FREE shuttle pickup at the Union City BART station at 5:30pm

(Return shuttle directly after close of meeting)

**If Interested please RSVP at: nor-cal-support@leanconstruction.org

Program Title:     

Process Mapping Design & Construction for Multi-discipline Teams

A Facilitated Hands-On Learning Session    

Panelists:               

  Digby Christian, Owner's Rep/Project Mgr, Sutter Health

   Ralph Eslick, Project Manager, DPR Construction

  Samir Emdanat, VP Virtual Design & Construction, Ghafari

   Josh Bronitsky, Project Engineer, DPR Construction

  Josh Odelson, Project Engineer, DPR Construction

  Mike Pearson, Project Engineer, DPR Construction

     Panos Lampsas, Owner's Rep/Project Manager, MPSCM

    Matthew Jogan, BIM Integration Manager, Ghafari   

Abstract:

Facilitators from the Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley project will be working with you in small groups on a typical design/construction problem, and in so doing pass on to you what they have learned about how to get a multi-discipline team to successfully plan their decisions and their work together.         (See more detailed information below)

Date and Time:      Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from 6-9pm

Registration / Cancellation Deadline: Friday, March 5th, by 5:00PM. There will be no refunds after this time. Each person must register and pay to attend the meeting and dinner. Please help us save time, expense, and avoid people showing up at the last minute… plan ahead and register early! We cannot keep costs reasonable and caterers cannot plan their food without sufficient notice.

Late Registration Deadline: Monday, March 8th by 12:00noon. Available after closing of regular registration.

Last Minute Registration: Available after closing of late registration. Completed registrations are still subject to availability.

Value-Added Proposition (i.e., how it benefits attendees)  

Attendees will learn that one of the keys to project success is a well facilitated conversation about what we are going to do and why. And in actually experiencing such a conversation, realize it’s a far from trivial endeavor to move from realizing it’s a good idea, to actually completing such a conversation.  Be exposed to some of the skills to facilitate such a conversation.

Details:

There's not a lot of guidance in print on how to have a multi-discipline team work together to collectively determine how they are going to sequence decisions and their work to create a successful outcome.  However, individual project teams are starting to figure out how to do it successfully. One such team is working on the design and construction of a new $320Million, 230,000 square foot hospital in Castro Valley for Sutter Health.  They completed the 100% CD Structural Package in 8 months, obtained the construction permit 7 months after that, got steel on site 7 months after that, and during that period met 28 other OSHPD deadlines for the delivery of the various minor and major design packages.                                                                                                                         

A subset of that project team, that have through a combination of their own diligence and sheer repetition become facilitators of such planning teams, will be working with you in groups to pass on as much of the knowledge they have gained as possible on how to get a team to map out it's processes in a focused and valuable manner.  

With the guidance of the your facilitator, you will work with a group of your fellow attendees on a typical design and/or construction problem and experience in as first-hand a way as possible what it's like to work in this manner. The goal is for you to realize why working like this is so essential, and why it's so tough, and learn enough about how to do it that you can go back to your own projects and start similar tough but essential conversations.

 Note to First Time Attendees and Others New to Lean Construction:

Please review a glossary of terms and other introductory readings before attending the meeting by visiting http://www.leanconstruction.org 

Agenda:
1) Introductions: Welcome to LCI – NorCal Chapter
2) Salad Chat: Topic to be presented at meeting
3) Introductions and Share Salad Chat Highlights: A "lightning round" report-out of your table’s lessons observations
4) Featured Program
5) Key Takeaways:  A “lightning round” to share your key takeaways about the program.
6) Questions: A “lightning round” to ask questions about the featured program.  Presenter to Respond.
7) Next meeting overview
8) Training opportunities – Coming events
9) Plus / Delta: Feedback to improve each meeting.

Next Meeting:    Wednesday, April 14, 2010**

**This is the first meeting of the quarter, our Bay Area and Central Valley Branches will be joined together at Rancho Solano in Fairfield**

Registration Assistance:  nor-cal-support@leanconstruction.org

**Special Registration Discounts: If you are not an LCI Member, you may sign up today at the LCI Member rate for this event if you purchase a one-year individual membership for $200. Go to: http://lci-individual-membership.eventbrite.com to read about the benefits and sign up today. Then, enter the words "New Member" when prompted for your “individual membership number” while signing up for this event at the LCI Member rate. Thanks!

Individual LCI Members may bring one guest to each LCI event at the Member Rate. Corporate LCI Members may bring any guest at the LCI Member Rate, including employees, clients, trade partners, etc. Need help looking up your individual membership number? Please contact nor-cal-support@leanconstruction.org