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. Please see the attached COGENCE …

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 was followed by a Q&A …

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; Orli Perez, NV5; Ross Mitchell, …

NEO: WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! Lessons Learned (the hard way) in 2021

Looking at the Lessons Learned from 2021 Speakers: Matt Janiak, DLR Group; Aaron Lobas, Karpinski Engineering; Tari Rivera, Regency Construction; Daniel Selhorst, The Albert M. Higley; Paula Selvaggio, Oswald Companies January 2022 NEO Presentation (PDF)

COVID Jeopardy – Central Ohio Chapter

How is the design construction industry moving into the post-COVID world? A virtual partner roundtable experience that including facilitated breakout discussion groups Cogence Central Ohio Virtual Roundtable: COVID Jeopardy (PDF)    

Close-Out and Post-Occupancy – NEO Chapter

As we continue to explore and discuss the Inflection Points of a project our final point looked at “Close-Out and Post-Occupancy” November 2021 NEO presentation (PDF)