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Workshop Agenda

Workshop ModeratorDoug Ravas, General Motors
Workshop Planning CommitteeGreg Kanteres, Solutia; Julia Nicolae, U.S. General Services Administration; Richard W. Stephenson, U.S. General Services Administration; Speedy Warner, Anheuser-Busch; Manuel Garcia, CII; Nuria E. Ayala, CII; Michael Burns, CII; Cathleen D. Lenig, CII; Donna R. Rinehart, CII
 
Monday, March 31
11:00 a.m. Registration Open
12:00 p.m. Luncheon
PART I: EXTRACTING VALUE FROM CII ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
1:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks Moderator
1:30 p.m. CII Value for Your Projects:
Uncovering Your Hidden Resources
Manuel Garcia, CII
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Implementation Case Study:
Investigating Needs to Implement Change: Establishing a Best Practices Program at the Smithsonian Institution
Maria DeIsasi, Smithsonian Institution
3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Detect Your Implementation Barriers and Turn Challenges Into Success Stories Tracie Griffitt, Jacobs

5:00 p.m. Working for Your Implementation Success: CII Implementation Strategy Committee Reception CII Implementation Strategy Committee
6:00 p.m. Adjourn
   
Tuesday, April 1
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Optional Website Overview Michael Burns, CII
PART II: IMPLEMENTATION IN ACTION
8:00 a.m. Recap Previous Day Moderator
8:30 a.m. Construction’s Most Wanted:
CII Practices for Project Success
Manuel Garcia, CII
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. CII Practice:
Marshalling the Evidence: Effective Management Practices for Lessons Learned Programs
Barry Rittberg, Fluor
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Track Down Performance Excellence Erwin Kiess, CSA Group
12:00 p.m. Luncheon
1:00 p.m. Investigate Your Options: The Modularization Screening Tool Paul Hochi, Jacobs
2:00 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. CII Best Practice:
In Hot Pursuit of Project Improvement: The Implementation Planning Model
Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado–Boulder
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. CII Best Practice:
Improving Your Aim: Trying Out the Implementation Planning Model
Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado–Boulder
4:30 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m. Assemble the Evidence:
CSI: LAUDERDALE
Speedy Warner, Anheuser-Busch
Greg Kanteres, Solutia
6:30 p.m. Social Time
7:00 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. Adjourn for the Day
 
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Recap Previous Day Moderator
8:30 a.m. CII Best Practice:
Beyond the Usual Suspects:
CII Targeted Safety Programs
Jimmie Hinze, University of Florida
Kevin Smith, Dick Corporation
Sam Thurman, Southern Company
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Panel Presentation:
Equitable Risk Allocation: Who Is Using It and Why
Owners and Contractors:
Jim Ealy, Aker Kværner
Mike Farley, Mustang Engineering
Allan Johnson, Cargill
Thad Konopnicki, U.S. Department of Energy
Greg Thomas, Fisk Electric
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. CII Practice:
Equitable Risk Allocation
Richard Bradford, Bechtel
Justin Swanson, Bechtel
12:00 p.m. Workshop Feedback Moderator
12:15 p.m. Summary Moderator
12:30 p.m. Adjournment Manuel Garcia, CII
 
OPTIONAL FOUR-HOUR COURSE (additional fee required)
1:30 – 5:30 p.m. CII Best Practice:
Constructability
(presented by the Center for Lifelong Engineering Education, The University of Texas at Austin)
Ed Back, University of Alabama