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Cogence 2024 Town Hall Sessions Now Available on Video

We are delighted to share that many sessions from the 2024 Cogence Town Hall were captured on video. Whether you couldn’t attend the event or missed a session because two great discussions happened simultaneously, these videos are here to keep you connected. While not all sessions were recorded, most are now available for you and …

Kevin Thompson Town Hall

Town Hall

Please visit Town Hall Information to view our past Town Halls and Walter Jones Award winners, as well as, staying in the know on the development of the 2026 Cogence Town Hall.

Bonnie Kulczycki Town Hall

[Case Study] MetroHealth Campus Transformation Project: Design & Construction in a Rapidly Changing Environment (4 of 4)

By Robert A. Hager, Esq. and Paula Selvaggio, RPLU   The Cogence Alliance Resource Committee has committed to “tell the story,” through various case studies, concerning how the use of collaborative design and construction methods is positively impacting the construction industry.  Our 4th article in this MetroHealth Campus Transformation Project series is based on an …

[Case Study] MetroHealth – A Case Study on Collaboration (3 of 4)

MetroHealth – A Case Study on Collaboration – September 2, 2022 By Robert A. Hager, Esq and Paula M. Selvaggio, RPLU The is the 3rd article in a series featuring the MetroHealth Transformation project using the Cogence Alliance philosophy of working in a collaborative environment. Walter Jones, the leader of this transformational project describes the …

[Case Study] MetroHealth Campus Transformation Project: Building a Culture of Collaboration (2 of 4)

The Cogence Alliance Resource Committee has committed to “tell the story,” through various case studies, concerning how the use of collaborative design and construction methods is positively impacting the construction industry. Our second article in this series is an interview with Walter Jones on “Building a Culture of Collaboration”. BUILDING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION By …

[Case Study] MetroHealth Campus Transformation Project: Interview with Walter Jones (1 of 4)

The Cogence Alliance Resource Committee has committed to “tell the story,” through various case studies, concerning how the use of collaborative design and construction methods is positively impacting the construction industry. We begin this series by interviewing Walter Jones, the leader of the transformational $1B project at MetroHealth Cleveland’s Main Campus known as the Campus …

Design-Assist: The Good, the Bad, and Food for Thought [PDF Download]

Design-Assist is an emerging collaborative model. The term is used to describe the strategy of engaging key construction subcontractors early in the design and pre-construction phase, to assist the design team and the construction team with value engineering, constructability analysis, and other pre-construction services. The goal is to gain more input, from more parties, earlier …

Tuwhanna Williams Design Assist

Recent Research: How and Why Collaborative Methodologies Lead to Success

Presented by Markku Allison, AIA, and Christian Pikel | Town Hall 2017 Highlights Research tells us collaborative project delivery methodologies are better…but how and why? What happens on a Lean/IPD job to make it more successful? Allison and Pikel explored these questions in their presentation at the 2017 Cogence Town Hall. Background: Two Challenges of …