19 - Hands-on Lean Training (Topic - TBD)

  • 4/23 - Intro to IPD/IFOA Contracts

  • 5/21 - TAKT Planning/CBA/Daily Huddles

  • 6/18 - Lean Leadership/Mental Health/Listening Skills

  • 7/23 - Lean Happy Hour

  • 8/20 - LCI Education Workshop (TBD)

  • 9/24 - Congress Warm-up Presentations

  • 11/19 - Congress Retrospective

  • 12/11 - End of Year CoP Happy Hour

Core Members

LCI Arizona CoP
2025
  • Leader - Brad Nelson, Hensel Phelps
  • Vice Leader - Natasha Schnaitmann, Southland Industries
  • Events Leader - Dave Healy, Boulder Associates
  • Outreach - Aaron Zeligman, Banner Health
  • Membership - Scott Bergstrom, Caddell Construction
  • Communication - Robert Fernandez, Core Construction
  • Owner Liaison - Ashley Watkins, P&G
  • Leader Emeritus - Darlene Cadman, Weft Strategies
  • Advisor - Mike Williams, Stantec
  • Advisor - Chad Halmrast, WD Manor Mechanical

Annual Sponsors

The Arizona CoP would like to thank our 2025 sustaining sponsors whose contribution help fund local events and workshops to promote awareness and adoption of Lean.

Arizona CoP Sustaining Sponsors - 2025

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Field Crew Huddle

Explore the Field Crew Huddle website to see how community of practice members are contributing to a platform for sharing methods, improvements and lessons learned on project sites or shops. Want to be featured? Now accepting submissions.

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Upcoming Local Events

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Upcoming National Events

02
Thu
Oct

Lean in Action: Member to Member

LCI National
02
Thu
Oct

Lean in Action: Member to Member

LCI National
02
Thu
Oct

Lean in Action: Member to Member

LCI National
06
Mon
Oct

Resistance to Results: Making Tech Adoption Work on Site

Webinar
07
Tue
Oct

Overview of vPlanner V5

Webinar
08
Wed
Oct

Top Mistakes to Avoid in Last Planner System® Use

Webinar
09
Thu
Oct

NEW: LCI Respect for People: The Four Pillars in Practice

Webinar
09
Thu
Oct

Intro to Lean: Build Better with Lean

LCI National
09
Thu
Oct

Lean + CPM in Practice: Live Demo of SmartPM Analytics

Webinar
10
Fri
Oct

Accelerated Project Delivery™ for Lean Construction

Webinar