You have made it to the Request for Proposal (RFP). Congratulations! How can you and your team stand out from the crowd and demonstrate that your firm is the right choice when it comes to collaborative delivery? In this article, I am going to share 5 tips on how to …
Whether you are new to Lean IPD, are a seasoned practitioner who is regularly onboarding new members to large project teams, or simply want a refresher course to stay up-to-date with the lean principles, the new course Introduction to IPD is for you! After the success of IPD – An …
There is a conversation in the industry about the role of executive leadership in lean transformation. What is your opinion on this? If you ask ten people, you get probably ten different answers. What I found is that many of these opinions are spot on, however, they lead to different …
Lean Transformation: Is Your Leadership Team All In? READ MORE
Have you ever felt you did everything right on your construction project? You hired a design firm familiar with your campus and the project type. The general contractor joined the project early and did numerous constructability reviews. The design incorporates feedback from the construction team in the permitted documents. The …
Going with the Flow: The Secret behind Successful Construction Projects READ MORE
Throughout my career, there have been many things that have happened in a somewhat serendipitous fashion. Things have happened without being planned for and without intention yet contributed in significant ways to the lean momentum. In this post, I want to share a few things we did in a construction …
The construction industry is notoriously slow to change and productivity continues to decline. We see this firsthand, we read about it in trade publications and we talk about it at industry conferences. Embracing lean is one of the ways organizations choose to address this, but all too often they run …
Lean Transformation: Are you Talking about Apples or Oranges? READ MORE
SoFi Stadium is a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment destination in Inglewood, CA. It opened in September 2020 and is, with 3.1 million square feet, the largest and the first “indoor-outdoor” stadium in the NFL. It is also the home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams who …
Concert Enables Digital Project Delivery and Trusted Data Exchange for Lean Project Teams READ MORE
In Part I of this series Getting Decisions that Stick, we looked at the psychology of decisions and what information people need to make decisions. Part II describes ten techniques to help decision-makers make better-informed decisions, including the importance of identifying the decision-makers and making it clear to them which …
In Part I of this series Getting Decisions that Stick, we looked at the psychology of decisions and what information people need to make decisions. Part II describes ten techniques to help decision-makers make better-informed decisions, including the importance of identifying the decision-makers and making it clear to them which …
How to Get Durable Decisions (Getting Decisions that Stick Part III) READ MORE
“Soft Waste” in the construction supply chain is caused by bad communication, duplicate data entry, unclear responsibilities, or human error, is one of the eight forms of waste in lean manufacturing. Duplicate data entry was also one of the five pains identified in our 2019 report for ELECTRI International where …