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Exclusive Offsite Facility Tour: Prysmian | Encore Wire
Step inside one of the most advanced wire manufacturing operations in North America with this exclusive, insight-led facility tour.
Located on a 460-acre campus with nearly 3.5 million square feet of manufacturing under one roof, this tour offers a rare opportunity to explore how a fully integrated, singlecampus model is redefining speed, quality, and innovation across the electrical supply chain.
Observe how large-scale production, material processing, and distribution are coordinated in real time. Gain a deeper understanding of the practical realities shaping today’s
market, from supply chain pressures and material availability to operational constraints. Explore how greater alignment across the delivery process can support smoother
procurement, logistics, and project execution.
Finish with a Q&A and networking session with their manufacturing leaders to gain insights into improving project timelines, safety, and overall productivity.
Spaces are limited for this invitation-only experience.
To register your interest, please contact: construction@hansonwade.com
9:00 am Check In & Light Breakfast
Beginner: Setting Up Your Prefab Shop
10:00 am Workshop A: Winning Buy-In & Effectively Managing Change to Accelerate Your Prefab Transition
- Clarifying first investments, ROI timeframes, and positive accounting feedback for a compelling business case to reduce risk perceptions and secure leadership alignment
- Exploring practical strategies for motivating project managers and foremen to overcome resistance and drive adoption in the field
- Identifying the most impactful cultural and operational shifts to prioritize under time and cost constraints for a smooth transition
Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Operations
10:00 am Workshop B: Strategically Increasing Your Shop Footprint to Support Higher Volumes Without Sacrificing Efficiency or Profitability
- Building a data-driven business case for shop expansion, including ROI modeling and cost-benefit analysis, to justify further investments
- Exploring optimal strategies for facility location and resource allocation to minimize diminishing returns and maximize efficiency across multiple regions
- Identifying when to scale internally versus outsource prefab production, and how to calculate the tipping point for hybrid models to maintain profitability and schedule certainty
12:00 pm Networking Lunch Break
1:00 pm Workshop C: Optimizing Layout & Tooling in Pre-Existing & New Facilities to Maximize Productivity & Meet Your Business Needs
- Exploring operational factors such as material flow, ergonomics, and truck access to inform layout decisions that minimize bottlenecks
- Distinguishing critical infrastructure elements – e.g. parking, bathrooms, loading zones – to create a checklist that prevents costly oversights during setup
- Understanding how to define your own catalogue of assemblies, relative to your shop and capacity
1:00 pm Workshop D: Building Robust Logistics Networks to Enable Seamless Scaling & Prevent Bottlenecks
- Exploring strategies for multi-shop coordination and data aggregation to optimize resource allocation and maintain efficiency at scale
- Identifying the most effective logistics models – whether partnering with third-party providers or building internal capabilities – to support complex prefab networks without sacrificing profitability
- Examining best practices for synchronizing production schedules with dynamic project timelines to enable just-in-time delivery and avoid costly delays
3:00 pm Afternoon Networking Break
Beginner: Setting Up Your Prefab Shop
3:30 pm Workshop E: Evolving Your Template & Workflow to Enhance Prefabrication Success
- Exploring practical lessons learned from dismantling and rebuilding a high‑performing Revit template to better support prefab: what to keep, what to change, and how to align detailing with repeatability needs – we use eVolve Electrical, but the same rules apply to all electrical plugins
- Unpacking insights from retraining detailers, embracing new tools, and shifting mindsets to stop relying on “the way we’ve always done it”
- Sharing actionable guidance on structuring roles, spotting repetition, coordinating less and prefabbing more, and planning the next phase of growth – from early wins to considering centralized prefab
Intermediate: Scaling Your Prefab Operations
3:30 pm Workshop F: Developing Your Skilled Workforce to Drive Advanced Shop Operations
- Optimizing workforce composition, balancing journeymen, apprentices, and new hires, to assign tasks strategically and maintain quality as shop operations scale
- Exploring strategies for attracting and retaining top talent by leveraging prefab as a recruiting differentiator, engaging the next generation, and offering flexible work models to support scalability
- Identifying methods to accelerate skill development and leadership readiness through enhanced training programs and mentorship to support complex prefab operations