Learn by Doing from Those Who Do

Why attend LCI Congress?

As an owner, you drive the industry demand by promoting Lean projects and supporting designers and trade partners in their productivity, development and execution. By attending LCI Congress, you will meet other successful owners who have embraced Lean design and construction and gain a broader insight from their perspectives on the process. Join peers from across the industry and gather ideas you can implement to take your next project to a new level of collaboration.

See the scrolling list of owner companies represented at last year’s LCI Congress! (Click here to download a pdf list)

Why attend LCI Congress?

Architects and designers can holistically transform the culture of the industry by being engaged throughout the entire project. At LCI Congress, you will hear other Lean in design practitioners enforce the message that Lean isn’t just about cross-cutting velocity – it‘s about enhancing projects and ensuring on-time delivery without compromising value to the owner. As a member of the design community, you will leave LCI Congress with the latest Lean and integrated project planning tools and techniques needed to achieve design excellence and guide your team with sound decision-making methods.

See the scrolling list of architect, designers and engineering companies represented at last year’s LCI Congress! (Click here to download a pdf list)

Why attend LCI Congress?

General contractors who cultivate a collaborative team culture with owners, designers and trade partners at the onset of the project experience more frequent on-time, on-budget delivery. At LCI Congress, you will hear honest, transparent stories of success and failures from other project team members to help you start or advance your Lean culture transformation. Bring back valuable takeaways you can apply in the field to eliminate waste, create reliable flow and improve safety.

See the scrolling list of general contractor companies represented at last year’s LCI Congress! (Click here to download a pdf list)

Why attend LCI Congress?

Trade partners and all Lean stakeholders play a key role in universally changing the culture of the industry. You have the power to encourage collaboration and place a priority on a Lean culture of continuous improvement within your project team or across your entire organization. Attending LCI Congress will equip you with realistic ideas and goals to apply in the field that will immediately promote safer, more efficient and more enjoyable work environments.

See the scrolling list of trade partner companies represented at last year’s LCI Congress! (Click here to download a pdf list)

Why attend LCI Congress?

As a Lean professional, you and your high-performing teams know that the more collaboration there is within the Lean community, the more effective each moving part can be. During LCI Congress, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with other professionals from all facets of the Lean design and construction community and expand your network, ensuring inspiration across the board. Learn from Lean thought-leaders and walk away with ideas you can begin implementing immediately.

See the scrolling list of Lean professional companies represented at last year’s LCI Congress! (Click here to download a pdf list)

For a deep-dive into Lean topics specific to your role, participate in 2-hour courses on Monday during the learning day sessions. These virtual sessions are great opportunities to interact with instructors and other attendees through a live chat where attendees are able to ask content related questions and participate in small group breakout discussions. Attendees can reference the track and experience level of each learning day session to choose accordingly.

The LCI Research Committee is offering three 90 minutes sessions on Tuesday to hear about and contribute to three of their initiatives.

Updating and Expanding the Last Planner System®
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
This LCI-funded research presents preliminary results seeking to extend the functions the Last Planner System® is designed to support, plus improve the performance of current functions in these areas: project master planning, phase planning, learning from breakdowns, metrics development, and LPS in design.

Defining a Lean Deployment Planner Procedure
10:30 a.m. – Noon
This LCI-funded research project is designed to help project teams define a consistent approach toward planning the integration of Lean principles into delivery processes. A structured process for Lean deployment planning.

Validation: A Structured Approach for the Owner to Validate their Business Case Description
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Lessons learned and implementation guide to project validation.

Validation is a critical step in the early phase of a project. This research seeks to develop a practical implementation guide, along with sharing lessons learned from leading organizations that are practicing effective validation.

You can select these sessions when you register for Congress.  If you have already registered and would like to add one of these sessions, please email Julia Shellhouse [email protected] and she will add to your registration.

This year’s general session includes breakout presentations, keynote speakers, live labs, virtual Gemba tours and networking opportunities. The core program includes 4 different tracks catering to Lean experience levels ranging from fundamental to experienced. There is something for everyone no matter where you are in your Lean journey at the 2021 Congress!

Take advantage of your networking breaks built into the schedule to connect with other industry professionals.

Friday, Oct. 22

Be sure to add a virtual Gemba walk into your schedule on Friday, October 22nd. This is a great opportunity to see some Lean concepts discussed during the week put into action on a real project.

This year’s virtual program has so many networking opportunities built into the schedule including a virtual happy hour, 1-on-1 chat capability with other attendees, virtual exhibit hall and interactive live chats in every session.

Take advantage of being able to connect virtually with your industry peers who share the same passion for continuous improvement!