David O’Connell
Construction Manager Verista
Seminars
Thursday 5th February 2026
Owner Panel: State of the Union – Prefab Adoption in Life Sciences
9:00 am
- Explore how modular clean rooms are becoming standard practice and why full volumetric modular GMP facilities remain niche but critical for speed-to-market.
- Discuss time savings of 6–8 months with prefab vs. stick-built solutions and its impact on competitive advantage.
- Examine supply chain constraints (e.g., HVAC lead times of 50–60 weeks) driving prefab adoption in pharma and healthcare.
- Highlight hybrid strategies—integrating modular elements within stick-built shells for flexibility and scalability.
- Consider union and regulatory challenges that complicate full prefab execution in healthcare and life sciences.
Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Joining the Advancing Prefabrication 2026 Speaker Faculty
