The document announces the launch of a Lean Construction Institute Community of Practice in Ireland on April 16, 2014. The event will be held at the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth, Co. Kildare from 7:30-9:15 PM. The agenda includes presentations from owners, contractors, and designers on lean principles and their current application in Ireland. The purpose is to raise awareness of lean construction and demonstrate how knowledge sharing between owners, designers, contractors, and trades can help implement lean collectively. The core team organizing the event includes representatives from Intel, Jones Engineering, SCEG Ltd, Construction Innovation Lab, and PhathomHQ.

1. Lean Construction Institute ( LCI ) - Ireland
Community of Practice ( CoP ) Launch
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM to 9:15 PM
Location: Glenroyal Hotel
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Agenda
7.40 Introduction – Logistics ( John French )
7.50 Owners Perspective ( Joe Foley )
8.00 Official Launch of LCI Ireland CoP ( John Pemberton - LCI Board )
8.20 How CoP’s Mould the Lean Journey in New England Region ( Nick Masci )
8.40 What is Lean, & Ireland Current State (Paul Ebbs, Dr Arlene Egan, Kevin White )
9.00 Owners/General Contractors/Trades/Designers Perspective ( All )
9.00 Questionnaire ( All )
9.15 Close ( All )
Purpose
The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of Lean Principles in the Irish Architectural, Engineering &
Construction (AEC) Industry and demonstrate how we can implement Lean as a collective group (CoP)

2. through knowledge sharing, innovation through research and deep collaboration between the 4 main
sectors – Owners, Designers, Contractors and Trades.
Connections
Keep in touch with us through our LinkedIn
. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Lean-Construction-Ireland-4332330/about
LCI Home Page
http://www.leanconstruction.org/
LCI UK Home Page
http://leanconstruction.org.uk/events
Core Team
Lean Construction Ireland Core Group Corporate Members include John French (Intel); Kevin White (Jones
Engineering); Paul Sexton (SCEG Ltd); Raymond Turner (Construction Innovation Lab); and Paul Ebbs
(PhathomHQ).
Mission of LCI:
• The mission of the Lean Construction Institute is to transform design and construction through new
approaches to project design and delivery. Lean theory, principles and techniques, taken together,
provide the foundation for a different, more collaborative, and more effective form of project
management. Lean design and construction represents a transformational way to design and build
capital facilities. The Lean approach generates significant improvements in schedule with
dramatically reduced waste, particularly on complex, uncertain and quick projects.
• Five Major Focus Areas or Value Indicators Guiding our Efforts Include:
• Grow and sustain members
Develop knowledge
Create industry capacity
Develop collaboration & distribution channels
Create industry demand and cultivate relationships with other key associations

3. • The purpose of the Lean Construction Institute is to act as the catalyst to transform the industry to
deliver projects using a lean operating system centered on a common language, fundamental
principles and basic practices.
Purpose of an LCI Community of Practice
• LCI believe that deep application of lean principles improves the definition of needs, design,
construction, and operation of capital facilities. We also believe that application of lean principles to
run the day-to-day operation of any organization improves the ability of the organization and its
employees to deliver better services to their customers.
• To apply lean principles, we must have conversations that include all members of the industry. We
have discovered that holding meetings to share what we have learned with representatives of the
Owner, Designer, Contractor and Trade supply chain in a given region accelerates the benefits to the
people and the projects in that region. As processes continue to improve, these too are shared to
advance the benefits to companies and projects. A Community of Practice (CoP) therefore
accelerates and expands improvements to facilities, projects and companies in its geographic area.
• The CoP helps the supply chain in a region make this new way of doing business the “new common
sense”. It enables the supply chain to learn rapidly and to continue to improve the value delivered to
customers of capital projects, as well as the value to all who use the facility in the future.
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