The 2020 CIFE Summer Program was a global, online event. It focused on this theme: How should owners, designers, and builders behave when projects are delivered collaboratively and digitally?
Many project teams have experienced the advantages of digitally-supported, collaborative project delivery over the past years. Hence, this approach is becoming increasingly common. To take full advantage of digital collaboration requires that project participants – from owners to subcontractors – are adjusting their behavior compared to traditional projects. For example, decisions that have been made sequentially can now be made concurrently, the role and timing of involvement of the different parties should change, the timing, direction, and quality of information and knowledge flows is often dramatically different, etc.
The sessions in the Summer Program explored such topics through presentations and discussions that addressed the:
- Lessons learned by project teams that have successfully created high-performance built structures digitally and collaboratively
- Initiatives and approaches by companies to share knowledge about Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) across the company
- Role of top management in setting the strategy and providing the executive support for digitalization
| September 15th | |
| video | EARLY SESSION 7 AM - 1 PM, PDT |
| Welcome & Overview - Martin Fischer, CIFE Director | |
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CIFE Research on AEC and Pandemic - Martin Fischer & Natasa Mrazovic, CIFE |
| High Performance Buildings through Innovation | |
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Raiders Stadium Project - Derek Cunz & Sarah Narjes, Mortenson Construction |
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University of California San Francisco Block 23 Project - Jack Poindexter & John Owen, DPR Construction |
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Delivering the main competition facilities for the PanAm Games in 18 months with IPD - Raul Eyzaguirre, COSAPI |
| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman | |
| Delivering Digital and Physical Workplaces | |
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Creating physical and digital spaces. Remote work at GSA - Charles Matta, US General Services Administration |
| Anett Andreassen & Roar Fosse, Statsbygg | |
| Google's 1212 Bordeaux Integrated Design Project - Josh Portner, Google, & John Castagnoli, Devcon Construction | |
| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman | |
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Strategic Leadership from the C-Suite |
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Conversation moderated by Martin Fischer
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| Making Projects Successful through Innovation | |
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MWH-Webcor Waste Treatment Project - Jon Berkoe, MWH Constructors, & Simge Girgin, Stanford |
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Haus des Holzes - Anne Nyffeler, PIRMIN JUNG Schweiz AG |
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Road to VDCfit - integrating information at a public building owner - Rahel Schnetzler, Hochbauamt Kanton St. Gallen |
| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer and Andrew Peterman | |
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LATE SESSION 5 PM - 10 PM PDT |
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| Welcome - Martin Fischer, CIFE Director | |
| Highlights of the morning session - Martin Fischer, CIFE Director, & Andrew Peterman, CIFE Executive Director | |
| Strategic Leadership from the C-Suite | |
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Conversation moderated by Martin Fischer
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| VDC in Latin America Project Examples | |
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Rapid evaluation of investment opportunities for a multi-family housing developer - Carolina Garces, Amarilo |
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| Campus masterplanning and construction with VDC - Alexandre Almeida, University of Lima | |
| Reducing latency in decision making for on-time and on-budget project delivery - Claudine Flores, University of Lima | |
| Rapidly evaluating construction alternatives - Julio César Mendoza, Produktiva | |
| Collaborative BIM-supported programming, design, and control processes for on-time delivery of the Llata hospital - Leandro Fernández, COSAPI | |
| Dramatically reducing construction duration for masonry walls - Raul Leon Plasencia, Produktiva | |
| Designer, builder and supplier integration to reduce schedule through prefabrication for Salaverry Harbor - Rich Meza, TSC Innovation | |
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Shortening construction duration through BIM-based industrialized construction - Michael Pacherres, Provias Nacional |
| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer and Andrew Peterman | |
| Organizing Around Innovation | |
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How to bring innovation across an organization - Ben Schwegler, ENGIE China |
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| Leadership Perspectives from across APAC | |
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Howard Brown, Walt Disney Imagineering |
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| September 16th | |
| EARLY SESSION 7 AM - 1 PM, PDT | |
| Welcome, Recap evening session, Preview - Martin Fischer, CIFE Director & Andrew Peterman, CIFE Executive Director | |
| Examples of Emerging Technology | |
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Driving Innovation through Automation - Niels Falk, HD Labs |
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Gunnar Skeie & Jon Sakarias Liknes, Kruse Smith |
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Sabrina Odah, Suffolk Construction |
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Bruno Ruch, Control AG & Julian Amann, Singular |
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Application of emerging technologies to support collaboration on the Randselva bridge: the world’s biggest bridge designed and built without drawings - Krzysztof Wojslaw, Sweco |
| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman | |
| Innovation for Sustainability through Executive Leadership | |
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Philippe Delorme, Schneider Electric |
| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman | |
| Managing Innovation Initiatives | |
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Stewart Carroll, Beck Technologies |
| Eric Law, Swinerton | |
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Joakim Örn, Veidekke |
| Integrating Project Design, Fabrication, and Construction | |
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Integrated Design, Fabrication, and Erection of the Nanay Bridge in Peru - Alejandro Palpan Flores, TSC Innovation |
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Jakob Guldbrandsen, Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter & Sascha Vesterlund, HD Lab |
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E6 Kvithammer Åsen - Torbjørn Tveiten, Vianova, & Thor Gunnar Hansen, Hæhre |
| LATE SESSION 5 PM - 10 PM PDT | |
| Welcome & Highlights from Morning Session - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman | |
| Practice & Vision of Applying Open Standards | |
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The Case for Open Standards
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| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman | |
| Leading Innovation | |
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Cesar Guzman. PRODUKTIVA Larry Pace, FactoryOS Jes Pedersen, Webcor Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman |
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Robotics Research - Cynthia Bosque, Elena Galbally, & Oussama Khatib, Stanford |
| Project Examples from Across APAC | |
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Alan Landau, Ananda Development - Bangkok, Thailand |
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Robert Chan & Andy Mok, Sun Hung Kai Properties |
| Cheryl Chi, Walt Disney Imagineering | |
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Tai Fatt Cheng, Singapore Building and Construction Authority |
| Reflections / Q&A - Martin Fischer, Calvin Kam & Andrew Peterman | |
| Program recap, wrap-up & outlook - Martin Fischer & Andrew Peterman | |
