May 2, 2024
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Introducing LCI-CPD Certification in Lean Design!
Join us in revolutionizing the industry standard for Lean practices! Elevate your career and become a trailblazer in Lean Design with our newly launched certification, the LCI-Certified Practitioner-Design (LCI-CPD).
In collaboration with industry experts and powered by rigorous national standards, the LCI-CPD is the first of its kind to formally acknowledge the applied knowledge and experience of Lean Design professionals. By obtaining this certification, you not only validate your expertise but also contribute to the advancement of Lean practices across the industry.
Our certifications, including the LCI-CPD and the previously launched LCI-CPC, are pivotal in shaping the future of Lean methodologies. They are crafted with utmost dedication by our team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who tirelessly volunteer their expertise to ensure the highest standards.
Join the ranks of esteemed professionals and make your mark in Lean Design. Stand out from the crowd with recognized practical application experience and propel your career to new heights.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to distinguish yourself in the industry. Sign up for the LCI-CPD today and take the first step towards becoming a leader in Lean practices.
Click here to learn more and embark on your journey towards excellence.
Expand your reach at the Lean design and construction event of the year - the 2024 LCI Congress!
The LCI Congress offers exceptional opportunities to increase your company’s visibility and advance your mission within the design and construction industry, whether that’s through sponsoring or exhibiting.
Join your peers such as DPR Construction, Gilbane, Robins & Morton, and Southland Industries to introduce your latest offerings, raise your profile and build connections with your audience and peers.
Sponsor and exhibit opportunities are going fast so contact Ilene Goldberg today, to lock in your opportunity!
Chicago CoP celebrates its founders at Bob Krier Award Night
On April 18, the LCI Chicago Community of Practice (CoP) hosted the 5th Annual Bob Krier Award Night where it recognized its founding members for their vision and determination to stand the LCI Chicago CoP beginning in 2010. This formational group included Afshan Barshan, Leon LaJeunesse, Dr. Cindy Menches, Robert Pratt, Mark Skender, Rich Seiler, and Bob Krier.
Attendees celebrated the CoP’s history along with a “State of the Chicago CoP” update presented by each of the committee leads. Five of the founders attended, witnessing how far their initial efforts have grown and how the CoP continues to evolve to support the Lean community in the Chicagoland area. During the celebration, each received an award of recognition, including the family of Bob Krier, deceased.
The recent years, the CoP established an Academics Committee whose work now supports students at eight regional universities:
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Northwestern University
- University of Illinois
- Purdue University
- Illinois State University
- Bradley University
- Northern Illinois University
- North Park University (Chicago)
In addition to providing ongoing collaboration with these student groups, the Academics Committee provides key events hosted by CoP member organizations providing them with real world examples to see Lean in action at facilities and projects providing them with insights they can take with them as they complete their education and enter into the industry. This sets the foundation to lead to employment within member organizations and creating the excitement around volunteering for leadership and committee roles within the CoP. This is key to sustaining the CoP as well as supporting industry change through engaging the next generation.
The Academics Committee also oversees the annual scholarship award process and because of the extraordinary support of the CoP’s Annual Golf Outing, which helps to fund the scholarships, the CoP was able to award four Bob Krier Scholarships and one Tim Vander Molen scholarship of $2,500 each. We were thrilled to have the 2023 recipients in attendance to acknowledge their success! Congratulations and best wishes are extended our winners:
- Kate Benhart, Purdue University, majoring in Construction Management Technology
- Filip Kopec, Northern Illinois University, majoring in Mechanical Engineering
- German Laiton, Illinois Institute of Technology, majoring in Civil Engineering
- Akheel Abbas Sharifali, Illinois Institute of Technology, majoring in Construction Engineering and Management
- Kayla Shen, Northwestern University, majoring in Environmental Engineering
Concluding the evening was the presentation of the 2024 Bob Krier award to Timothy Vander Molen (Ret.), Integrated Facilities Solutions. At Tim’s leadership and direction, along with his emphasis on lifelong learning, IFS has developed proven processes to improve team collaboration, provide positive project controls and enhanced communication. Based on the principles of Lean project management, the IFS Way has been proven in practice for more than 20 years.
Congratulations to the entire Chicago CoP for this annual celebration of all that embodies LCI’s mission!
Pictured: Chicago CoP Founders Mark Skender, Leon LaJeunesse, Dr. Cindy Menches, Afshan Barshan, and Robert Pratt, along with the family of Bob Krier
Pictured: Mark Lomeda (left) and John Zachara (right) with 2024 Bob Krier Award recipient, Tim Vander Molen
May Webinars
May 17, 2024
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Last Planner System® in Design
May 30, 2024
11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET
Principles of Target Value Delivery (TVD)
June 6, 2024
11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET
Optimizing Lean with AI and Performance-Driven Techniques
Help us recognize design excellence!
Nominate a project team for the LCI Design and LCI Engineering Design awards. These awards recognize outstanding design projects that exemplify collaborative Lean project delivery. The purpose of the awards is to recognize architects, designers and engineers who are helping move the industry forward by leveraging Lean and elevating the built environment.
Do you know of a project that is deserving of this accolade? If so, fill out the entry form by June 27th. Winners will be announced at the 2024 LCI Congress in San Diego, California. Don’t miss this opportunity – nominate a project team today! Review criteria for each award here.
Contact Joan Piccariello with any questions on the submission process.
Congress Program Sneak Peek Series—Registration Opens in June!
In our next Congress program sneak peek, we’re featuring our third track: Harmonizing The Voyage: Optimizing The Whole Project.
This track concentrates on holistic project optimization, addressing how to integrate and synergize all project phases, levels, and partners. Sessions will showcase how fostering a mutual respect culture leads to more effective team dynamics, innovative problem-solving, and a more engaged workforce.
Specific content will span explorations of methods and tools to maintain project-wide focus on optimizing the whole; best practices for developing a Lean mindset across all stakeholders; how to instill a culture of continuous improvement across the entire project; practices to establish and sustain a healthy team dynamic that respects all people while simultaneously challenging ideas and the status quo; and more!
Save the date for the 2024 LCI Congress, October 22-25, in San Diego, California.
Questions on the program? Contact Joan Piccariello.
Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting? Contact Ilene Goldberg.
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Conditions of Satisfaction are an explicit description by a customer of all the actual requirements that must be satisfied by the performer in order for the customer to feel that he or she received exactly what was wanted. In design and construction, the “customer” is the owner of the project.
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