9:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Making Quality a Priority
9:10 am Driving Bottom-Up Engagement in Quality Firmwide to Increase Adoption to Your Quality Program
Synopsis
- Communicating the value proposition of quality to employees so they can understand why they should adopt additional practices and processes
- Investing in quality champions across the business to increase quality adoption at every level of your firm
- Building relationships between quality managers, operations employees, and designers to work cohesively to achieve quality
9:50 am Panel: Building the Business Case for Increased Resources From Senior Leadership to Ensure Quality is Prioritized Firmwide
Synopsis
- Analyzing and showcasing internal data to demonstrate to senior leadership the value of quality programs
- Strategizing with senior leadership on how best to communicate the importance of quality to all employees
- Discussing the most impactful ways that senior management can reinforce accountability with quality implementation across the organization
10:30 am Speed Networking & Morning Refreshments
Driving Efficiency of Quality Implementation
11:10 am Integrating Quality Programs into Day-to-Day Operations to Ensure Employees Adhere to Quality Under Compressed Schedules & Increased Workloads
Synopsis
- Collaborating with operations leaders to ensure it is feasible for them to adopt new practices and effectively implement your program
- Establishing quality ‘touch points’ to ensure essential QA/QC processes are still being followed despite increased workloads and tight deadlines
- Mapping out the quality plan during schematic design to prevent practices being neglected when other project responsibilities start taking priority
11:50 am Enhancing Quality Control Through Construction to Maintain Design Integrity & Protect Professional Liability
Synopsis
- Upholding design quality during value engineering to ensure project outcomes are not compromised
- Staying on top of construction correspondences and product submittals to get ahead of any potential issues
- Leveling up quality control measures when self-certifying a project to account for increased liability risk
12:30 pm Lunch Break
Building Robust Systems & Processes
1:30 pm Case Study: Optimizing Delegated Design & Contractor Coordination to Ensure Alignment of Quality Standards
Synopsis
- Discussing why delegated design models should be employed and how to use them in the most beneficial way
- Defining the scope and vision of the project with all stakeholders whilst still in the design stage to ensure parties get ahead of differences of opinion
- Establishing robust performance requirements of delegated elements to ensure they meet QA/QC standards
2:10 pm Establishing Best Practices for Robust Constructability Reviews
Synopsis
- Underlining the value of constructability reviews to get the entire team bought into the process
- Walking through the process of conducting an effective constructability review: Who participates and how should the session run?
- Determining what to look for in a reliable, buildable set of drawings for even the most technical aspects of the design
- Reviewing the tools and technologies that can support constructability reviews
2:50 pm Afternoon Refreshments
3:20 pm Audience Discussion: Harnessing BIM to Aid Quality Implementation
Synopsis
- Uncovering how BIM can increase the efficiency of the design process, support thorough clash detection and coordination between disciplines
- Exploring ways to incorporate QA/QC processes into Revit
- Determining what Level of Development (LOD) is appropriate for your project depending on the resources available
4:00 pm Panel: Employing Technology to Keep all Project Partners Up to Date with Design Evolution
Synopsis
- Reviewing where quality alignment and expectations fail to evaluate how technology can reduce errors occurring on future projects
- Establishing critical check points to monitor how closely projects are meeting the QA/QC plan
- Tracking how a design evolves as more details are added to measure whether new designs adhere to the initial quality standards