Fourth Annual
Technical Conference
Held 29 July 2026
The Project Production Institute hosted its Fourth Annual Technical Conference on Wednesday 29 July 2026. This annual event brought together industry experts, academics and thought leaders to explore cutting-edge solutions, methodologies, and technologies driving technical advancements and innovation in project delivery.
The primary objective of the conference is to discuss and address the root cause of major capital project cost and schedule overruns via research, discussion and dissemination of Project Production Management (PPM) and its foundation of Operations Science. Specifically, this conference focuses on the research, development and application of methods and technologies used to optimize the delivery of civil, digital and energy infrastructure projects.
In support of this, PPI invited practitioners and academics to submit technical abstracts for consideration and presentation at the upcoming conference. Selected papers are presented at the conference. Papers focus on one of the following research categories: Theory (specifically related to Operations Science, PPM, Lean etc.), Model (the application of simulations, digital twins, robotics, autonomous, IoT, AI / ML) or Control (the use of various systems, protocols, methods and tools that are used to control Project Production Systems). Learn more about PPI’s research here.
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The Next Era of Nuclear Energy: Why the Future of Nuclear Power Depends on Industrializing the Production Systems That Deliver Nuclear Power Plants
Built To Fail
Opportunities and Challenges of Nuclear-powered AI Data Centers
University of Cambridge
A Technical Decomposition of Project Schedules and Production System Models
Strategic Project Solutions, Inc.
Beyond Variability: Designing and Controlling Capital Project Production Systems
Project Production Institute
Inventory-Time Buffers vs. Capacity Buffers Tradeoff in Project Production Systems
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Project Production Institute
The Capable Owner: Why Owner Capability Is the Primary Determinant of Capital Project Outcomes
Project Production Institute
Increasing Decision Velocity: An Adaptive Project Delivery Framework for AI-Enabled Capital Projects
Basalt Consulting
Proper Selection of a Project Delivery Method: Reconciling Deterministic Frameworks with Operations Science and Project Production Management
CONEXIG
Advanced Project Delivery (APD): A Unifying Approach For Capital Project Performance
Collaborative Flow
A Decision Framework for Early-Stage Construction Robotics Deployment: Evidence from 10 Commercial Envelope-Installation Projects
Raise Robotics
Raise Robotics
From Visual Perception to Flow Observability in Anchored Shotcrete Retaining Walls: A Preliminary Computer Vision-Based PPM Framework
Applying AI Within a Project Production Management Framework to Optimize Construction Operations
Independent Consultant
AI-Driven 4D BIM: A Framework for Real-Time Construction Planning
University of Houston
Production System Optimization in Turnarounds: Controlling Flow, Reducing Variability
Turnaround EPC