Watch on Youtube. Progressive Design-Build (PDB) is an alternative project delivery method that has been gaining popularity in the construction industry. PDB is a variation of the Design-Build method where the owner hires a design-builder based primarily on qualifications, not price, and then collaboratively develops the project design and budget. Benefits: - Improved collaboration and communication - Increased flexibility and innovation - Better alignment of project goals among all parties - Progressive Design-Build aims to combine the benefits of design-build (single point of responsibilit ..read more

Both Bernita and Rebecca date their lean design and construction journey from 2008. Bernita at the legendary Texhoma Project and Rebeca at the California Prison Healthcare Receivership Program. Both had inklings before then. But they have both been masterful at continually improving the cycle of design and construction. So much so that each was recognized by being named Chair of the LCI Board. Watch episode on Youtube ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, is an architect turned tech entrepreneur who blends her design background with a passion for innovation. As an angel investor, startup advisor, and fractional COO, she helps drive growth for architecture firms, embracing new ways of practicing. Lee is the founder of Practice of Architecture and hosts the Practice Disrupted podcast with over 50,000 listeners globally. We think you’ll enjoy her insights on integrating technology, leadership development, and better business operations within the architecture practice. She is an advocate for architects to ad ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Victor Sanvido has been thinking about better project delivery since he worked in his family’s business in Cape Town.  He came to the States to study with many of the luminaries in production delivery at Stanford University and later taught many of the leading lights in the lean community at Penn State University.  Victor was thinking about more effective and more collaborative delivery models in the 1980s, more than a decade before the formation of IGLC and almost 2 decades before LCI.  He managed an ad hoc Owners forum from his office in Garden Grove, Califo ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Daniel H. Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into more than 40 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world. He lives in Washington, DC, with his family.  ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Glenn Ballard, Research Associate, P2SL - UCBerkeley began lecturing on productivity and quality improvement at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 and was named Research Director for the university’s Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL) in 2005. He co-founded the International Group of Lean Construction (IGLC) in 1993, the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) in 1997, the P2SL in 2005, and Lean in the Public Sector in 2007. Glenn is currently working on a TVD book that will be published soon ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Vince Chapman started his tenure at the University of Texas as a philosophy major.  He didn’t do well in his first accounting course, so like a never fail Longhorn would do, he decided to master that degree.  In the interim, he has become one of the best known auditors of IPD and other construction delivery contracts.  Join us as we explore the three major transparency questions in IPD:  overhead, hourly rates and profit ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Howard Ashcraft is the most recognized and most honoured currently practicing lawyer in the Lean Design and Construction Community.  He has been thinking about and drafting collaborative contracts (most usually IPD) since 2005.  Join us for a thoughtful chat on where he started, where he’s been and where he wants to go ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Luciana Burdi returned to Southern Italy after receiving her masters in Architecture from Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) in Venice, Italy.  She had developed a passion for using architecture in the public sector and so turned her attention to the United States.  At the age of 28, with no experience in English, she moved in with family in Chicago and began a career in public service and the built environment that has been remarkably successful.  She was a SPURS Fellow at MIT, then took her Doctor in Design degree from the Harvard Grad ..read more

Watch on Youtube. Mark Van Buren came to Queens University in Kington, Ontario looking for a degree in Architecture.  He stayed 8 years and ended up with Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, concentrating on water management.  He spent the next decade or so in California and Milwaukee on large water management projects, largely storm run-off systems.  Turns out the storm was in the contract delivery system and not in the pipes.  Disgruntled with the delivery process, he jumped at the chance to head back to Kingston about 20 years ago.  Since then he has risen through City Engi ..read more