Join a small group of Lean enthusiasts as we discuss the book Getting Home by Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg. The Study Action team will be guided by the Community of Practice Core team, you will receive tangible takeaways and interact with fellow Lean Leaders. We strongly encourage participation in all three sessions allowing us to establish continuity amongst the small group.

This will be a virtual event facilitated using Microsoft Team and Mural.

The Breakdown of the book along with corresponding dates will be the following:

• Wednesday May 19: Chapters 1-3, pages 1-44
• Wednesday June 9: Chapters 4-7, pages 45-86
• Wednesday June 23: Chapters 8-9, Pages 87-128

Participants are encouraged to read the chapters that we will be discussing before hand and be ready to share takeaways.

Please join for our Monthly Lean Coffee, this month will be virtual, you supply your own coffee and we will supply the structure to allow for interaction with like minded individuals to discuss what you are thinking with regards to Lean & the Construction Industry. This is going to be an interactive session and 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! It will enrich the experience for all participants.

Please join for our Monthly Lean Coffee, this month will be virtual, you supply your own coffee and we will supply the structure to allow for interaction with like minded individuals to discuss what you are thinking with regards to Lean & the Construction Industry. This is going to be an interactive session and 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! It will enrich the experience for all participants.

Please join for our Monthly Lean Brew, this month will be virtual, you supply your own drink and we will supply the structure to allow for interaction with like minded individuals to discuss what you are thinking with regards to Lean & the Construction Industry.

This is going to be an interactive session and 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! It will enrich the experience for all participants.

The adoption of new healthcare design and construction technologies and practices is moving at record speed to serve the healthcare systems and their patients which are growing and changing quickly. The thriving North Texas Marketplace has seen widespread interest and all industry segments are affected even as we combat the COVID pandemic. These methodologies, combined with Lean practices, may have increasing value not only to owners, but the entire AEC industry. Join us for a lively panel discussion including Lean tools, digital tools and evidence-based models impacting construction and design. This is a joint presentation of AMFP, LCI, and COAA with representatives from each organization on our panel.

Objectives:

• Learn the advances in evidence-based design and construction that influence the industry.
• Identify the impacts of prefabrication to the design process and team
• Understand how to overcome the new challenges the design team faces on these fast-paced projects.
• Realize the right approach to capital planning for a prefabrication project.

Speakers:

• Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group
• Stephen Powell, CBRE
• Tom Noble, Methodist Health System
• Lea Edwards, Hensel Phelps
• Daina Pitzenberger, JLL

Please join for our Monthly Lean Coffee, this month will be virtual, You supply your own coffee and we will supply the structure to allow for interaction with like minded individuals to discuss what you are thinking with regards to Lean & the Construction Industry. 

This is going to be an interactive session and 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! It will enrich the experience for all participants.

Attendance is free of charge. Please pre-register.

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.

Coffee and pastries will be provided.

Join us as we unpack the design process used to create this unique precast façade panel system while still meeting budget and time constraints. Fostering a collaborative environment throughout the project by including all stakeholders was most critical to maintaining design quality without sacrificing efficiency.

Learning Objectives

 • Understand the tools utilized to streamline the design to fabrication process

 • With a given set of parameters and constraints, learn how we maximized the efficiency of a modular precast panel. 

 • Learn how we automated the construction document and shop drawing process. 

Registration is Free - Registration Required

Join us for a Lean Suds 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. 
 

The Event is FREE - Registration Required
Beer and Wine will be provided

Parking is available for free onsite in the attached garage, located off of N. Pearl St. Please enter the garage, get a ticket and bring it with you to the meeting. You will be provided a token that can be used to exit the garage free of charge.

Please feel free to extend this invite to anyone within the industry that you feel would benefit from our local community. 

Join your local Community of Practice for a fun afternoon at Top Golf. Gather with like minded people to Toast to a successful 2019 year and increase excitement for the upcoming 2020 year. Our Community has invested tons of hours between participating in presentations/trainings, volunteering to coach, teach and present, hosting a successful congress in our backyard and exemplifying the LCI Tenets in our day to day jobs. 

