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7:00 am Check-In & Connect
8:00 am Advancing Construction’s Welcome Address
8:05 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Optimizing End-to-End Workflow Integration
8:10 am Streamlining Workflows Across the Full Value Chain to Eliminate Inefficiencies & Achieve End-to-End Visibility
- Highlighting strategies to connect every stage – from design and procurement through fabrication, QA/QC, logistics, and installation – for a fully integrated delivery model that reduces waste and rework
- Exploring the latest strategies and frameworks that enable real-time visibility and coordination between BIM, estimating, production, and field teams to keep projects on track
- Defining critical milestones, assigning ownership, and standardizing processes across regions to drive alignment and secure buy-in
8:50 am Case Study: Exploring Lessons Learned from Design to Delivery for Modular Electrical Rooms on Data Center Projects to Unlock Schedule Certainty
- Unpacking the full process from design to shop assembly to site installation, including coordination milestones and efficient communication strategies
- Sharing hard truths on cost and complexity of transporting large modules, and how teams balanced logistics with schedule gains
- Highlighting wins and lessons learned on time savings, labor reduction, and other key ROI indicators
- Coordinating with owners to modify specifications/submittal processes to enable the introduction of modular solutions mid-project, ensuring alignment without derailing schedules
9:30 am Session Reserved for AECInspire
10:00 am Break Ground: Networking & Refreshments
Chair: Kelli Lubeley, Construction Technology Manager, Cupertino Electric
11:00 am Improving BIM–Shop Collaboration to Optimize Tool Selection & Prefab Coordination
- Highlighting strategies to engage shop teams early in BIM conversations to align tool choices with modeling requirements and speed up installation
- Exploring practical approaches to break down silos between BIM and fabrication teams, ensuring both groups see value in collaboration
- Discussing how integrated workflows reduce errors and enable faster adoption of tools that support prefab-ready designs
11:30 am Session Reserved for Sanveo
12:00 pm Spark Connections: Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Sharing
Get ready to spark conversations and build lasting connections! This dedicated networking session is designed to bring peers from firms of similar sizes and maturities together – creating the perfect environment for meaningful dialogue, shared challenges, and practical insights. Through a focused, peer-led forum, you’ll get the chance to explore high-impact topics such as quantifying prefab ROI, leveraging automation to streamline workflows, and expanding your capacity with trusted third-party partnerships, to name a few. You can also take this opportunity to connect with and learn from those further ahead, or share your own experiences with peers who are earlier on in their journey. Whether you’re looking to exchange ideas, discover innovative approaches, or simply expand your professional circle, this is your moment to connect, collaborate, and ask any burning questions
12:30 pm Networking Lunch Break
1:30 pm Fireside Chat: Ideating New Prefabrication Concepts to Accelerate Project Delivery
- Understanding how to identify and validate opportunities for new prefab assemblies
- Breaking down design workflows and coordination steps for products without a preexisting BIM model
- Learning from real-world experiences on overcoming early setbacks and refining concepts into scalable solutions
2:00 pm Scaling VDC Teams for Constructible, Field-Ready Delivery
- Defining the core VDC roles, skills, and team structures needed to deliver reliable, constructible outcomes under real project pressures.
- Applying standardized training, assessment, and recruiting strategies to grow VDC teams across field‑experienced, academic, and non‑traditional talent pipelines.
- Evaluating when to scale internally versus partner with third‑party VDC providers, balancing quality, culture fit, workload capacity, and risk.
2:30 pm Today’s Top Insights: Cross-Track Debriefing
A quick, structured recap bringing together all tracks to share key takeaways and compare learning. Gain clarity, connect themes, and ensure you capture value from the strategies and ideas that resonated most. By hearing perspectives from across the wider audience, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of the themes emerging throughout the day, how different contractors are approaching similar issues, and where the biggest opportunities lie. It’s an essential moment to connect the dots and broaden your viewpoint – leaving you better equipped to carry your learning into Day 2.
3:00 pm Reinforce Connections: Networking Break
Breaking Down Silos to Accelerate E-Prefab Delivery
3:30 pm Fireside Chat: Streamlining Cross-Partner Communication to Enable Early Decision-Making & Keep Prefab on Schedule
- Highlighting critical information and decisions that must be locked in early – from product approvals to design details – to avoid missed prefab opportunities
- Exploring strategies to improve transparency of timelines between owner, GC, shop, and field teams, ensuring realistic expectations for fabrication lead times
- Discussing how to engage vendors, engineers, and customers proactively to accelerate approvals and prevent bottlenecks in design-assist workflows
- Coordinating with owners to modify specifications/submittal processes when introducing modular solutions mid-project, ensuring alignment without derailing schedules
4:10 pm Data Center vs Healthcare: A Practical Guide to Prefab Strategy – Everything Starts with Smart VDC
- Showing how the project environment dictates the prefab strategy, and why applying the same modeling approach to every job is one of the costliest habits in VDC
- Exploring two case studies from opposite types of builds: a data center where standardization compressed 3,700+ spools into under 400 sheets, and a healthcare project where constraint-heavy, high-detail conditions demanded the opposite approach
- Translating each strategy into an actionable workflow with a practical guide that equips VDC teams to make each approach succeed
4:40 pm Panel Discussion: Establishing Continuous Feedback Loops to Drive Prefab Quality & Field Adoption
- Establishing trust-based relationships with field teams as the foundation for effective feedback loops, ensuring open communication and continuous improvement
- Capturing both positive and negative outcomes to prevent redundant process changes and accelerate replication of proven workflow
- Exploring the use of structured pre and post installation review frameworks for continuous operational improvement
- Discussing how digitized feedback loops enable real-time adaptation of safety protocols and installation methods
5:20 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks
5:25 pm End of Conference Day One
5:30 pm High-Voltage Happy Hour
Unwind and connect with peers at our drinks reception, an opportunity to continue the day’s conversations in a relaxed setting. Whether you’re building new partnerships or catching up with familiar faces, this is the perfect place to expand your network over a drink!