This course will introduce the What, Why, and How of conducting Gemba Walks for the purpose of improving the value being produced by workers and creating safer working environments. Leaders and workers will understand their roles in ensuring successful Gemba Walks. It will be an interactive training in which participants will engage in the different scenarios presenting Gemba Walks examples
Speakers:

• Jorge Rincon, Lean Manager, Turner Construction - Jorge is a Lean Construction enthusiast. His determination for improving construction productivity led him to embrace a lean journey in benefit of the industry. Jorge is leading the organizational cultural change and embracement of Lean for Turner Construction in Colorado.
• Jesse Hernandez, Regional Lean Manager, Turner Construction  - Jesse is a plumber by trade, podcaster by night, and an aspiring CI coach. He entered the construction industry straight out of high school and his path has covered the digging of ditches all the way to aiding people in expanding their influence within their careers and communities. Because of this Jesse is driven to inform educators, parents, and students about the amazing career opportunities in the trades.

Join us for a Lean Coffee to continue our previous event's discussion, addressing virtual collaboration and planning with digital technology. We will cover some of the topics below and more! 

• How to effectively use technology with the Last Planner System^®
• What are people doing
• What platforms are being used and the pros and cons
• Some of the challenges and how to overcome them 

Speakers:

• Eric Lusis, LYNX Lean Services
• LCI Colorado's Community of Practice Core Group members will be helping to support and facilitate this conversation

Every year, abstracts from around the country are submitted to LCI National to present at LCI Congress in front of hundreds of owners, the design community, trade partners, and general contractors.  This year, Colorado had three chosen to present, but more submitted.  The Colorado CoP would like to share snippets from two of the four with our community.  The next two will be shared at the September CoP meeting.  Join the virtual presentation to see what your fellow Coloradans are doing in regard to Lean!

(1) Coaches Coaching Coaches: Words Matter to Produce Effective Action in Others (Rebecca Snelling, JE Dunn and Hal Macomber, Touchplan)

Coaching, instructing, mentoring and advising are often confused with each other.  Adopting a Lean strategy requires a shift in supervisors, managers and leaders from the role of director to one of teacher.  Too often, we don't put enough intention behind the words we use when we are trying to transform behaviors and culture, leading to less desirable results and more waste than we want.  This presentation will explore how the role of coaches works with those to teach and coach others by using practices and language that invites openess, supports learning, and produces effective action in others.  We will introduce practices for coaches to:

• Develop confidence in the distinction and practices of coaching.
• Develop coaches who dedicate themselves to the coachees' success.
• Develop the sensibility for coaching vs. advising.  They are not the same.  Know when to do one or the other.
• Develop the capacity in others for range - the ability to think from more than one perspective.
• Develop possibility thinking.

(2) Molding a Mindset - Not Implementing A New Tool (Savannah Gregory, Sara Coutts and Mark Schneider -The Neenan Company)

A company can declare that a department or team is going to use a Lean Method - in this case, pull planning.  Simply making a decision and showing the teams the tool was not a successful way for our company to truly embrace this change.  The value of the pull planning method is something that is commonly discussed. Implementing the system is not as widely known. In order to implement a system that would not just become another box for teams to check, a mindset had to be developed, rather than simply  teaching how to use a new tool.  The problem of implementing a new system was solved by our multidisciplinary team spending the time to learn and create a pull planning method that would work within our company.  As a result, teams are spending less time in meetings, and meeting strategic milestones at a higher rate than before.  However, the system was not the key change.  The team was focused on discovering the behaviors teams needed to have for the change to take root long term.  This presentation will be a lesson learned and how-to on the discovery process behind behaviors and workflows that had to be created before pull planning method was successfully implemented.

Most project teams seek ways to add more value for their clients while meeting schedule and budget requirements. By focusing on value and recognizing the various types of waste in project delivery processes, productivity can be increased by implementing the Lean approaches taught in Introduction to Lean Project Delivery. In this course, you will gain insight to Lean Project Delivery by understanding how Lean connects people, principles and practices to optimize results by shifting both thinking and behaviors. This course, which includes real-life design and construction examples will be an important step on your journey to becoming a Lean Thinker.  The event will include small breakout discussions throughout to support a more intimate learning experience in the virtual space.

Learning Objectives:

1. Gain an understanding of the breakdowns with current project delivery methods, discover the goals and benefits of implementing Lean. 
2. Understand the Foundation of Lean as Six Tenets and identify the Eight Wastes as relevant to design and construction.
3. Recognize that Lean is a shift in thinking and behaviors leading to high-performing teams.
4. Discover key Lean practices and tools which result in increased collaboration and improved project outcomes.

LCI Instructor:
Tammy McConaughy, Senior Lean Specialist at J.E. Dunn Construction

Join us for a panel discussion of, How lean principles are being applied to managing safety on our job sites. Each panel member will give a 5-minute overview of how they are using lean principles to manage safety and then we will open the discussion up to our audience to ask questions. 

