Workshop Day & Gemba Walk
2 July 2024
We extend a warm and inviting welcome to you for the much-anticipated IGLC Workshop Day on Tuesday 2nd July 2024, where professionals will gather to discuss the best practices and challenges encountered in local and international projects. This day is dedicated to fostering open dialogue and sharing insights that can drive positive change within the construction industry.
We are delighted to announce that our line-up of keynote speakers and panellists has been thoughtfully curated, ensuring a wealth of experience and knowledge in the realm of lean project delivery, both locally and internationally. Their expertise will provide valuable perspectives that can inspire and guide attendees on their own lean construction journeys.
Throughout the day, you will have the privilege of immersing yourself in the latest developments, emerging trends, innovative strategies, and progressive policies that are shaping the landscape of lean project delivery. This knowledge will empower you to stay at the forefront of industry advancements and equip you with valuable tools to address the challenges you may encounter.
At the heart of the event lies the desire to make networking and relationship-building effortless. We believe that by creating a welcoming atmosphere, attendees can easily connect with like-minded professionals, forging new partnerships, and strengthening existing ones. The power of shared experiences and collective wisdom will inspire fresh ideas, fuel innovation, and accelerate progress.
We wholeheartedly invite you to be a part of this transformative experience. Join us at the IGLC Workshop Day and immerse yourself in a community of industry leaders, decision-makers, and passionate individuals who share your commitment to lean project delivery.
Together, we can shape the future of the construction industry, embracing the latest trends, strategies, and policies, and collectively working towards a more efficient and sustainable future.
Workshop Day Programme
| Workshops | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | Stream 1 - Lean Concepts Venue: WG Building level 8, rooms WG802-803 |
Stream 2 - Learning through play Venue: WG Building level 7, rooms WG701-702 |
Stream 3 - Project Production Venue: WG Building level 3, room WG308 |
| 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 0 hr, 30 min | Tea and Coffee | ||
| 8:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 2 hr, 00 min | Lean Thinking, Lean-in-the-Public-Sector, and Target Value Design (Host: Amr Abdel-Azim and Dr Zofia Rybkowski) | Bridge Building Exercise (Host: Dr Matt Stevens) | Lean Basics* (Host: Robert Hales and Paul Ebbs) |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | 0 hr, 30 min | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM | 1 hr, 30 min | Lean Thinking, Lean-in-the-Public-Sector, and Target Value Design (continued) (Host: Amr Abdel-Azim and Dr Zofia Rybkowski) | Choosing By Advantages (Host: Dr Annett Schöttle and Dr Paz Arroyo) | Last Planner System (Part 1 of 2)* (Host: Paul Ebbs and Robert Hales) |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | 1 hr, 00 min | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 1 hr, 30 min | Automate to Elevate: The impact of automation in lookahead planning through a simulation (Host: Dr Mohammed Abdelmeguid, Dr. Yang Zou, and Ajay Kumar Agrawal) | Last Planner System (Part 2 of 2)* (Host: Paul Ebbs and Robert Hales) | |
| Start | End | Duration | Gemba Walks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:30 PM | 4:00 PM | 2 hr, 30 min | D&H Steel (Host: Dr Mani Poshdar) |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 2 hr, 00 min | Auckland City Hospital Central Plant and Tunnel Project (Host: Phil Hendy) |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 2 hr, 00 min | Eastern Busway/AUT structural lab (Eastern busway Host: Andrew Mandile) (AUT lab host: Dr Mani Poshdar) |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 2 hr, 00 min | Kāinga ora Site Visit Auckland Office - Housing Delivery system (visual planning, six sigma, VSM) (Host: Robert Hales) |
Note: * training sessions to be delivered as part of LCANZ Lean Capability Training Program
Workshop Details
Lean Basics - Building Blocks of Lean Construction,
Hosted by Paul Ebbs - WSP (UK), and Robert Hales -Beca (NZ)
Workshop description
Are you new to Lean Construction and want to know where to start?
Do you have some experience of applying Lean to construction but are frustrated by a lack of progress or people’s response?
Join this workshop and learn how to build Lean capabilities on a foundation of values and principles in a way that is appropriate for your environment.
Workshop objectives
An understanding of Lean Construction Values and Principles and the ability to establish a basic set of tools and techniques that can deliver significant value in any project.
Understanding that stability (resulting from long-term programmes of work and/or an organisational commitment to building lean capability) is required to successfully embed more advanced Lean systems and that capability development should be an appropriate response to the environment.
Awareness of the novel “Building Blocks of Lean Construction” model that can be used to guide the development of Lean Capabilities in a way that is appropriate for the project/programme / organisation-al environment.
Topics covered
An understanding of how continuous improvement relates to the whole value stream and awareness of the systems thinking that can be applied to deliver more value with less waste.
An understanding of what the value of “Respect for people” means in the context of Lean Construction and how this differs from behaviours often seen in construction.
Awareness that Lean values, principles and tools can be applied by anyone in any context.
An appreciation of how Stability and Levelling enable the sustainable development of Lean Construction Capabilities
An introduction to the Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) and its relevance to learning and capability development.
