Lean and Integrated Project Delivery

Lean IPD or AWP? Choosing Results Beyond Methodologies

Many organizations are making the decision to invest in Lean Integrated Project Delivery (Lean IPD) and/or Advanced Work Packaging (AWP), but you don’t have to choose between the two. In this webinar Kelcey Henderson, President of Continuum Advisory Group, Clark Ellis, Principal of Continuum Advisory Group, and Olfa Hamdi, CEO of Concord Project Technologies, Inc. compare and contrast these popular project planning and delivery methodologies.
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Introduction to Continuum Advisory Group’s Lean/ITP Series

Two of Continuum Advisory Group’s Senior Consultants, Nate Scott and Kelcey Henderson, just returned from an 11 day trip to India.  Outside of it being a wild, unique adventure for both, full of many cows and heart-pounding traffic experiences, there was excellent progress made with one of Continuum Advisory Group’s global, multi-billion dollar clients. The challenge for Nate and Kelcey? Introduce Continuum Advisory Group’s proprietary Integrated Team Performance (ITP) processing addition to various Lean tactics, to a multicultural Indian-based construction team responsible for the construction of a large manufacturing facility.

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How Lean Construction Principles Create Efficiencies and Cost Savings

The construction business is not always one for subtlety.

When you’re building something huge – say a factory – brute force can seem like an effective way to power through the complexities of workforce coordination, materials management and other hurdles. And sometimes it works… but at a cost.

A big one, as it turns out. In fact, researchers have estimated that anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of construction resources are wasted on each project. Those resources range from tangible materials to abstracts like labor and morale.

Lean construction philosophy is focused on closing that gap. It challenges the notion that speed and quality are disparate ideas. It is the belief that you can reduce waste and increase productivity, safety performance and project value through advance planning, strategic thinking, proactive management, communication and artful leadership.

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