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

Presentation Details to be Confirmed.

• 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

• Assessing how AI can detect inconsistencies between the model and expected material assemblies or product specs before fabrication
• Using AI to sort and process large data sets and establish intelligent group and standardization, such as duct sizes, cable types and valve counts
• Exploring how AI can analyze historical project data and flag recurring model issues to improve detailing quality and reduce rework risk

• Navigating best practices for communicating production delays or accelerations to field teams
• Creating protocols of what information needs to be shared and when to reduce reliance on ineffective or lost communication
• Comparing digital tools that can ease field communication and are user friendly for your field teams

• 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

• What quality‑control practices (factory or site‑based) have proven most effective for you?
• How can install teams be better supported to optimise on‑site prefabricated assembly?
• Where is standardisation helping — and where is it still creating limitations?

• 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

• Designing DfMA workflows tailored to your specific manufacturing capabilities and project requirements
• Building cross-functional collaboration between design, engineering, fabrication and construction teams to align DfMA with project goals
• Understanding how to take it from concept to a scalable program of manufacturing, elevating successful implementation of manufacturing processes
• Creating a continuous improvement plan for DfMA principles to fully optimize your process

• 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

• Exploring how to shift focus from simply doing prefab to creating a company-wide culture that prioritizes it, especially in a region where prefab isn’t common
• Assessing strategies that are working to win over foremen and supers who feel threatened or disconnected from the process: how we brought healthy competition among the field team to drive change
• Executing a cultural shift toward prefab to highlight the importance of full integration and buy-in, and accelerate your business strategy