Registration is free of cost - please pre-register

Appetizers, Refreshments, and Top Golf will be provided by the Local Community of Practice.

What if you could add more value for your customers while meeting schedule and budget requirements?  By recognizing the various types of waste in project delivery processes, you can start to increase productivity by implementing the Lean approaches taught in Introduction to Lean Project Delivery.  With a small mindset shift, the silos set up by traditional delivery methods can be broken to allow architects, engineers, general contractors, trade partners and owners to closely collaborate and problem solve together.  This 5 hour LCI educational course, taught with real-life design and construction examples and a hands on simulation, will be an important step on your journey to achive Lean thinking. 

Learning Objectives:

• Define Lean and the Lean operating system’s principles
• Identify principles and tools relevant to Lean design and construction processes
• Recognize various types of waste and apply tools to reduce and/or eliminate waste
• Increase collaboration and communication on projects through structured planning systems and processes

This course is registered with AIA/CES for 5 LU credits

Working lunch is included, with the program beginning promptly at 11:30 AM

The Conference Center is located between terminals A and B.  Parking is available adjacent to the building.

An open discussion recapping Congress and the year. Similar to a Lean coffee.  We will not have a strict agenda, rather will encourage open conversation. 

Registration is free of cost - please pre-register

Lunch will be provided

Parking is available for free in front or behind the building or on Blair Road

The majority of waste in our projects can be traced back to communication and the lack of synergy among the team.  You will hear from an owner, a designer, a builder, and team coach on how the team partnered to decrease waste and to influence greater collaboration, communication and mutual respect using competencies, behavioral assessments, and onboarding.  We will share our methods and our lessons learned that we have applied over the past 10 years on Cook Children’s Medical Center projects.

Our panel will discuss their experiences around the four pillars used in the team self-selections /team on-boarding process:

• Behaviors
• Individual’s personal commitment
• Emotional agility
• Ability to embrace change and embrace IPD

We continue to learn that the essence of synergy among project teams comes from valuing the differences–the mental, emotional and psychological differences between people, in addition to the very basic differences in technical disciplines. 

We have found that individuals become an effective and valued team member when they have the humility to recognize their own limitations.  Waste is eliminated when team members begin to appreciate and embrace the rich resources in interactions with  other team members.  Elements of those interactions include mutual respect, collaboration and accountability.

Registration is free of cost - please pre-register

Light refreshments will be provided.

A firm’s adoption of Lean concepts typically initiates at the top of the org chart, via the executive leadership team’s buy-in, and then filters down into the field where the front-line practitioners do the tangible work of construction. In the face of pressing project deadlines and heavily competing priorities, this information can feel intimidating, overwhelming, and easy to ignore in favor of what’s already known and comfortable. Often, the value of Lean practices are inarticulately or ineffectively conveyed, and superintendents can find it difficult to connect the dots from academic, theoretical Lean philosophies to the immediate relevancy in their daily work. Recognizing the importance for field personnel’s holistic understanding of Lean’s benefits – starting with WHY and ending with HOW – we seek to provide a true bottom-up version of “Builder’s Lean” that allows Last Planners to make immediate changes and transform their projects.

 A Blueprint for Builder’s Lean speaks directly to the “boots on the ground,” simplifying and clearly articulating the benefits of six primary Lean concepts, and delivering them in a highly-relatable, immediately-applicable, and field-friendly manner. Attendees will walk away with an easy-to-follow blueprint and implementation plan to lead their team and dramatically improve their project delivery process through the following principles:

           #1 – Daily Huddles

           #2 – Visual Communication

           #3 – Constraint Management

           #4 – Pull Planning

           #5 – Last Planner System and Look-Ahead

           #6 – Root Cause Analysis through Percent Plan Complete (PPC)

 A Blueprint for Builder’s Lean illustrates the immediate value and provides a how-to guide specifically for field personnel that will allow them to begin making meaningful changes in their teams and on their projects.

Registration is free of cost - please pre-register

Initial drinks will be provided, followed by a cash bar.
Small appetizers will be served.