. "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants." Advancing the Competitiveness and Efficiency of the U.S. Construction Industry. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.
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Advancing the Competitiveness and Efficiency of the U.S. Construction Industry
B Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Identify the key opportunities for achieving breakthrough improvements in the productivity and competitiveness of the capital facilities sector of the U.S. construction industry.
Identify and prioritize technologies, processes, and deployment activities with the greatest potential to achieve breakthrough improvements.
November 19, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Welcome/Introductions of the National Research Council Workshop Committee and Participants
Theodore Kennedy, Committee Chair
9:00 a.m.
The Challenge: Achieving Breakthrough Improvements in Construction Productivity
Shyam Sunder, Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Advancing Construction Productivity and Competitiveness: Issues and Opportunities
9:30 a.m.
Overview
Theodore Kennedy, Committee Chair
9:40 a.m.
An International Perspective on Construction Productivity and Competitiveness Carl Haas, University of Waterloo
10:00 a.m.
Market Forecasts and Opportunities for the Capital Facilities Sector
Hank M. Harris, President and Managing Director, FMI Management Consulting
10:20 a.m.
Break
10:40 a.m.
Breakthrough Technologies: 3D BIM and Lean Construction
Alex Ivanikiw, Barton-Malow, and Michael Neville, Ghafari Associates
11:10 a.m.
Technical Change and Its Impact on Construction Productivity
Paul Goodrum, University of Kentucky
11:30 a.m.
Improving Construction Labor Productivity on Mid-Sized Projects
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Advancing the Competitiveness and Efficiency of the U.S. Construction Industry
B
Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Identify the key opportunities for achieving breakthrough improvements in the productivity and competitiveness of the capital facilities sector of the U.S. construction industry.
Identify and prioritize technologies, processes, and deployment activities with the greatest potential to achieve breakthrough improvements.
November 19, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Welcome/Introductions of the National Research Council Workshop Committee and Participants
Theodore Kennedy, Committee Chair
9:00 a.m.
The Challenge: Achieving Breakthrough Improvements in Construction Productivity
Shyam Sunder, Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Advancing Construction Productivity and Competitiveness: Issues and Opportunities
9:30 a.m.
Overview
Theodore Kennedy, Committee Chair
9:40 a.m.
An International Perspective on Construction Productivity and Competitiveness Carl Haas, University of Waterloo
10:00 a.m.
Market Forecasts and Opportunities for the Capital Facilities Sector
Hank M. Harris, President and Managing Director, FMI Management Consulting
10:20 a.m.
Break
10:40 a.m.
Breakthrough Technologies: 3D BIM and Lean Construction
Alex Ivanikiw, Barton-Malow, and Michael Neville, Ghafari Associates
11:10 a.m.
Technical Change and Its Impact on Construction Productivity
Paul Goodrum, University of Kentucky
11:30 a.m.
Improving Construction Labor Productivity on Mid-Sized Projects
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H. Randolph Thomas, Penn State University
11:50 a.m.
Creating and Cultivating the Next Generation of Construction Professionals
Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin
12:10 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Q&A with Participants; Identification of Additional Issues
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Breakout Session Objective: Identify the key opportunities for breakthrough improvements in the productivity and competitiveness of the capital facilities sector.
What opportunities are presented by:
Technologies/materials/automation?
Processes and practices: management, project delivery, legal, regulatory, safety, other?
Workforce: designers, engineers, managers, skilled trades, labor, other?
How might technologies, processes, workforce be used to overcome/lessen longstanding barriers to improving productivity (e.g., industry segmentation, lack of skilled labor, image of the industry)?
What new opportunities/barriers do these crosscutting issues present? (E.g., If a different level/mix of skills is needed to deploy technologies more fully, how do you create them?)
3:30 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
Plenary Session: reports from three breakout groups/Synthesis of Findings
5:00 p.m.
Wrap-up
November 20, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Review of Key Opportunities for Achieving Breakthrough Improvements Identified on Day One
Theodore Kennedy, Committee Chair
9: 00 a.m.