The 5 Pillars of Lean Construction
Building Blocks of the Lean Construction Model
Introduction to ISO18404 as a framework for developing an appropriate organisational environment for the development of Lean construction capabilities.
Workshop Details
Lean Thinking, Lean-in-the-Public-Sector, and Target Value Design,
Hosted by Amr Abdel-Azim and Dr. Zofia Rybkowski
Workshop description
Do you find that delivering public projects on budget, on time, and at a desired quality can be challenging? Some think that lean principles and practices, such as Target Value Design (TVD), cannot be applied to public sector projects—but they can! Target Value Design mobilizes Lean principles and has been shown to improve time, cost, quality, safety, and stakeholder morale while reducing first cost by as much as 15-20%. TVD has been applied to publicly and privately financed projects alike.
Lean Construction is solidly built on timeless and well-tested principles. This workshop will give participants a foundational understanding of how Lean is being applied to public and private sector projects. It will then give an overview of the history of productivity principles and their application to construction. Participants will “experience” Lean’s Target Value Design by playing the TVD simulation and then learn how TVD has been successfully applied to actual projects.
Get ready for a lively, interactive workshop.
Workshop objectives
Participants will develop a basic understanding of:
Introduction of Lean in Public Sector Projects
Historical development of Lean
Foundational Lean principles and practices
Lean’s Target Value Design principles and their application to actual projects
A simple “aha moment” Lean simulation that facilitators can play with stakeholders at the start of a TVD project
Topics covered
Lean challenges and opportunities in public projects
The history of Lean development in manufacturing and its leap into construction.
Liker’s “House of Lean”
Why TVD
Target Value Design Framework
The critical phase of project Definition
Go-No-Go
The MacLeamy Curve
Big Room meetings
Integrated Project Delivery
Pain-Sharing / Gain-Sharing
A3s
Choosing by Advantages
Pulse Reports
Workshop Details
Bridge-Building Exercise,
Hosted by Dr Matt Stevens - Western Sydney University
Workshop description
The session aims to raise awareness and be a prompt for action. Everyone has learned from someone else. Careful study and analysis have uncovered several construction industry trends and the connection between tendering, planning, site productivity and office support.
As an average project contract amount is the same as a small business's revenue, a site supervisor must act more like he or she has total profit and loss responsibility.
Our seminar will highlight effective focuses, processes, and tools to improve project productivity and schedule adherence.
Workshop Objectives
• Organising your company for better execution
• Setting the culture for focus on multifactor productivity improvement
• Attendees will know the Best Practices, regardless of contractor type
• What tactics to ensure a more orderly and steadier project
• Know that the end of the project is the beginning of the next
Topics covered
Section 1: Where is the Opportunity? Nature of the Industry, Changes in Industry, Controllable vs. Uncontrollable, Choices
Section 2: Bridge Building Lab: A Real-World Exercise, Bridge Building Exercise, Bidding Stage, Building Stage, Financial Stage, Assessment of Efficiencies and Inefficiencies
Section 3: Measurement Makes Improvement Happen, Why is measurement important? Upstream vs. Downstream, measurement, Behavior vs. Results
Section 4: Summary, Where to Start? Conclusion
Workshop Details
Automate to Elevate,
Hosted by Dr Mohammed Abdelmegid - Leeds University, Dr Yang Zou - University of Auckland, and Ajay Kumar Agrawal - University of Auckland
Workshop description:
The development of schedules free from constraints (the prerequisites for the work to be completed without interruption) is crucial for the reliability of workflow in construction sites. To this end, the lookahead planning stage in the last planner system plays an important role. It involves the identification of the constraints and preparing the schedules based on the status of constraints. However, due to the dynamicity and complexity of the construction projects, this process becomes tedious and error-prone, and the changes in site conditions are not adequately accounted for. To this end, this workshop intends to provide an experiential learning environment for construction practitioners about the challenges faced in the constraint management stage and the potential of automation to support it. The workshop will involve a unique mix of theoretical foundations and hands-on learning. The participants will be provided theoretical underpinnings about the concepts, such as the Last Planner System, lookahead planning, and the technologies for the automation of constraint management. The hands-on learning will be provided through a simulation game, which will simulate the lookahead planning at different stages of a hypothetical construction project. Then, the participants will be engaged in a focus group discussion facilitated by the course moderators, where participants will discuss their experience of the simulation game and how automation of constraint management could potentially benefit this stage.
Workshop Objectives
• Understand the Last Planner System, lookahead Planning, and Constraint Management
• Apply constraint management to a hypothetical construction project using a simulation game
• Discuss the challenges faced in the constraint management stage and the potential of automation to support it
Topics covered
• Section 1: Conceptual introduction about the Last Planner System, lookahead planning, constraint management, and technologies used for automation
• Section 2: Lookahead planning simulation game introduction and explanation
• Section 3: Lookahead planning simulation game in which the participants will construct a hypothetical structure using LegoTM blocks.
• Section 4: The participants are formed into focus groups facilitated by the moderators to discuss their experience of the constraint management process in the simulation game. They talk about the challenges faced in the process. There will be further discussion about the practical feasibility and requirements of incorporating automation in constraint management and its potential benefits.
