Okanagan adopts Lean to deliver Green
Okanagan Trades Center Project “A Second Living Building Challenge Project”
“As leaders in the community it is our duty to protect the planet and demonstrate that triple bottom-line economics work. For our second Living Building Challenge project our team adopted Lean Project Delivery to raise the bar even higher as we wanted to demonstrate that we can deliver high perform building deliver at less cost in less time.” Kathleen Lausman
On our last project it took nearly a year of working to achieve Net 0 energy performance, for this project we adopted a lean commissioning approach (LeanCx) and are planning to be fully commissioned at substantial completion. We also are working hard to develop discipline with full implementation of the Last Planner System, make the best decisions with Choosing by Advantages (CBA) and have a Study Action Team (SAT) to help build a lean culture for Okanagan College and the Project Team.
LEAN Project Delivery
Leadership in adopting Lean Project Delivery (LPD)
Discipline with full Implementation of Last Planner System
Building a lean culture utilizing LPD, CBA and SAT processes
Weekly and daily Collaboration in the BIG ROOM
Innovation in piloting Lean Commissioning to get done 6 months early
GREEN Performance
Leadership: Second Living Building Challenge Project
Education: Sustainable Construction Management Program
Innovation: Early verification of Net 0 energy through lean commissioning
Economics: Net 0 Energy at Net 0 Additional Cost
Community: Utilizing waste heat from district sewage system
This project demonstrates that lean project delivery is key to delivering high performance projects at less cost and risk. Kudois to the Okanagan Project Team stepping out to demonstrated LEADERSHIP!
Murray Guy aka @Lean_tobe_Green | mguy@i-designs.ca
Integrated Designs | EcoSmart | Lean Lab
