Hands-On to Online: Open to the Public

This one-hour webinar, titled, “From Hands-On to On-line,” will be a facilitated discussion with design construction industry executives to share emerging best practices and innovative ways in team selection and design & construction techniques—along with a perspective on the new liabilities it all may bring. Cogence Program 2020.05.13 (PDF)  

Central Ohio: Tools for Project Success

In our last two Roundtable discussions we identified the Products of project success, defined a Successful Project, and identified practices we put in place to ensure Project Success. This time our Cogence partners presented tools and resources that they have been developing that can be utilized in out upcoming projects. Responsibility Matrix, Owner Education Tools, …

NEO: “Celebration to Connect”

We celebrated the start of our 5th year! Driving the industry together, our focus is to Inspire.Educate.Unite. Improve project outcomes. Right size risk. Optimize the whole. Creating connections to the future. We welcomed partners, new and existing and worked together to shape future focus of Cogence. We looked back on the impact connections have made …

Central Ohio: Project Success

After identifying the Products of project success and defining a Successful Project, we continue our discussion on Project Success. What Practices are put in place to ensure Project Success? What Impediments to success do we allow to exist on our projects? Are these Practices and Impediments measurable? Central OH Cogence_191120_Meeting 5 Presentation Final with Resource …

Central Ohio: What Makes a Project Successful?

Now that we have finalized our investigation of risks throughout the construction process, we began a new discussion topic. What makes a project successful? Based on your recent projects, what are the common and consistent traits/characteristics that have led to the successes you’ve experienced? Central OH Cogence_190917_Meeting 4 Presentation Final (PDF)    

NEO: Realize the Strategic Advantage of Integrating Technology

Research tells us that incorporating technology can increase productivity by 14%-16%. How? Creating a more efficient workflow, empowering teams to be transparent with opportunities and risks results in cost savings for all. Full integration is required to create the return and capitalize on the upfront investment. Learn how Cogence partners have been experiencing similar results. …

Central Ohio: Risk or Keys to Success

We finalized our chapter’s discussion on risk by sharing thoughts and ideas at Cross-Functional tables, where we discussed how our actions affect the risk of our partners on a construction project and how their actions affect our own risks. We identified what habits we can each develop to mitigate the risk to our partners and …

NEO: Developing Principles for Waste Free Projects

This program follows the discovery session from the March program that investigated waste concerns in our industry using recognized waste form categorizes. That program organized our partners in their respective groups and challenged them to brainstorm on industry waste forms. These were compiled by their respective categories and voted to rank the most concerning. Attached …

NEO: Collaborative Scheduling: Why do it?

The mission of Cogence is to drive the industry together and collectively improve project delivery. The process of planning, scheduling, and proactively monitoring each phase of a project as it progresses is an important component that needs to be influenced on a collective dialogue with project stakeholders Such a process, including a focus on the …