Conference Day Two

• Establishing best practice to increase accuracy in the bill of materials (BOM) to avoid rework, missing parts or over-ordering
• Standardizing procurement processes to catch costly errors and ensure consistency in ordering
• Improving forecasting and supplier alignment to support prefab timelines

• Exploring how we aligned trades and design teams on key milestones across fabrication and installation to prevent schedule drift
• Establishing our non-negotiable deadlines, such as design freeze or shop drawing completion with realistic float buffers, to balance changes and protect schedule integrity
• Compiling our lessons learned on driving accountability toward schedule milestones to define and implement upfront proactive measures

• Aligning on prefab-specific detailing requirements to ensure designs are constructible and comprehensive for fabrication and install
• Developing a QA program to catch errors in design prior to reaching the shop
• Involving experienced fabricators to validate model accuracy

• Aligning estimating and takeoff groups with purchasing and engineering to ensure all teams speak the same language” in the model
• Creating a single source of truth for material selection to ensure design intent and construction execution are fully aligned
• Identifying bulk-purchase items and embedding them in Revit families to improve cost control and reduce variability

• Investigating early opportunities for project-specific tracking of labor hours, material usage and assembly throughput to uncover bottlenecks directly impacting delivery to the jobsite
• Linking shop productivity data to installation milestones onsite to get ahead of early delay warnings and adjust workflow accordingly
• Using real-time shop performance data to drive continuous improvement in sequencing and layout

• Optimizing the machinery you already have through proper maintenance and operational best practices before evaluating new options
• Uncovering potential gaps in your current setup: how we identified the right machinery to invest in
• Building a compelling ROI case to demonstrate the value of new equipment and gain executive support
• Enhancing equipment management through tracking, automation and efficiency

• Explaining the need for advanced upfront thinking when comparing capacity planning for traditional prefab to manufacturing
• Assessing how to track your manufacturing line in real-time across multiple shops to better visualize capacity and manufacturing load
• Prioritizing work orders when multiple projects feed into shared manufacturing capacity to manage conflict

• Outlining coordination strategies between MEP and volumetric modular teams to ensure seamless integration  
• Exploring connection detailing, interface tolerances and delivery sequencing to align built systems with volumetric designs 
• Sharing lessons learned in managing spatial constraints, system compatibility and inspection requirements for successful MEP and volumetric integration

• Communicating the value of prefab, highlighting safety, cost and ease of install: What worked with our team to remove reservations and gain buy in?
• Addressing concerns of prefab being a threat to skilled labor by positioning it as a tool to enhance their role
• Sharing how early coordination meetings, daily huddles, shop visits and consistent language turned our biggest prefab detractors into prefab promoters

• This networking session will be a time for all exterior and internal panel, wall and structural prefabricators and product manufacturers, as well as those interested in meeting and networking about this type of prefabrication, to connect and discuss the biggest challenges, innovations and latest development being made to drive higher performance and smarter prefab solutions

• Understanding what roles are needed for growth: Assessing varying organizational charts for different sized prefab business units
• Defining the optimal order of hiring to support intended prefab growth
• Assessing your projected prefab capacity to map labor resource planning for maximum prefab execution

Connect with modular manufacturers, clients and contractors to explore how volumetric modular construction is transforming the industry. Explore strategies for balancing process and product, leveraging standardization, overcoming resource challenges and more, all while building the critical relationships with the leaders setting the pace for modular innovation.