Workshop Details
Choosing By Advantage,
Hosted by Dr Annett Schöttle - Independent Consultant, and Dr Paz Arroyo - DPR
Workshop description: Choosing By Advantages (CBA) is a powerful system to make collaborative decisions for design and construction that aligns with lean thinking.
Project teams have to make many decisions; waiting for the owner or architect to make them in isolation is not a wise strategy. Teams that systematically use CBA in a collaborative fashion significantly decrease negative design iterations, save time and money for the owner, and reduce team frustration. CBA helps teams align on what is relevant, understand why decisions were made on a project, and find innovative design and construction solutions.
This workshop will provide the basis for CBA. Through exercises, we will discuss best practices to manage the decision-making process.
Workshop objectives:
Understand the importance of decision-making methods.
Learn the basics of CBA.
Understand the difference between CBA and other decision-making methods.
Create a transparent rationale for group decisions.
Workshop Details
Introduction to the Last Planner® System,
& IRMA 360 (Integrated Risk Management Approach)
Hosted by Paul Ebbs - WSP (UK), and Robert Hales -Beca (NZ)
Workshop description
Are you new to the Last Planner System and want to know where to start?
Do you have some experience implementing the Last Planner System but are frustrated by its inability to sustain all its elements?
Join this workshop and learn how the Last Planner System works in practice and how the 8 Pre-Requisite Flows of Lean Project Production are being used to integrate risk management into the Last Planner System to expand and improve the make-ready planning process
Workshop objectives
Understanding of Last Planner Theory, Principles, Tools, and Techniques from a ‘Might, Should, Can, Will, Did, Learn’ IRMA 3600 (Integrated Risk Management Approach) lens. IRMA 3600 is a collaborative approach to risk management that uses the 8 Flows to trigger conversations and action within the framework of the Last Planner System.
Understanding of the softer skills required to embed the ‘full’ Last Planner System on your projects.
Understand how to make a reliable promise.
Awareness of some of the background and latest action research that is helping advance the Last Planner System.
Awareness of the development and use of IRMA 3600 on projects.
Topics covered
Module 1: Icebreaker, Intro, Overview & Traditional Planning Simulation
Module 2: Flow Walk
Module 3: Milestone & Phase Pull Planning
Break
Module 4: Practical examples of Flow Walk, Pull Planning, Make-Ready, Reliable Promising & Daily Huddle
Module 5: Direct Work Observations to Identify Value Add, Support Activity & Waste
Module 6: Lean Planning Simulation
Module 7: Learning & Action
Module 8: Takeaways & Plus Deltas
Site Visits and Gemba Walks
A Gemba Walk is a workplace walkthrough which aims to observe employees, ask about their tasks, and identify productivity gains.
#1
Site Venue: Auckland City Hospital Central Plant and Tunnel Project
Overview: A $250 million initiative that includes the construction of a new five-story central plant building and a 240-meter-long services tunnel aimed at enhancing connectivity and utility management across the hospital campus. Visitors will be able to walk through the tunnel and get an appreciation of the complexities and how the team are using technologies to help manage it.
Personal Protective Equipment Required: Limited available. Please bring your own safety boots if possible.
#2
Site Venue: D&H Steel Factory
Overview: For nearly 50 years, D&H Steel has been a leader in the steel industry in NZ, pioneering innovations such as welded beams and on-the-ground erection techniques. They were the first company to receive AS/NZS3834 accreditation and Steel Fabrication Certification (SFC).
Personal Protective Equipment Required: Yes.
#3
Site Venue: AUT Structural Lab/Eastern Busway Six Sigma showcase
Overview: AUT Structural Lab is the home to one of Australasia's largest earthquake testing facilities. Eastern Busway, also known as AMETI, is Auckland's first urban busway, currently under construction in the southeastern suburbs of Panmure, Pakuranga, and Botany, and is aimed at improving public transportation infrastructure. Eastern Busway project will exhibit its A3s (in A0 posters) at the conference. A number of Green Belts will attend the exhibit to help explain the Posters
Personal Protective Equipment Required: No; however, closed-toe footwear is necessary.
#4
Site Venue: Kāinga Ora’s Housing Delivery System (79 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket)
Overview: Kāinga Ora’s Housing Delivery System (HDS) is a new way of planning and building houses to deliver quality homes for whānau faster and at a lower cost. The specially designed Management Operating System (MOS) tracks daily planned underutilisation and unplanned utilisation by minute and hour. Daily team stand-up meetings review variances to identify causes, solutions and opportunities. The HDS is a “first of its kind” with other countries indicating interest in adopting this approach. The System involves teams of cross-functional ‘Mini Business Units’ who plan and design public homes; it brings together housing delivery disciplines from both the private and public sectors. Expect to see visual work galleries, cross-functional teams and various agile approaches.
Personal Protective Equipment Required: Nil.
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Location
AUT - Sir Paul Reeves Building - WG Building;
Room Number: WG308, WG701-702, WG802-803
WG Building 2 Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010