CONFERENCE DAY ONE - Tuesday, February 18 2025

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7:00 am Check In & Networking

Revolutionizing Mission Critical Prefabrication

8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Amy Marks Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters

8:20 am Rethinking Design & Construction to Create Hyperefficient Facilities

Synopsis

  • Addressing strict design constraints and authority targets, exceeding expectations through innovative construction methods
  • Tackling the challenge of building a skilled trade workforce for prefab, fostering collaboration from design through execution
  • Identifying micro-opportunities for incremental adoption of prefabrication in future projects, while reflecting on lessons learned from design, manufacturing, and installation

9:30 am Chair’s Morning Close

  • Amy Marks Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters

9:40 am Morning Refreshments & Networking

Track One

Track One: Owner Playbook, Programming & Project Set-Up

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Partnering & Procurement


10.40 am Enhancing Project Viability Through Strategic Financing

Jaimie Johnston MBE, Director, Head of Global Systems, Bryden Wood

Lincoln Wood, Director of Data Center Design, ASSEMBLAGE Works


11.25 am Looking at Strategic Approaches to Scope Development & Pricing Projects

Michael Mathews, CEO and Founder, ASSEMBLAGE Works


12.15 am Lunch


Achieving Consistency Across Your Portfolio


1.15 pm Case Study: Programmatically Implementing Prefab to Effectively Scale

Bob McCain, Design Optimization Manager, HCA Healthcare

Paige Dodson, Senior Director, HealthTrust


2.00 pm Audience Discussion: Standardizing Prefab Offerings to Reduce Variability & Increase Speed to Market

Amy Marks, Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters


3.10 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking


Streamlining Supply Chains


4.00 pm Audience Discussion: Developing Direct Relationships With Manufacturers to Improve Availability & Price Certainty

Fred Brandstrader, Vice President of Construction &
Capital Expenditure, Hyatt Hotels


4.45 pm Case Study: How We Industrialized Our Supply Chains to Address Challenges With Cross-Industry Competition for Critical Materials

Nick Masci, Principal & Co-Founder, ICG

Austin Creel, Program Manager, California Polytechnic
Institute

Tavio Darchengelo, Regional Vice President & Project Executive, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Group


5.25 pm Advancing Prefabrication Happy Hour

Track Two
Track Three
Track Four
Track Five
Track Six
Roundtables