Pre-Conference Workshop Day

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Pre-Conference Workshop Day

Tuesday, February 23

Conference Day One

Wednesday, February 24

Conference Day Two

Thursday, February 25

8:00 am Check In & Connect

Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Capacity & Operations Advanced: Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Connectivity Expert: Maximizing Scale & Efficiency of Manufacturing Operations Prefab Leadership Exchange

Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Capacity & Operations

9:00 am Workshop A: Developing Workforce Training Pathways to Build a Reliable Prefabrication Talent Pipeline

Michael Quillen

Director of Modular Operations & Prefabrication Manager, Inglett & Stubbs

Quentin Benford

Design Engineer, Inglett & Stubbs

Identifying the critical competencies required across design, engineering, manufacturing, and assembly teams to support project success
Aligning training programs with evolving business needs to accelerate onboarding and improve workforce flexibility
Mapping long-term career pathways that support retention, skills growth, and leadership development across the prefabrication industry

Advanced: Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Connectivity

9:00 am Workshop B: Advancing Productization to Deliver Consistent Quality Across Multiple Shops

Kevin Sears

President, U.S. Engineering

Ryan Soden

Senior Project Manager, U.S. Engineering

Establishing standardized products, assemblies, and workflows that can be replicated consistently regardless of project or location
Implementing frameworks and quality controls to maintain predictable outputs across multiple facilities
Leveraging operational data and performance benchmarks to drive continuous improvement and reduce variation between shops

Expert: Maximizing Scale & Efficiency of Manufacturing Operations

10:00 am Workshop C: Advancing Productization to Deliver Consistent Quality Across Multiple Shops

Exploring the value of ISO certification in response to increased procurement of complex prefabricated mechanical systems as owner-furnished equipment: How can you clearly define ownership, embed skills and establish the discipline required to sustain ISO in a fabrication environment?
Seamlessly integrating critical quality data from design, production and machine controls to automate quality checkpoints and identify product variation before issues cascade
Evaluating the potential for AI to enhance QA/QC practices across the design, manufacture, construct value chain, and where we are currently realizing success

Prefab Leadership Exchange

9:00 am Closed Door Leadership Exchange

Join us for a closed-door leadership exchange where prefab and operations executives charged with forging their business’ strategy for excellence can come together and discuss the burning strategic questions surrounding business model evolution, workflow integration, transforming efficiencies with AI and automation, and mapping future investment.

Attendance is by approval only prior to the conference commencing.

11:00 am Expand Your Network: Industry Lunch

Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Capacity & Operations

12:00 pm shop D: Scaling End-to-End Prefabrication Operations to Meet Growing Demand Without Creating Bottlenecks

Jim Wallner

Fabrication Operations Manager, Staff Electric

Calculating throughput requirements across modelling, detailing and production teams to ensure every stage of the operation can support growth objectives
Identifying process logjams and departmental pinch points that constrain output and prevent projects from moving efficiently through the prefab lifecycle
• Implementing root cause improvement plans to eliminate constraints, strengthen operational alignment and enable sustainable scaling across the business

Advanced: Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Connectivity

12:00 pm Workshop E: Intergrating Supply Chains More Effectively to Reduce Fragmentation & Improve Outcomes

Brad Beard

Director of Operations, Modular, Cleveland Electric Company

Aligning procurement, manufacturing, design, and construction partners around shared performance metrics to improve certainty across project delivery
Standardizing processes, data flows, and decision making frameworks to eliminate inefficiencies between organizations and accelerate execution
Building integrated partnership models that strengthen supply chain resilience, increase repeatability, and support scalable growth across multiple projects

Expert: Maximizing Scale & Efficiency of Manufacturing Operations

12:00 pm Workshop F: Transitioning from Traditional Automation to Industrial Robotics for Maximum Precision & Productivity

Addressing the realities for robotic application beyond robotic welding and the investment required to accomplish that transition
Exploring solutions for translating dynamic BIM elements into optimized robotic path-planning toolpaths
Mapping hybrid robotic/human workflows to maximize the benefits of robotic elements within the production line
Implementing real-time monitoring and IIoT data layers to maintain machine health, calibration and send real time alerts for human interventions

Prefab Leadership Exchange

12:00 pm Panel A: Quantifying the True, Holistic Value of Prefab & Modular Business Lines to Strengthen Long-Term Investment Strategie

Sara Curry

Prefabrication Integration Director, JE Dunn Construction

Fran Sabatino

National Prefabrication Lead, DPR Construction

Kurt Neubek

Principal & Senior Architect, Stantec

Melanie Taylor

Vice President & General Manager, BILDT

1:00 pm Panel B: Turning Today’s Prefab Momentum into Lasting Industry Change Beyond the Data Center Supercycle