Our panel members are:

• Chris Davis, Lean Manager at the DEN Airport expansion project with Turner Construction 
• Corey Willingham, Senior Safety Specialist at JE Dunn 
• Scott Holzer Regional Safety Manager at KHS&S 
• Chad Lincoln, Assistant Project Manager at Howell Construction

 Flat Rate Registration - $10.00

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. 

 Attendance is free of charge. Please pre-register.

Field Driven Lean owner, Brian Winningham has over 20 years experience estimating, planning, managing and leading construction projects. He is passionate about sharing the benefits of Lean Construction. Brian is the leader of the San Antonio LCI Community of Practice (CoP). He is an LCI Approved Instructor for LCI training courses and also an approved instructor for the AGC Lean Construction Education Program (LCEP). Brian is also a Veteran of 3/75 Ranger Battalion and active with Veterans in his community.

This course will introduce the what, why and how for conducting Gemba Walks for the purpose of improving the value being produced by workers and creating safer working environments. 

The subject matter of this course is What is Gemba and more particularly, How to do a Gemba Walk effectively? It will be presented using custom videos and content will be reinforced by interactive group exercises, questions and discussions. Participants will leave with tangible takeaways they can use to make improvements to future Gemba Walks.

 7:30 am - 8:00 am: Networking and breakfast 

 8:00am - 9:30am: Presentation 

Learning Objectives:

• Gain a foundational understanding of Gemba and Gemba Walks
• Observe and discuss actual Gemba Walks
• Learn how a Gemba Walk supports seeing waste
• Consider improved ways to see work and talk with workers

Speakers:

• George LaClaire, MYR Group
• Tammy McConaughy, J.E. Dunn Construction

Registration Rates:

• LCI Member - $20
• Nonmember - $30
• Owner - $10
• Student - free

This course is registered with AIA CES for 1 LU credit

A light breakfast, along with coffee and beverages, will be provided.

Join us for a Lean Coffee to learn and support each other specific to the Big Room! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics specific to our Lean community. We will hear from current teams working in the Big Room to answer questions about the problems you are facing and the issues you want to solve, and discuss the lessons learned on their projects.

No previous Lean experience is required.

We welcome ALL participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations of the Big Room to propose a topic for discussion. 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 snacks and coffee will be served.  (Lots of coffee!!)

Flat rate: $5

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:

• Participants will understand what it means to become immersed in a Big Room atmosphere by tightly coupling learning with action in a Big Room setting.
• Participants will be able to develop their own detailed Big Room concept and implementation plan.
• Participants will know how to organize and manage a Big Room tailored to their specific project needs.
• Participants will be able to collaboratively develop a list of Standards and Better Practices.

7:30-8:00 AM - Coffee, light breakfast, Networking
8:00 - 12:00 PM - Workshop

Registration:
Member - $20
Non-Member $30
Owner-$10

This course is registered with AIA/CES for 4 LU credits.

Happy hour and networking event for the local community of builders interested in Lean. We'll have drinks and snacks ready. We'll have a small talk about our local LCI Community of Practice goals for 2020. Come over, enjoy a drink, and meet more people who want to support and make a change in our industry.

Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Staying within the allowable budget and ensuring the team’s innovation decreases waste and increases value to the customer are attributes of successful project delivery and can be achieved through Target Value Delivery (TVD). TVD is a disciplined management practice with several phases (Business Case Planning, Validation, Value Delivery and Value Post Construction) meant to be applied holistically to obtain maximum value. The phases of TVD can be supplemented by core components like team organization, Big Room, project planning, cost modeling, continuous estimating and conceptual design.

 Start your journey towards mastering each of the TVD phases and all of the core components through simulation, group discussion and step-by-step guidance in the 8-hour Target Value Delivery education course to align your project deliverables with customer-defined value.

Light Breakfast, Lunch, Refreshments and break snacks will be provided

Program will begin at 8:00 AM

Networking and breakfast will be available around 7:30 AM

If your have any questions or clarifications, please contact Mark Schneider, 360-601-9251, mark.schneider@neenan.com or Clark Bishop, 303-921-2915, clark.bishop@katerra.com

This is a 3 hour hands-on workshop, designed for participants to experience problem-solving as members of a high-performing team.  Attendees will learn why supporting team collaboration requires different behaviors from project owners.  This is the first in a series of programs developed to provide attendees some basic skills and strategies that will help lead to more successful projects in an Integrated Project Delivery setting.

Agenda:    

     7:00 to 7:30 AM - Coffee, Light Breakfast, Networking
    7:30 to 10:30 AM - Workshop

Learning Objectives:

        · To understand case studies of behaviors observed on high-performing teams.
        · To practice a problem-solving approach that is different from the approach used in a traditional setting.
        · To understand how the role of the Owner's Project Manager is different on an IPD project.
        · To experience healthy conflict on a project and how it leads to better solutions.

