The Last Planner System® Conference

Production planning and control are critical in guiding projects toward meeting their targets. In this session, Farook will discuss how you can apply advanced metrics in the Last Planner System in order to assess project performance and inform future decisions. Farook will also share results from real-life project applications using advanced metrics.

Takt planning is often used as a project execution tool to help structure the flow of trades. Many companies use Takt to enhance their LPS implementation. Janosch and Marco will share the results of using production laws in the construction industry. They have found that using simple mathematical formulas for managing buffer and cycle time optimization, it is possible to reduce durations of projects by more than 50% without increasing manpower.

Promises are at the heart of lean. Promises bring to life the lean principles of customer value, flow, pull, and produce amazing results. In this session, Peter will share why promises matter and why they are different to objectives; how they increase collaboration, agility and engagement in projects; what makes for a good promise and how to spot bad ones; and how to develop your conversations to manage promises.

How is the Last Planner System applied in projects across different companies? What are the main hurdles and how to overcome them? How to get buy-in from management and workers out in the field? How has LPS improved the way we build? This and more will be discussed in the superintendent panel, with representatives from Robins & Morton, Hensel Phelps, Whiting Turner, and Adolfson and Peterson.

The LPS has helped numerous projects achieve better productivity. However, LPS is often seen as an approach to plan and control execution of work in isolation to other important disciplines, such as safety, quality and cost control. Patricia and Corrie will advocate for an integrated perspective, where safety, quality and cost control are an integral part of LPS and share some effective practices that you can start implementing into your LPS meetings.

In this session, Hung will present an overall integration framework and use case studies to explain the use of BIM to (1) identify and remove constraints using model-based simulation, (2) calculate location-based work volume for informed crew size and duration planning, (3) determine work zones for takt-time planning, (4) use virtual first-run-study to engage project team in construction process collaboration, and (5) implement model-based progress tracking.

In this session, Dick Bayer will present on the synergies of Integrated Project Delivery and the Last Planner System. He will share a case study of how his team has implemented the LPS within a complex IPD project. He will show why you should use LPS with IPD, lessons learned, and the benefits of using them together.

Many people think of the Last Planner System as a construction phase tool. But design teams across the country have been successfully using the Last Planner during the design phases to make the design process more visible, enhance coordination between all participants including Owner and Contractor, improve communications, make and keep reliable promises, and ultimately deliver a well-coordinated design in less time. In this session, Bernita, Kurt and Stan will share case studies, best practices, and lessons learned to help your projects succeed by using LPS during design.

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