Breakout Sessions: Prioritize Technologies, Processes, and Deployment Activities with the Greatest Potential to Achieve Breakthrough Improvements
Each group to focus on the following:
What are realistic time frames for achieving results from each of the identified breakthroughs? 5-10 years? 10 years or longer?
What additional research is needed to move promising innovations into practice?
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What measures will be needed to establish baselines and to measure improvements in productivity for the industry?
Identify the key players and their roles in moving potential breakthroughs into practice
10:30 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
Plenary Session: Review Results from three breakout sessions
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Plenary Session: Synthesize/Review Findings Regarding Prioritization of Breakthrough Technologies, Processes, and Deployment
2:30 p.m.
Wrap-up/Next Steps/Thank You
3:00 p.m.
Adjourn
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Planning Committee
Ted Kennedy, Co-Founder, BE&K Inc., Committee Chair
Parviz (Perry) Daneshgari, President, MCA, Inc
Patricia Galloway, Chief Executive Officer, Pegasus-Global Holdings, Inc.
James Jirsa, Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, University of Texas
Behrokh Khoshnevis, Professor, Epstein Dept. Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
Feniosky Peña-Mora, Associate Provost for Institutional Programs, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
Benedict Schwegler, Jr., Vice President and Chief Scientist, Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development
David Skiven, Executive Director, General Motors Corp. Worldwide Facilities Group (retired)
Jorge Vanegas, Interim Dean, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Norbert Young, Jr., President, McGraw-Hill Construction Group
Participants
Barbara Balboni, Senior Engineer, RS Means Company
Virgil Barton, Vice President, Quality Management, The Shaw Group, Inc.
Susan Bucci, Manufacturing and Construction Division, U.S. Census Bureau
David Butry, Office of Applied Economics, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National
Institute of Standards and Technology
Stephen L. Cabano, President and Chief Operating Officer, Pathfinder, LLC
Robert Chapman, Director, Office of Applied Economics, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Frank Congelio, Section of Nondurable Goods, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wayne Crew, Executive Director, Construction Industry Institute
Don Cooley, Director, Construction Services, CH2M Hill
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Ken Dunn, Director of Operations, Hill International
Charles Eastman, Architecture and Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lincoln Forbes, President, Construction Division, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Jesus de la Garza, Vecellio Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
G. Edward Gibson, Construction Engineering and Management, University of Alabama
Paul Goodrum, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky
Allison Huang, Office of Applied Economics, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National
Institute of Standards and Technology
Carl Haas, Canada Research Chair in Construction and Management of Sustainable Infrastructure, University of Waterloo
Michael Haller, Walbridge Aldinger Company
Makarand Hastak, Professor and Head, Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University
Alex Ivanikiw, Senior Vice President, Barton Malow
Nazeeh Kiblawi, President, Truland Systems Corporation
John Kunz, Director, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University
Paul Lally, Chief, Investment Branch, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Egon Larsen, Global Construction Manager, Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
David McKinney, Alabama Power
David Mongan, President, Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani
Randall Monk, Independent Project Analysis
Michael Neville, Vice President, Ghafari Associates
Marvin Oey, Director, Construction Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers
Richard Offenbacher, Senior Vice President, Graybar
Mark Palmer, Computer Integrated Building Processes Group, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Joseph Pecoraro, Parsons Corporation
Richard Platner, Associate Director, CPWR: The Center for Research and Training
Hank Harris, President and Managing Director, FMI Management Consulting
Jeffrey Russell, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Daniel Sansbury, Construction Indicator Programs, Manufacturing and Construction Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Mirek Skibniewski, Editor-in-Chief, Automation in Construction, University of Maryland
Lucio Soibelman, Information Technologies for Construction, Carnegie Mellon University
Dana K. “Deke” Smith, Executive Director, Building Smart Alliance, National Institute of Building Sciences
Shyam Sunder, Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
H. Randolph Thomas, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State University
Steve Thomas, Associate Director, Construction Industry Institute
Jan Tuchman, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering News Record
Lisa Usher, Industry Productivity Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
