7:00 am Registration & Networking
8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Using IPD to Meet Your Strategic Goals
8:10 am Case Study: Supporting an Owner to Successfully Pursue Integrated Project Delivery as the Model for Success
Synopsis
- Understanding the internal decision-making process and the right stakeholders that need to be consulted within the client firm
- Revealing the key metrics reviewed that made IPD a strategic choice
- Measuring the true ROI of IPD for the owner in cost, time and other objectives
8:50 am Case Study: Revitalization of the Chalk River Laboratories Campus Utilizing IPD
Synopsis
- How Canadian Nuclear Laboratories revitalization is progressing utilizing IPD
- Value and innovation unlocked through the collaboration of IPD teams through project development
- Shared lessons particularly when considering complex technical projects
9:30 am Panel: Assessing the Suitability of IPD for Your Project to Make Sure Your Client Can Maximize the Benefits it Affords
Synopsis
- Discussing why certain industries are more likely to choose IPD as opposed to others
- Revealing the criteria that should be met for IPD in terms of project value or complexity and the stakeholders involved
- How do you scale knowledge and learnings from your IPD experience to expand its applicability and better recognize suitable projects
10:10 am Morning Refreshments & Speed Networking
IPD Foundations
Advanced Practioners
Managing the Transition to IPD
Ensuring Clarity at Project Kick-Off
10:50 am Analyzing the Critical Changes Owners Need to Implement to Pave the Path for Successful Project Delivery
Synopsis
- Outlining how the role of an owner changes in Integrated Project Delivery
- Understanding the functional and philosophical changes owners need to accommodate to be successful
- Ensuring that behavioral and process changes are instilled across the owner team, from leadership, through procurement and project management
11:30 am Breakouts: Allaying Fears & Shifting Mindsets from Non-IPD to IPD
Synopsis
- Exploring the critical concerns of stakeholders and functions when engaging in IPD for the first time
- Looking at behavioral changes required for an IPD to mobilize a shared cultural system
- Defining, instilling and encouraging collaborative best practice from project management to the field
10:50 am Selecting the Optimal Project Management Team to Set Your Project Up for Success
Synopsis
- Evaluating the teaming requirements of your project to effectively inform selection
- Going beyond hard skills and understanding that human dynamics and interpersonal skills should be crucial criterion when establishing the project management team
- Moving away from traditional methods: Choosing your contractor/designer team based on their previous successful partnerships
11:30 am Clarifying Validation Scope & Aims to Secure Compliance & Ownership on a Project Team Level
Synopsis
- How can the owner support project partners in understanding the purpose of validation and the in which it is translated into the contract?
- Identifying who should be empowered and trusted to make decisions for the greater team, while encouraging collective feedback
- Navigating a robust and effective validation process to ensure comprehensive conditions of satisfaction
12:10 pm Lunch
Establishing & Maintaining Trust
Ensuring Transparency Across Project Partners
1:10 pm Bringing Transparency to the RFP Process to Build Trust, Accountability & Accuracy from the Outset
Synopsis
- Understanding the purpose of the RFP as applied to IPD to manage expectations and responsibility
- Benchmarking RFP best practice to understand how to effectively manage the process
- Exploring the language of RFP and the importance of communication throughout the process to prepare stakeholders
1:50 pm Establishing & Managing the Big Room to Bring Efficiency to Team Collaboration
Synopsis
- Clarifying considerations that are needed for setting up a successful Big Room to support critical processes
- Exploring Big Rooms in a hybrid world: What change sand how do you need to adapt?
- Benchmarking tools and technologies to foster transparency and collaboration across all stakeholders
2:30 pm Panel: Onboarding Strategies to Establish a Common Language, Vision & Overcome Organizational Differences
Synopsis
- Defining unified goals for the project team for a vision of joint success
- Exploring tools and techniques to build trust at a team level during onboarding
- Discussing common mistakes made when bringing new partners onboard mid-project, potential impacts and how to mitigate or avoid these
1:10 pm Advancing Your Accounting & Cost Tracking Approach to Ensure Transparency & Get Ahead of Risks
Synopsis
- Ensuring transparency over how each project stakeholder is calculating and tracking their costs
- Creating an audit system that ensures visibility of planned vs. actual project spend to identify potential risks and opportunities in a timely manner
- Exploring software solutions that ensure a single source of truth that is legible for all project partners
1:50 pm Fireside Chat: Optimizing Team Communication & Information Sharing to Effectively Track Progress & Manage Expectations
Synopsis
- Discussing the who, when and what of proper project team communication and the value that it brings
- How do you effectively document decisions to create ownership and track performance from one meeting to the next?
- Identifying the tools that work best for your project team to streamline your communication and create a shared project hub
2:30 pm Breakouts: Rethinking Your Document Control & Reporting Strategy for All Partners to Benefit from the Right Data at The Right Time
Synopsis
- Addressing the main implications and concerns of data sharing and ownership from the perspectives of each stakeholder
- Discussing what should be documented and how often information should be updated
- Revealing use cases in which data sharing helps break down historical silos and increases process effectiveness
3:10 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Exploring Technology Integration Best Practice
3:50 pm Panel: Creating an Integrated Tech Stack to Enhance Interoperability & Ease Collaboration
Synopsis
- Evaluating the technology tools and capabilities of each project partner from the outset to create a common system that will be used throughout the project lifecycle
- Outlining the benefits of establishing a project system and supporting your partners in setting it up
- How do you learn from the data that is provided through the system to identify opportunities for improvement
4:30 pm Maximizing the Use of BIM to Upgrade Model Visualization, Leverage Stakeholder Knowledge & Enhance Design Accuracy
Synopsis
- Securing buy in from the team by outlining how BIM helps create efficiencies for each project partner
- Discussing how BIM can enhance project meetings' efficiency from validation all the way through to installation
- Revealing how each stakeholder should and can interact with the model to ensure accuracy and how often the model should be updated