In-person class: Lean Pull Planning (Lean Construction – a Last Planner™ Simulation)

- August 20, 20258:30 AM - 3:00 PM (local time)
Toronto Construction Association office

Date & Time: August 20, 2025 Wednesday 8:30am – 3pm ET

Workshop Overview

Learn how to improve upon traditional scheduling that uses the critical path method. While CPM is a method that has been used for many decades there are many problems that make it slow to recover and adapt to impacts and changes to the schedule. The Last Planner™ System takes the CPM master schedule at the highest level and provides a methodology that is designed to increase productivity and accountability through collaboratively managing workflow on a project. This workshop demonstrates the value of collaborative planning and project execution using the principles of the Last Planner™ System so that users truly understand how to bring the Last Planner™ System to life in a construction setting.

Topics Covered

Understand and distinguish between traditional push planning and pull planning
The impact of variation on your schedule
Orientation to the Last Planner™ System
Planned Percent Complete (PPC)
Constraint Logs
Experience a collaborative pull planning session
How to run an effective pull planning session
How to run effective meetings
How to optimize for the project not the individual
Experience a make ready planning session

Learning Outcomes

Highlight the differences between traditional planning and Lean way
Enable participants to experience the spirit and principles of the Last Planner™ System
Demonstrate the benefits of making and keeping promises/commitments
Help develop the project team through collaboration and interaction with all project parties
Develop understanding of the impact of Lean and the benefits for each participant
All key players understand Last Planner™

Who Should Attend

Appropriate for those who are accountable for project planning and execution

Project Owners
General Contractors
Trade Constructors
Consultants – Design, Architecture, Engineering
Project Managers
Site Superintendents
Forepersons
Estimators
Business Development
Schedulers
Project coordinators
BIM/VDC coordinators
Anyone wanting to improve the planning and scheduling process

Please click here for more information & registration.

Toronto Construction Association office
70 Leek Crescent
Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1H1

Category:
TCA / TCIC Educational Event, TCA / TCIC Seminar, TCA / TCIC Workshop, TCIC Course

Organizer:
Faith Chen
416-847-9162
fchen@tcaconnect.com

Registration

Registration deadline: August 19, 2025.

Trump Executive Order Launches Trade War

Important Update: President Trump Pauses Tariff’s on Canada for at Least 30 Days

Dear TCA members,

As you know, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods over the weekend that will take effect tomorrow morning and have enormous economic consequences. Prime Minister Trudeau has predictably released a list of goods subject to a retaliatory tariff and so begins the trade war. The impacts of the U.S trade tax and the Trudeau retaliatory countermeasures will be considerable and will absolutely affect the Canadian construction industry.

This trade war is not going away any time soon. Trump is prone to drama as we know and his threats relating to NAFTA during his last term as President were bad but not devastating by the time the new trade agreement was signed. Since then, the U.S. trade deficit with Canada has grown from $31 billion to closer to $100 billion. That’s the real reason for the trade war. The cross-border fentanyl distribution argument was a means to an end and was presumably used to justify the emergency measures legislation. Our best guess is that this new trade war will have severe and enduring impacts on TCA members.

In the coming months, news channels will be filled with stories about trade wars and their impacts but likely not satisfy your need to understand how your day-to-day businesses will be affected. Our focus at TCA will be on sharing industry-specific impacts including strategic best practices which we commit to share with TCA members as new information becomes available.

In the interest of ensuring that we are sharing meaningful and helpful information, TCA is already negotiating with an international trade strategy consultant in the hope that a strategic partnership with trade impact experts will add genuine and unique value for TCA members. I also serve on the Board of the Canadian Construction Association with whom I have been communicating 24-7 since the executive order was signed on Saturday. Rest assured that CCA is in constant contact with the federal government to analyze the Trudeau countermeasures and influence the go-forward strategy of trade negotiators. That too will be shared as it happens.

In the interim, please don’t hesitate to share your views and/or ask for assistance. We exist to serve the needs of our members and the road ahead will indeed be challenging.

Respectfully,
John Mollenhauer
President and CEO

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