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Episode 34 - Geoffrey Neumayr & Robynne Thaxton : Progressive Design Build + Lean

Oct 10 2024 83 mins

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 an

Episode 33 - Evelyn Lee : How technology, innovation, and AI will impact architecture

Sep 26 2024 56 mins

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,

Episode 32 - Victor Sanvido : Pioneer and Transformer

Jun 26 2024 69 mins

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

Episode 31 - Daniel Pink : The Importance of Artistry, Inventiveness, and Empathy

May 22 2024 63 mins

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 i

Episode 30 - Glenn Ballard : The Godfather of Lean Construction

Jan 18 2024 72 mins

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 In

Episode 29 - Vince Chapman: Keeping Collaborative Contracts Transparent

Dec 16 2023 78 mins

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 transpare

Episode 28 - Howard Ashcraft: Crafting the Collaborative Contract

Oct 25 2023 66 mins

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.

Episode 27 - Luciana Burdi: Master Builder reimagining design and defying construction norms

Sep 02 2023 55 mins

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 Ch

Episode 26 - Mark Van Buren : Major Infrastructure: a Perfect Match for Lean IPD

Jun 01 2023 72 mins

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 del

Episode 25 - Stuart Eckblad : Delivering a $4 Billion Capital Program at UCSF using Lean IPD

May 03 2023 61 mins

Watch on Youtube.Stuart Eckblad has been thinking divergently since he left home for Kent State to pursue a degree in architecture. That led him to the University of Wisconsin where he received a masters degree in Environmental Design. He was particularly interested in the effect of color on human beings. That kind of curiosity inspired a long career dedicated to moving from tradit