Early Registration / Cancellation Deadline: Friday, May 7, 2010. 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, May 9th by 12:00noon. Available after closing of regular registration.

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

·         Introduction to values and value criteria.

·         Learn about the importance of aligning values when planning the formation of a project team.

·         Receive examples of how values alignment has been utilized in practice.

·         Learn about how project stakeholders define value criteria and explore how trade-off’s are

      dealt with as part of the decision making process.

·         Understand how customer-defined value should inform the act of design.

·         Learn about the tension between design and construction – explore the process.

·         Learn how the management of complex design processes can drive negative behavior

      within the team.

·         Learn ways to derive an holistic view of design and construction.

 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, June 9, 2010,

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

Crowne Plaza
32083 Alvarado Niles Rd.
Union City, 94587

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)

LCI Nor Cal Community of Practice

The Lean Construction Institute (LCI), a non-profit research organization, was founded in August 1997. LCI's purpose is to develop and disseminate new knowledge regarding the management of work in design, engineering and construction for capital facilities. LCI has developed the Lean Project Delivery System© (LPDS), and the Last Planner® System of production control. Lean Construction is a production management-based approach to project delivery - a new way to design and build capital facilities. Lean production management has caused a revolution in manufacturing design, supply and assembly. Applied to construction, Lean changes the way work is done throughout the delivery process. Lean Construction extends from the objectives of a lean production system - maximize value and minimize waste - to specific techniques and applies them in a new project delivery process extending from project definition through design, supply and assembly.

The Northern California Community of Practice (CoP) of LCI  provides local lean support to owners, architects and designers, engineers, contractors, specialty contractors, and suppliers.  We invite owners and project delivery team members to meet together as a Community of Practice to learn, share, and develop a lean community in Northern California. As a regional forum for conversations among practitioners, the CoP will help create a new common sense for the AEC industry as LCI continues to build knowledge in design and construction.

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