The 28th Lean Construction Institute Conference

Topic: From 11 Months Behind to 1 Month Out: MBCC Recovery

Boldt’s Presenter: Juan Restrepo & Ariana Alvear

Date & Time: October 14, 2026 – 3:45PM – 4:30PM

Description:

An IPD team on a San Francisco healthcare project with 60+-foot deep foundations recovered 10 of 11+ lost months through intensive two-week collaborative replanning, developing six to eight priced recovery options for the owner, and putting foremen — not just project managers — at the scheduling table. A practitioner story of PDCA, radical honesty, and disciplined recovery, presented as Chapter 1 of a living project story still unfolding at Congress 2026.

Topic: Prefab Roller Coaster: Lessons from Folsom Care Complex

Boldt’s Presenter: Lars Sequeira

Date & Time: October 15, 2026 – 10:15AM – 11AM

Description:

On the Folsom Care Complex, an IPD team self-imposed a 90% prefabrication target — walls, MEP racks, and exam room pods — all sequenced through takt-based production flow. More than 3,000 prefabricated panels were installed across all levels, with field rework eliminated by the third floor through rapid learning cycles. But the story isn’t all wins. Pods introduced unexpected constraints, communication gaps between design and fabrication lost critical information and fast panel installation created downstream pressure on other trades. Despite weather disruptions, the project achieved zero late-path activities. This session shares what worked, what didn’t and what the team learned about prefab at scale.

Topic: Adaptive TAKT Planning: Reliable Flow Amid Hospital Change

Boldt’s Presenter: Jeremy Cortesio, Jesus Perez & Steven Luu

Date & Time: October 15, 2026 – 11:30AM – 12:15PM

Description:

The Sutter Health Van Ness Campus team delivered 40 new patient beds inside an active hospital — without shutting down care or missing the schedule. But the plan that got them there wasn’t the one they started with. Shifting census levels, evolving regulatory requirements and leadership transitions forced the team to replan repeatedly. This session shares how the team treated takt as an elastic system, using work density analysis, swarm-based problem solving and direct stakeholder engagement to maintain reliable flow through constant change. Leave with practical strategies for adapting takt plans in any operationally constrained environment.

Topic: Lessons Learned in Building a Lean Company

Boldt’s Presenter: Will Lichtig

Date & Time: October 15, 2026 – 11:30AM – 12:15PM

Description:

This session will present some core concepts that have become cultural at a company that intentionally evolved toward a Lean organization with its owners and partners. The lessons learned are organized into a one-sentence title, an explanation of what that means and examples of successes and failures. This will allow the audience to map these to their own experience and provide context for reflection, discussion and learning.

Lessons revolve around:

• People first:  How can we work with the right people in an empowering culture?
• Team work:  How do players make each other a better team?
• Projects:  What is their effect on company culture and evolution?
• Develop your owners:  How did their business improve by us being present?
• Enable your partners:  How did partners on the project perform better because we were present?
• Act as one company:  How do we bring the best and eliminate errors to the project?
• Learn and share:  We learn more through transparency and sharing than by secrecy.

Topic: Live Lab 6: Takt Formula + AI for the Big Room

Boldt’s Presenter: Mike Perry

Date & Time: October 15, 2026 – 11:30AM – 12:15PM

Description:

Takt Formula: Aligning Field, Schedule and Ownership: Through a “Live Stress Test” of a townhouse project, attendees will see how the takt formula acts as a predictive engine rather than a reactive tracking tool, The presentation follows a scenario where a difficult owner questioned the project duration and demonstrates how the Lean practitioner and scheduler used the takt formula to provide a mathematical proof of the schedule’s logic, later verified and mirrored within a detailed CPM schedule. We will present side-by-side data highlighting the reduction in schedule variance achieved using takt to stabilize flow and CPM to track milestones, eliminating trade stacking and dead space within units.

AI for the Big Room: From Pull Planning to Digital: In this Live Lab, attendees will participate in a condensed Big Room pull planning session led by The Boldt Company. Boldt facilitators will demonstrate field-tested best practices grounded in Last Planner System®, including backward planning from milestones, defining clear handoffs, surfacing constraints and securing reliable commitments. Participants will see how structured facilitation, visual management and disciplined conversations improve alignment and planning quality. 

Once the board is built, we will use AI-enabled board capture to convert the physical sticky note plan into a structured digital plan in minutes. The output will be displayed live, showing activities, sequencing and constraints organized in a usable digital format.

Measurable impact will be demonstrated through: Time from planning session to usable digital plan, elimination of manual transcription, improved data accuracy and completeness, Immediate visibility into constraint categories and commitment trends.

The session concludes by connecting these measurable gains to improved flow reliability, faster feedback and better decision-making that directly influence the work put in place. Time will be reserved at the end for audience questions and answers.

Topic: Bookstore to Healthcare: Lean Through Complexity

Boldt’s Presenter: Claire Rosenstein

Date & Time: October 15, 2026 – 1:15PM – 2PM

Description:

Overview of the healthcare IPD program structure. Timeline of major issues: vibration failures and late redesign, discovery of the interstitial void, sloped decks, limited ceiling space and beginning work before core and shell completion. Coordination challenges with non IPD teams and active tenants. Lean solutions: BIM and laser scanning, Last Planner, Touchplan, prefabricated pods and ACC live issue tracking. Close with lessons learned and next day takeaways for managing complex renovations using Lean.

Topic: Designing at the Speed of Trust

Boldt’s Presenter: Mitch Pribek

Date & Time: October 15, 2026 – 2:30PM – 3:15PM

Description:

Aurora, HGA and Boldt partnered to deliver a critically needed hospital expansion at unprecedented speed, compressing the design schedule while maintaining quality, compliance, and meaningful user engagement. Using Lean principles, enterprise standards and a “controlled choice” framework, the team aligned owners, designers, builders and trade partners from day one and accelerated decisions while maintaining collaboration and transparency throughout. Despite challenges and resetting expectations, disciplined collaboration and early alignment enabled faster, high-value outcomes. Attendees will learn practical strategies to engage teams differently, foster alignment and deliver transformative results without sacrificing quality or trust.

Topic: It Might Be Hard Bid Lump Sum, But Lean Still Rules the Day

Boldt’s Presenter: Jess Benson

Date & Time: October 15, 2026 – 3:45PM – 4:30PM

Description:

When outage time equals lost production, simply “meeting the schedule” isn’t good enough. This session shows how a project team used Lean principles — within a hard-bid, lump-sum model — to reduce outage duration, protect owner operations and deliver real business value measured in minutes saved. Attendees will learn how field-driven design changes, collaborative planning and visual control systems can turn high-risk shutdowns into reliable, value-generating outcomes. 

The unmissable takeaway: Lean isn’t about the contract or the tools; it’s about protecting operations and getting owners back to business faster.