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The Integrated Construction & Digital Process Optimization course is a practical, KPI-driven program built around clear Business objectives: protecting margins, improving schedule reliability, reducing rework, and accelerating decision cycles—then translating those goals into measurable execution control.

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Lance Cage, EVP Alberici

Lance Cage serves as Executive Vice President at Alberici, where he oversees energy & renewables and water markets as well as marketing services. He brings a broad background to lead clients through their complex construction challenges. His experience includes four years as an engineering officer in the U.S. Army, in addition to 30 years in the design, construction and real estate development industries.

Dr. Oli Sappanen, Aalto University, FI

Dr. Olli Seppänen is an Associate Professor of Operations Management in Construction at Aalto University, Finland. His research interests include lean construction, real-time production control, location based management systems, prefabrication / modular construction, construction logistics and digitalized construction operations. His main goal is solve the productivity problem of construction projects by leaning the process, achieving situational awareness through digitalization and moving most of the work outside of the construction site to industrialize construction. Before joining academia Olli co-founded and successfully exited three construction management software start-ups Dynamic System Solutions LLC (Finland, sold to Graphisoft), DynaRoad Ltd (Finland, sold to Topcon) and Vico Software Inc. (USA, sold to Trimble).

Alana Spencer, CEO ALMA

Alana Spencer is a leader in ESG, sustainability, and climate resilience with more than 17 years of experience advancing sustainability strategy, corporate transformation, and scaling high-impact solutions across the built environment. She is the co-founder of Alma Environmental Partners and formerly served as Vice President of Sustainability at Clayco, where she helped shape industry leading approaches to sustainable construction and the built environment. She is actively involved in green building nonprofits, advancing STEAM career pathways, and supporting regional collaboration through the Midwest Sustainability Network.

A trailblazer in integrating sustainability across the full lifecycle of projects, from concept through operations, Alana collaborates across disciplines to embed ESG principles that strengthen environmental performance, economic value, and social equity. Her work focuses on the intersection of construction, climate action, and resilient development, helping organizations align sustainability with long-term business success.

A Chicago native, Alana is deeply committed to advancing solutions that connect climate responsibility with community well-being. Through her leadership, she continues to champion forward-thinking strategies that redefine sustainable development and the future of the built environment.

Alan Bolt, COO ICON Mechanical

Alan has more than 25 years of experience in the mechanical contracting industry, managing and executing complex projects throughout his career and across a wide range of industries. He is an expert in managing design-build, design-assist, and traditional project approaches, particularly in the industrial and commercial markets.

Tomislav Zigo, CEO BEXEL USA

Tomislav Zigo leads digital transformation at the intersection of technology, process, and the built environment. Over the past three decades, he has worked across manufacturing, architecture, academia, and construction, with experience in process optimization, BIM implementation, building performance analysis, data-driven design, facility management, mixed reality, reality capture, UAV applications, and construction workflow improvement. Tomislav believes technology should amplify human ingenuity, not replace it. When applied well, it improves how teams work, leads to better outcomes, and contributes to a more equitable and human-centered built environment.

As CEO of BEXEL USA, Zigo works with organizations seeking to improve project delivery through organizational transformation and technology. His focus is on helping teams connect data, process, and decision-making through BIM-centric, scalable, data-driven, and AI-enabled approaches that bring greater clarity to project performance. He is a registered architect with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rijeka in Croatia and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.

Burcin Kaplanoglu, Phd

Burcin Kaplanoglu is the founder of SBK Technologies. He is a recognized technology executive with expertise in artificial intelligence (Al), robotics, and other advanced technologies, as well as engineering.

Throughout his career, he has provided trusted advice to the companies, impacting their top line and bottom line. He led technology research and developments, as cofounder of Oracle Industry Lab, resulting in development of innovative new solutions, ISV partnerships, and high-touch customer engagements increasing revenue.

Before Oracle, Kaplanoglu was vice president at Lendlease infrastructure business unit. During his career at Lendlease, he successfully led developments worth over $1 Billion. He was an adjunct professor at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering for over a decade.

