Explore the Agenda

7:30 am Check In & Connect

8:00 am Chair’s Review of Day One

SVP Innovation, Compass Data Centers, Queen of Prefab

8:10 am Defining New Heights of Efficiency, Speed & Quality in Advanced Hyperscale Data Center Delivery With MEP Industrialization

9:10 am Leveraging Modular Interim Passenger Corridors to Accelerate SFO’s Terminal 3 West Modernization While Maintaining Continuous Operations

Architect & Community Impact Leader, Gensler

Focusing On: San Francisco International Airport (CA)

  • Overcoming complex phasing constraints by deploying off-site constructed corridor modules that enabled terminal redevelopment to progress
  • Accelerating project delivery through an integrated design-build approach, early trade partner engagement, and advanced VDC planning that enabled fabrication to begin at 75% design and helped reduce the overall schedule by nearly a year
  • Transforming temporary infrastructure into a passenger-facing experience by balancing constructability, safety, and operational requirements throughout active construction

9:40 am Connect & Exchange: Find Your Trade. Find Your Tribe.

Vice President of Fabrication Services, Ivey Mechanical Company
Vice President & Principal, HGA Architects & Engineers
Director of Prefabrication, Helix Electric

Skip the small talk and connect directly with professionals who understand your day-to-day challenges. These discipline-specific networking groups bring together peers to discuss the biggest challenges, lessons learned, innovations, and realities of delivering prefab at scale.

Project Set Up & Planning

Laying the Groundwork for Successful Prefab Project Delivery

11:15 am Fireside Chat: Aligning Owner Expectations with the Realities of Prefabrication to Drive Smarter Delivery Strategies

Vice President & Senior Structural Engineer, Salas O'Brien Engineers
Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
  • Understanding the building types, layouts, and design conditions that are best suited to prefabricated delivery
  • Identifying the compromises required to unlock schedule and manufacturing efficiencies without sacrificing project goals
  • Establishing realistic expectations around flexibility, customization, and delivery capabilities from project inceptionp
  • Defining performance requirements early to make informed system selections and unlock the full value of prefabricated delivery

11:45 am Expand Your Network: Industry Lunch

12:45 pm Exploring the Enterprise Contract Structures Being Utilized By the Most Ambitious Prefab Programs to Underpin Productization at Scale

  • Addressing the changes required to transition from one off, project specific contracts to multiyear, multi-project procurement frameworks
  • Establishing dynamic purchasing systems to allow continuous supplier qualification and lock in cost baselines
  • Highlighting the terms underpinning enterprise contract structures that address risk, logistics and milestone financing changes
Preconstruction & Project Management
BIM, Data, & Digital Workflows
MEP Manufacturing & Strategic Growth
Structures, Façades, & Panelization
Volumetric Modular

1:15 pm Panel: Inside the Client Collective – Bringing the Closed-Door Conversation to the Main Stage

Assistant Vice President, Capital Productivity Improvement & Strategy, HCA Healthcare

Following yesterday’s closed-door ‘Client Collective’, hear directly from the client leaders who facilitated the conversation as they bring the most important themes, challenges and priorities into the wider forum. Get a window into what was discussed behind closed doors, ask your burning questions, and uncover what clients really need from their prefab partners moving forward.

1:45 pm Solidify Your Connections: Networking Break

2:30 pm The Big Picture: Advancing Prefabrication 2027 Debriefing & Live Q&A

Director, Clark Pacific
SVP Innovation, Compass Data Centers, Queen of Prefab
Construction Technology Manager, Cupertino Electric
Director of Construction Services, CarolinaPower

Join your plenary and track chairs for a quick, structured recap of key takeaways from across the full three day agenda. Compare learnings across tracks, uncover the themes emerging throughout the event, and get answers to your burning questions in a live interactive Q&A. Leave with a broader perspective on the conversations shaping prefabrication and practical insights you can take back to your team.

3:10 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

SVP Innovation, Compass Data Centers, Queen of Prefab

3:30 pm End of Advancing Prefabrication 2027