Our March 2023 Southwest Roundtable topic was Making Lean Principles and Tools Work for Your Entire Team. This session explored better ways to apply lean principles and tools to make your project and organization more effective, with a special focus on collaboration in applying efforts. Please see the attached Cogence Alliance…
NEO: Diversity: Perspective and Partnership
Our March 2023 NEO Roundtable focused on Diversity: Perspective and Partnership. We heard from diverse business owners and learned firsthand about some of the challenges/obstacles they are faced with. Following the discussion our Partners broke into small groups and worked on finding opportunities to help further our partnerships with diverse…
Southwest: Key to CAPEX Leadership
Our January 2023 Southwest Roundtable topic was Key to CAPEX Leadership Please see the attached Cogence Alliance SWO Chapter January 2023 Roundtable Presentation Contact kthompson@cogence.org with questions.
NEO: Collaborative Project Delivery
Our January 2023 NEO Roundtable focused on Collaborative Project Delivery. Our speakers included, Jeff Appelbaum of PMC / Thompson Hine, Pen Wolf of Cleveland Clinic, and Patti Choby of The Cobalt Group. They discussed the benefits and some of the inhibitors of IPD project delivery method. We also heard from…
Southwest: Unite Design and Construction with Prefabrication
Our October 2022 Southwest Roundtable theme was Unite Design and Construction with Prefabrication. Please see the attached SW Ohio Cogence Presentation – Oct 2022 from our October roundtable. Contact kthompson@cogence.org with questions.
2017 Town Hall
Engage all. Transform outcomes. Win together. November 10, 2017 at the Global Center for Health Innovation (Cleveland, Ohio) Join your colleagues in the design and construction community to learn best practices that will transform outcomes, creating successful projects for all. To view the session summaries please go to 2017 Town Hall
NEO: Leadership Transition: Preparing for the Next Generation
Our November 2022 NEO Roundtable focused on Leadership Transition. Our speakers included: Carter Edman, City of Cleveland; Sandra Madison, Robert P. Madison International; Andrew Clark, R.W. Clark Co.; Jennifer Kalin, RE Warner. The discussion was centered on transitioning among leaders and the planning or lack of that surrounds the process.…
NEO: Workforce & Talent Retention
Speakers Matt Danis, Shook Construction, Rachele Hill, Osborn Engineering, and Brad Berkowitz, The Whiting-Turner Co. who are members of the construction industry spoke on the current issues surrounding the workforce and ways to retain them. Rep. Addison of the 9th District in NEO spoke on DEI and government programs. Presentation…
NEO: It’s Infrastructure Week! ARPA, Infrastructure, and the legislation that affects our profession
Panel of industry and government partners involved in Infrastructure, followed by a Q&A session. Our speakers included: Ahmed Abonamah, City of Cleveland; Michael Ciammichella, The Ruhlin Company; and, Avery Pierson & Josh Prest of Sen. Rob Portman’s office. Please see the attached COGENCE Presentation (PDF) from our NEO roundtable.
NEO: Supply Chain Disruption: Time, Money, and Workforce Issues
This event will take a close look at the current state of the Supply Chain and provide information that is critical to all the current and upcoming projects to help you better prepare for some of the ‘curve balls’ that are headed our way. Speakers included: Michael Mammone, Mars Electric;…