2:00 pm Speed Networking & Refreshments

Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Capacity & Operations

Speed Networking & Refreshments

3:00 pm Workshop G: Scaling Your Shop Footprint to Support Higher Volumes Without Compromising Efficiency or Profit

Craig Wojciechowski

Executive Vice President, BESCO

Joey Brown

Engineering Manager, BESCO

Building a data-driven business case for shop expansion to justify further investments
Exploring optimal strategies for facility location and resource allocation to minimize diminishing returns and maximize efficiency across multiple regions
Identifying lessons learned when expanding or relocating prefab facilities, including balancing manufacturing capacity, storage requirements, and material flow

Advanced: Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Connectivity

3:00 pm Workshop H: Removing Barriers to Effectively Integrate Manufacturing & Construction Value Streams

Understanding the difference between construction planning methods and manufacturing discipline to improve work content, line structure, labor and capacity under variable demand
Managing fluctuating project demand and timelines to keep manufacturing facilities running at high capacity, with minimal downtime and fixed labor
Developing your enterprise resource management system to account for hybrid manufacturing and construction value streams

Expert: Maximizing Scale & Efficiency of Manufacturing Operations

3:00 pm Workshop I: Evolving the Workforce & Organizational Structure Underpinning Industrialized Construction Entities

Assessing the realities of introducing manufacturing talent to the construction setting: What is the hybrid skillset required to truly enhance prefabrication workflows?
Mapping the ideal organizational matrix for an advanced industrialized construction entity and how you can assess when and how to introduce new roles to your organization
Developing advanced training and development pathways that blend physical asset management and digital capability
Evaluating the impact of rapid ecosystem evolution on the ability to formalize training and vocational pathways, and how industry and educational providers can work together to overcome such hurdles

Prefab Leadership Exchange

3:00 pm Interactive Roundtable: Assess Your Business Maturity & Design Your Roadmap for Change

Take part in an interactive workshop style session where we will break down the fundamental building blocks of a successful industrialized business, and explore the various degrees of maturity in the room. Use this opportunity to benchmark your operations, table critical roadblocks to advancement, and walk away with the steps to move all these areas to the next level.

5:00 pm The Cement Mixer

Come and let your hair down after an impactful day of learning and join us for a casual drink to welcome all attendees ahead of the conference kick off!

This is a high-energy networking format designed to break the mold of traditional meet-and-greet events.

Conference Day One

Conference Day Two

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Explore the Agenda

8:00 am Check In & Connect

Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Capacity & Operations

9:00 am Workshop A: Developing Workforce Training Pathways to Build a Reliable Prefabrication Talent Pipeline

Advanced: Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Connectivity

9:00 am Workshop B: Advancing Productization to Deliver Consistent Quality Across Multiple Shops

Expert: Maximizing Scale & Efficiency of Manufacturing Operations

10:00 am Workshop C: Advancing Productization to Deliver Consistent Quality Across Multiple Shops

Prefab Leadership Exchange

9:00 am Closed Door Leadership Exchange

11:00 am Expand Your Network: Industry Lunch

Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Capacity & Operations

12:00 pm shop D: Scaling End-to-End Prefabrication Operations to Meet Growing Demand Without Creating Bottlenecks

Advanced: Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Connectivity

12:00 pm Workshop E: Intergrating Supply Chains More Effectively to Reduce Fragmentation & Improve Outcomes

Expert: Maximizing Scale & Efficiency of Manufacturing Operations

12:00 pm Workshop F: Transitioning from Traditional Automation to Industrial Robotics for Maximum Precision & Productivity

12:00 pm Panel A: Quantifying the True, Holistic Value of Prefab & Modular Business Lines to Strengthen Long-Term Investment Strategie

1:00 pm Panel B: Turning Today’s Prefab Momentum into Lasting Industry Change Beyond the Data Center Supercycle

2:00 pm Speed Networking & Refreshments

Speed Networking & Refreshments

3:00 pm Workshop G: Scaling Your Shop Footprint to Support Higher Volumes Without Compromising Efficiency or Profit

Advanced: Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Connectivity

3:00 pm Workshop H: Removing Barriers to Effectively Integrate Manufacturing & Construction Value Streams

Expert: Maximizing Scale & Efficiency of Manufacturing Operations

3:00 pm Workshop I: Evolving the Workforce & Organizational Structure Underpinning Industrialized Construction Entities

Prefab Leadership Exchange

3:00 pm Interactive Roundtable: Assess Your Business Maturity & Design Your Roadmap for Change

5:00 pm The Cement Mixer

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