HOW CAN EARLY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES DRIVE MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES?

How you start a building project shapes everything that comes next. When builders, designers, engineers, and clients engage from day one, you move slower upfront but faster overall — with better outcomes, fewer surprises, more efficiencies and more opportunity for sustainable solutions.

Integrated design refers to multi-party engagement at early stages of the design. When more stakeholders have input from day one, decisions are stronger and the project is stronger for it. 

Early design phase engagement from multiple parties results in a more holistic understanding of values for the project. Designers, engineers and builders can more easily and quickly get on the same page and work through any potential hiccups before work begins; and in return reduce potential for any cost overruns, delays and reworks or changes. In other words, it’s much easier (and cost effective) making any changes to a build at the design phase than it is at any other stage. 

Think of early engagement as your chance to fully understand and dive deeper into the constraints, risks and opportunities across all stages of a build and from each stakeholder. It’s also one of the most influential stages where all parties can understand and better implement sustainability efforts. Think about designing out waste, sustainable supply chain choices, and project specific decisions for better building. 

This webinar is an open conversation between people across the building industry about what early engagement actually looks like. How it differs across different kinds of builds. Why it matters that all parties show up early and stay connected. Where the opportunities sit and where the real challenges are. Different perspectives—designers, builders, clients—bring different insights, and that's where the learning happens.

Meet our speakers

• Charissa Snijders is an architect and designer. Her practice centres on collaborative design processes that bring stakeholders together early to unlock better outcomes.

• Kristy Jones is the National Sustainability Manager at Cook Brothers. Kristy brings the practical perspective on how early engagement saves time, cost, and complexity on site.

• Matt Jonesis a Project Manager at Rubix, representing the client and project management lens. Matt keeps projects aligned and moving when everyone's working towards the same vision.

  This is a FREE WEBINAR, but registration is required and all details to join the event will be sent in advance. Register below.

This is How We Build Training Series

This webinar, as part of our This Is How We Build series, dives deeper into what is possible when we plan and choose better. Our Integrated Design Module will be live on the 9th of June, and following this Webinar on the 18th of June, the live recording will be added to the training module.

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