Construction 3.0 - A New Strategy for the Construction Industry. How to Increase Productivity by Using the Principles of Lean Construction.
AIA Reports that the construction industry is the only significant U.S. industry that hasn't increased productivity during the last several decades. Profit margins have declined for decades. While there are some companies that have bucked the trends, it appears that none of the industry stakeholders prospered during the last few decades. Clearly a different strategy is required. Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over and expecting to get different results."
Topic 2: The Construction Industry Needs a New Strategy
Turning around the nation's second largest industry is not a simple task, it's one that must be done. For a true transformation to occur the changes must happen at three levels: the industry, the company, and the project. This is critical because all three levels are interwoven and dependant on each other. While each level requires different actions they all require increased collaboration, communication, respect, innovation, and the desire to maximize the value for all stakeholders.
Topic 3: Obstacles to Change and Why Lean Philosophy Is the Answer to That Challenge
The combination of the lack of a sense of urgency and a company's culture are the two biggest obstacles to true transformational change. The problem is that when companies don't understand this they want to quickly start changing the processes by introducing new methods. They then wonder why the transformation is a total failure.
Topic 4: It's Essential to Gain Early Victories in Order to Create Lasting Momentum
One of the largest challenges with any transformation is getting buy-in from all the participants and then being able to maintain their commitment. Like any major change there will be bumps in the road and often extra work.
Topic 5: Discussion - What Have We Learned So Far
The discussion will focus on the obstacles they have experienced, how they worked around those obstacles, and the benefits they have already experienced.
Topic 6: A Wrap Up of the Program
This highly interactive 6-hour program is not only designed to generate the necessary sense of urgency to implement lean, but it is designed to get you started on this journey.
Learning Objectives:
* Learn why the industry needs to change the way it does business
* Learn why the industry needs to form a new strategy
* Learn the obstacles to major transformation that usually derail the initiative
* Learn why the lean philosophy is the answer to that challenge
* Learn how to get started in implementing lean
* Learn some practical steps that you start to use immediately to improve performance
* Learn some of the challenges others have encountered in implementing lean in their company
* Learn how contractors using lean practices have used the lean principles to improve their operations
* Learn some valuable resources in moving forward
Who Should Attend:
Lean construction is a total team process to be implemented into your company's culture.
* Executive Management Team
* Accounting/Finance Managers
* Project Managers
* Field Superintendents
Ted Garrison
New Construction Stategies
Meet Ted Garrison:
For over 25 years Ted worked in the construction and real estate industries. In addition to his civil engineering degree, he has practical experience since he has worked in framing crews, trim crews, and survey crews. But most of his time has been spent in executive positions during the development and construction of almost a billion dollars worth of construction consisting of hotels, office buildings, office parks, storage facilities and public buildings. Recently, he was the Director of Construction on the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Pennsylvania’s largest non-highway public works project in history. Therefore, construction speaker Ted Garrison brings real life experience to the platform in his 100 plus seminars and talks per year and his consulting work.
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