Lean Construction Institute

Wisconsin Community of Practice (CoP)

presents

Introduction to Lean Construction and Last Planner Implementation

Speakers:

Will Lichtig and Jeff Niesen of Boldt Construction, 

Jeff Kenley, Kyle Mainwaring and Tony Buss of CG Schmidt.

As the first CoP meeting of the Wisconsin CoP, we will be first presenting an Introduction to Lean Construction.  It is intended to provide a rudimentary understanding of the vocabulary, concepts and benefits of Lean.  The afternoon session of the meeting will be a presentation of how Last Planner is critical to changing behavior, improving productivity and eliminating waste, highlighting the successful implementation of the Last Planner System at the Monroe Clinic in Monroe, WI.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, March 1, 2010, from 10:00a.m. – 2:00p.m.

 Marquette University, Alumni Memorial Union Room #163

Registration / Cancellation Deadline: Sunday, February 27, 2011. There will be no refunds after this time. Each person must register and pay to attend the meeting and luncheon. Please help us save time, expense, and avoid people showing up at the last minute… plan ahead and register early!

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

Attendees will take home a better understanding and the basic concepts of Lean Construction and the benefits of implementing the Last Planner System We will also demonstrate how the Last Planner is different from traditional project coordination and how it is used to drive a change in behavior and some of the challenges to implementation.

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)  Introduction: Welcome to LCI – Wisconsin CoP
2)  Featured Program-1: Introduction to Lean Construction- Will Lichtig

3)  Questions and Answer

4)  Lunch

5)  LCI- Wisconsin CoP Goals and Objectives
6)  Featured Program 2.A Changing behavior, improving productivity and eliminating waste through the use of Last Planner.- Jeff Niesen
7)  Featured Program 2.B Last Planner Implementation at Monroe Clinic. - Jeff Kenley, Kyle Mainwaring and Tony Buss
8)  Open Discussion, Q/A with Last Planner Presenters
9)  Plus / Delta: Feedback to improve each meeting.

Registration Assistance:  lci-wisconsin@leanconstruction.org

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individual membership number? Please contact membership@leanconstruction.org