Awards and Recognitions: The National Academy of Construction, class of 2025. Oracle R&D Catalyst Award for GenAl Design and Technical Sprint in 2024. LinkedIn Top Voice in 2023. James B. Porter Award for Technology Leadership by the Construction Industry Institute (CI) in 2022. Engineering News Record (ENR)'s "Top 25 Newsmaker" in 2022. BuiltWorlds Mavericks in 2020. "AEC Innovator" by BD+C magazine in 2020. Engineering News Record (ENR)'s "20 Under 40" in 2016.

Ricardo Kahn, CEO opex5

Ricardo "Rick" Khan is an internationally recognized AEC thought leader, C-suite executive, and founder of OpEx5 LLC. His unique 35-year career arc spans from his early days as a field pipe-fitter to a pioneering technology leader and entrepreneur.  Today, Rick leverages his proprietary OpEx5 OS™ (focusing on Purpose, People, Process, Platform,and Performance) to bridge the gap between strategic corporate vision and jobsite reality.

Throughout his career, Rick has secured $7 billion in mega-project wins and delivered a consistent $10 million recurring annual ROI for enterprise giants like Mortenson and STO Building Group. As a trusted strategic advisor to AEC technology startups for more than two decades, his critical eye for product-market fit has helped drive global adoption and successful exits for widely used solutions.

Guided by a field-first philosophy passed down by his father, Rick remains deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of AEC leaders. By combining operational grit with enterprise strategy, he continues to focus on his core purpose: helping others succeed and inspiring the industry one person at a time.

Veljko Janjic, CEO BEXEL Manager

Veljko Janjic, Chairman of the Board and Founder of Bexel Consulting is an esteemed BIM expert and lecturer, and creator of the BEXEL Manager platform. He has been supporting the openBIM workflows and innovation in integrated BIM project management with his active role in BIM standardization through various international and regional associations and committees.  Currently, he holds a seat in the buildingSMART International Construction Room Steering Committee and is a Vice-Chair of Digitalisation & BIM Committee within EFCA (FIDIC). He lectured at many high-profile professional conferences in the field of BIM and project management and has been a guest lecturer at a number of universities worldwide. Also, he is a president of BIM Serbia association and is a member of CEN 442 Committees of Serbia and Slovenia.
  • Format:  Designed for Project Engineers, Project Managers, and Technology Champions ready to step into the next level of responsibility and influence, this program includes an 8 session short course and a 2-day bootcamp delivered by industry leaders and hands-on practitioners, grounded in real project conditions—not theory.
  • Registration: Open until Aug. 25, 2026
  • Course Dates (8-day short course / sessions approx. 75-90 min):
    • Sept. 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22 & 24, 2026 Evening
  • Course Dates (2-day bootcamp / sessions approx. 8 hr):
    • Oct. 15 & 16, 2026 Daytime 
  • PDH: 28
  • Price: $3,499 for program enrollment includes:
    • 8-day short course ($2,000 value)
    • 2-day bootcamp ($1,499 value)
  • Location: 2127 Innerbelt Business Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63114
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    • Also delivered live online via Zoom

Course Main Highlights:

  • Designed for Project Engineers, Project Managers, and Technology Champions ready to step into the next level of responsibility and influence.
  • Delivered by industry leaders and hands-on practitioners, grounded in real project conditions—not theory.
  • Personal growth through cross-disciplinary knowledge across the key domains shaping modern construction delivery.
  • Peer knowledge sharing with a cohort of seasoned professionals to compare methods, test assumptions, and accelerate learning.
  • Flexible delivery via 3-Hr 8-week lectures delivered in person in St. Louis – for who can – with synchronous/asynchronous delivery for colleagues with conflicts on any day and/or around the globe.
  • Wrapped up with 2-day bootcamp-style upskilling through actual implementation on platforms with up to 1-year free license for fast, practical, and outcome-driven learning you can apply immediately.

Course Focus:

The Integrated Construction & Digital Process Optimization course is a practical, KPI-driven program built around clear Business objectives: protecting margins, improving schedule reliability, reducing rework, and accelerating decision cycles—then translating those goals into measurable execution control.

