Conference Day Two | Thursday, December 11

8:00 am Registration & Networking

8:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Maintaining Commitment to Project Goals

9:00 am Setting Expectations Across Project Partners to Define What Culture & Collaboration Will Look Like

  • Mike Doiel Senior Vice President, HDR Engineering, Inc.

Synopsis

  • Ensuring an effective kick off meeting to align all partners behind project goals and criteria for success from day one
  • Working through a robust teaming phase to establish strong bonds and understanding between individuals: What can we take from IPD best practices to recreate similar success across other delivery models?
  • Finding ways to mimic similar standards collaboration with third party consultants and authorities on the project who may not have been selected as part of the core stakeholder group

9:40 am How Can I Facilitate More Effective Meetings Between Key Stakeholders?

Synopsis

  • Setting clear agendas and objectives ahead of time to ensure all attendees understand the purpose of the meeting and can prepare accordingly
  • Establishing ground rules for communication and decision-making to ensure all voices are heard and discussions stay productive
  • Creating a follow-up process to track action items and guarantee decisions made in the meeting are implemented effectively and on time

10:20 am Maintaining a Collaborative Team Culture Throughout Project Lifecycle to Preserve Commitment to Project Success

Synopsis

  • Setting regular check-ins to guarantee expectations set on day one are maintained: How can you effectively conduct a culture audit?
  • Understanding respective project partners methods and motivations to continually optimize your approach for differing perspectives and skillsets
  • Supporting teams to work through conflict in a positive manner, and prevent ‘old habits’ from creeping back in

11:00 am Morning Refreshments & Networking

Driving Cost Efficiency

11:30 am Audience Discussion: Unlocking the Full Benefit of Collaborative Delivery Models to Better Manage Supply Chain Uncertainty

Synopsis

  • Assessing the opportunities open to collaborative teams to harness specialist knowledge and identify potential supply chain bottlenecks earlier
  • Ensuring alignment of clients to reworked procurement timelines to secure long-lead items ahead of tariff and lead-time spikes
  • Harnessing collective storage and buying capacity to drive optimal prices with manufacturers

12:10 pm Case Study: Establishing Iterative Workflows to Help Manage Costs & Stay Alive to Real-Time Shifts in the Operating Environment

  • Stan Chiu Director of Integrated Project Delivery, HDR Engineering

Synopsis

  • Ensuring all partners understand and buy into an iterative workflow: What are the common barriers and how did we get everyone on the same page?
  • Revealing the structure we used to enable iterative design and estimating throughout the project
  • Harnessing BIM as the basis of iterative workflows to guide decision making and translate decisions made effectively to the field

12:50 pm Networking Lunch

Examining The Collaborative Landscape For Opportunity To Innovate

1:50 pm Audience Discussion: Evaluating the Appetite For & Success of Collaborative Delivery Models Across Different Industries & Project Types to Establish a Roadmap for Expansion

Synopsis

  • Evaluating the characteristics for success for IPD, Design-Build and CMaR projects to help identify why there is varying uptake across various markets and project types to date
  • Discussing the sectors that remain untapped but could offer huge potential for collaborative models and how the industry can come together to support wider adoption
  • Reviewing how you can best support cross-pollination of expertise through resourcing decisions and support the success of first-time clients to alternative delivery models

2:30 pm Panel Discussion: Maximizing Collaboration Within Non-Collaborative Project Delivery Models to Elicit the Benefits Across Your Entire Portfolio

  • Mark Walsh Global Director of Technical Design, Perkins & Will
  • Stan Chiu Director of Integrated Project Delivery, HDR Engineering

Synopsis

  • Breaking traditional mindsets to turn defensive behaviors into more open understanding across the project team
  • Working with company leadership to reinforce the right behaviors despite lack of contractual obligation
  • Building templates and standardized approaches for your business that can benefit all project types, regardless of contract, and ensure lean project delivery becomes the norm

3:10 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

3:20 pm End of Conference