Lauren Slaven
Senior Regional Quality Manager Shawmut Design & Construction
Senior Regional Quality Manager at Shawmut Design and Construction, Lauren Slaven brings over two decades of experience across field leadership and quality management. Having progressed from Assistant Superintendent to Senior Superintendent, she offers deep expertise in project execution and operational excellence. Now leading regional quality initiatives, Lauren focuses on embedding best practices, improving consistency, and driving high-performance outcomes across complex construction projects.
Seminars
Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Punch List as an Outcome, Not a Phase: Driving Progressive Completion & Defect Elimination
4:00 pm
- Shifting the mindset that punch list is the primary quality checkpoint by embedding progressive verification and issue resolution throughout construction
- Establishing cleaner rules of engagement for punch list ownership, documentation and accountability to ensure issues are captured and addressed before substantial completion
- Implementing structured walkthroughs and early punch identification to reduce end-of-project backlog and enable a smoother, faster turnover to clients