The core emphasis is on Technology: participants learn to integrate BIM, quantities, schedules, costs, production tracking, supply chain signals, and scenario analysis into a single decision-grade system that enables rapid what-if testing, root-cause visibility, and portfolio-level reporting without adding reporting burden.

With that digital foundation in place, the course reinforces the required Process and Culture, work packaging, constraint management, governance, and continuous improvement loops, so teams consistently act on signals, close gaps, and sustain performance gains.

Course Description:

Construction is entering a period in which digital technology can no longer be treated as an overlay to existing practice, nor as a collection of disconnected software deployments. Its strategic value lies in its ability to reorganize how work is planned, controlled, measured, and improved across the construction enterprise. This course is built around that premise. Through eight interconnected sessions, participants will examine how digital capability becomes operational capability: how information is structured for action, how signals are translated into decisions, and how management discipline, governance, and execution logic determine whether technology produces real business effect. The intent is not merely to expose participants to current tools and trends, but to equip them with a more serious understanding of how construction organizations advance toward a more integrated, measurable, and resilient mode of production.

*Order of topics below is subject to change*

1) Operations, Supply Chain, and Safety Systems -  (September 1st; 75-90 min)

Operational control in construction begins long before work reaches the field. This session examines how long-lead planning, logistics, supplier performance, inventory strategy, and safety systems combined to shape execution reliability, continuity of work, and margin protection. (Lance Cage, EVP Alberici)

2) Agile + Lean Project Controls – (September 3rd; 75-90 min)

Project controls create value only when they can respond to changing conditions with speed and discipline. This session explores Agile and Lean approaches that strengthen situational awareness, improve planning reliability, and connect control systems more directly to the realities of production. (Dr. Oli Sappanen, Aalto University, FI)

3) Green and Sustainable Construction – (September 8th; 75-90 min)

Sustainability has become a delivery requirement, but its real challenge lies in execution. This session focuses on how carbon, material choice, procurement, and reporting can be incorporated into project decision-making in ways that are measurable, auditable, and operationally credible. (Alana Spencer, CEO ALMA )

4) Off-Site / Modular Production Tracking – (September 10th; 75-90 min)

As industrialized construction expands, project success increasingly depends on the ability to manage production with greater precision, traceability, and control. This session examines the systems required to align factory output, logistics, installation, and quality management within a more disciplined production environment. (Alan Bolt, COO ICON Mechanical)

5) Digital Transformation in Construction – (September 15th; 75-90 min)

Digital transformation is not a software initiative. It is an organizational process through which governance, standards, decision rights, and business objectives are brought into alignment with new digital means of production. This session provides a practical framework for leaders seeking to build that alignment with clarity and purpose. (Tomislav Zigo, CEO BEXEL USA)

6) AI, Automation, and Robotics – (September 17th; 75-90 min)

The question is no longer whether these technologies will influence construction, but where they can do so with real operational value. This session considers AI, automation, and robotics from the standpoint of applicability, data quality, implementation rigor, and measurable business effect rather than novelty or hype. (Burcin Kaplanoglu, Phd)

7) BIM Execution Strategy and Information Management – (September 22nd; 75-90 min)

The enduring value of BIM lies not in model production alone, but in the structuring of information for coordination, control, and action. This session repositions BIM as part of a broader execution strategy, one that improves scope visibility, strengthens accountability, and supports more connected project delivery. (Ricardo Kahn, CEO opex5)

8) Data-Driven Decision-Making and Executive Visibility – (September 24th; 75-90 min)

Executives do not need more reporting; they need better intelligence. This session examines how data structures, metrics, and decision frameworks can be organized to support earlier intervention, sharper oversight, and a more credible transition from descriptive reporting to predictive and prescriptive management. (Veljko Janjic, CEO BEXEL Manager)

BootCamp - (October 15th & 16th); ~8 hours per day

Industry Applications for all concepts covered during the previous 8-weeks with focus on BEXEL manager with applicability on other available commercial platforms.