Speaker:

Stacey Root, Boulder Associates - Stacey has been a practicing architect for 20 years, and is one part healthcare architect, one part Lean-thinker, and one part world explorer.  While her design expertise is behavioral health and federally qualified health centers, more than anything her passion is asking tons of questions, getting to the bottom of things, and making everyone around her better.  She has lots of IPD Big Rooms and 3P improvements workshops under her belt.

Light breakfast and coffee will be provided

Free parking in lot to west of building.

Every year abstracts from around the country are submitted to LCI National to present at LCI Congress in front of hundreds of owners, the design community, trade partners, and general contractors. This year Colorado had seven abstracts chosen to present at LCI Congress in Fort Worth, Tx. The Colorado CoP would like to share snippets of those stories with our community. Our second two presentations are focused on contracts and Lean culture, and will be shorter versions than what will be presented at Congress.

(1) Do the Contract Type and Contractual Relationships Matter? This Owner Says YES!

Learn how one of the nation's Top 10 Children's Hospitals is trandforming the way their Colorado Colorado construction projects are delivered.  The journey has included many lessons learned and challenges as they navigate trying to change nbehaviours and break through the all too common issues with budget and schedule.  The owner and key partners will share the research completed that compares pre-construction data as well as findngs from a short survey of project participants to analyze the differences in contracting methods and outcomes,  Hear directly from an owner what strategies worked and what you may not want to do! 

The presenting team is:

     • Katie Page, GE Johnson Construction;
     • Sean Mulholland, Children's Hospital Colorado
     • Caroline Clevenger, University of Colorado, Denver
     • George LaClaire, Sturgeon ELectric

(2) 3 Ways to Drive Lean Culture in the Field, Regardless of Your Contracting Method

In order for Lean/IPD projects to reach the team's full potential, we must train and change the behavior of the entire team... not just the management team.  On two of our company's large Lean projects, our teams implemented new efforts to engage and improve the culture in the field.  One project was a large hospital expansion with a multi-party IPD contract, while the other was a large pharmaceutical project that had a traditional contracting method, but organized and operated Lean.  We will share what our teams implemented to combat common construction challenges in hte field, like safety culture, committment to upholding schedule and budget, and job site cleanliness.  We hope people can take away that Lean concepts in the field can be applied and successful, regardless of the contract type!

The presenting team is:

     • Katie Page, GE Johnson Construction
     • Nathan Russell, GE Johnson Construction
     • Howard Tapia, GE Johnson Construction

Light breakfast and coffee will be provided

Parking around AGC building with largest area on the West side of the building.

Every year abstracts from around the country are submitted to LCI National to present at LCI Congress in front of hundreds of owners, the design community, trade partners, and general contractors. This year Colorado had seven abstracts chosen to present at LCI Congress in Fort Worth, Tx. The Colorado CoP would like to share snippets of those stories with our community. Our first two presentations are focused on the challenges with people & behaviors and challenges for owners. We will be replacing coffee in the future with these previews of accepted abstracts.

(1) Overcoming the Desire to Push the Easy Button: Reverting to the Traditional Method.

The human default is to perform tasks the way we have always done them because it is easy and comfortable. Changing or breaking from the norm is not a “natural” behavior. This project team and Owner were willing to try something different by using an integrated project delivery (IPD) approach for a large hospital expansion in Colorado. 

The term integrated project delivery (IPD) is frequently used in the AEC industry today, but there is an essential difference between “IPD-like” and a full IFOA multi-party contracted project. Our presenters will discuss the lessons learned on developing mutual trust and clear communication, along with the tools they implemented to improve communication.

Attendees will walk away with knowledge on such topics as 

     • VAP (value analysis process)
     • Commitment logs and trend logs
     • Last Planner System with TAKT planning
     • The benefits of a Big Room for efficient decision-making
     • Conditions of Satisfaction

The presenting team is:

     • Michelle Robinette, GE Johnson Construction;
     • Ashley Fritz, Penrose St. Francis Health Systems;
     • Jon Bock, RTA Architects;
     • Michael Fullman, Olson Plumbing & Heating

(2) Lean Forum for Owner Project Managers (Getting an Owner Project Manager to Support Lean)

“If our challenge is convincing owners to attend our events, why don’t we take our events to owners?”

In our first owner-focused event, we gathered 18 progressive Owner Project Managers (OPM’s) for an open-forum discussion. The two and half hour session was broken into three parts: 

     1) Identifying typical project issues;
     2) Selecting a shortlist of topics and discussing them in smaller groups
     3) Identifying next steps. 

The event took place this April and was a great success. We followed this event with some feedback sessions resulting in several Villego® trainings over the summer to keep the group’s enthusiasm high. In September we are starting a CoP “Practice Track” of events focused on this OPM group, and open to our CoP. 

The presenting team is:

     • Katie Barnes of Barker Rinker Seacat Architects
     • Bob Redwine of KL&A Structural Engineers and Builders

Breakfast burritos and coffee will be provided