CONFERENCE DAY ONE - Tuesday, February 18 2025

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7:00 am Check In & Networking

Revolutionizing Mission Critical Prefabrication

8:00 am Driving Behavioural Change: Unlocking the Ecosystem for Prefabrication Adoption

  • Amy Marks Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters
  • Russ Morrissey Vice President, NAM Regional Application Center, Schneider Electric
  • Scott Armul Executive Vice President, Global Portfolio & Business Units, Vertiv
  • Geene Alhady President, Clark Pacific
  • Jenny Kronish Risk & Benefits Manager, NFP
  • Nancy Novak Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters

Synopsis

 Identifying and addressing the barriers to prefabrication adoption within the ecosystem

  • Exploring the roles of procurement, legal, finance, sustainability, and insurance in driving change
  • Exploring practical strategies for aligning stakeholders and fostering collaboration to support prefabrication

8:20 am Revolutionizing Construction: Scaling Prefabrication from Vision to Reality

Synopsis

  • Breaking Barriers: Turning strict design constraints and authority targets into opportunities with innovative prefab solutions
  • Empowering the Workforce: Building skilled teams and driving adoption of game-changing prefabrication methods
  • Blueprint for Success: Unlocking hidden opportunities in design and shop fabrication to streamline construction and maximize impact

9:30 am Chair’s Morning Close

  • Amy Marks Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters

9:40 am Morning Refreshments & Networking

Track One

Track One: Owner Playbook, Programming & Project Set-Up

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Partnering & Procurement


10.40 am Enhancing Project Viability Through Strategic Financing

Jaimie Johnston MBE, Director, Head of Global Systems, Bryden Wood

Lincoln Wood, Director of Data Center Design, ASSEMBLAGE Works


11.25 am Looking at Strategic Approaches to Scope Development & Pricing Projects

Michael Mathews, CEO and Founder, ASSEMBLAGE Works


12.15 am Lunch


Achieving Consistency Across Your Portfolio


1.15 pm Case Study: Programmatically Implementing Prefab to Effectively Scale

Bob McCain, Design Optimization Manager, HCA Healthcare

Juan Bermudez, President, Neopod Systems


2.00 pm Audience Discussion: Standardizing Prefab Offerings to Reduce Variability & Increase Speed to Market

Amy Marks, Senior Vice President of Innovation, Compass Datacenters


3.10 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking


Streamlining Supply Chains


4.00 pm Case Study: Lessons Learned, Moving a Government Organization Towards Offsite Solution

Admo Ogun, Architect & Project Manager, Department of State Overseas, Building Operations

Chris Johnson, Design Manager, Department of State Overseas, Building Operations


4.45 pm Case Study: How We Industrialized Our Supply Chains to Address Challenges With Cross-Industry Competition for Critical Materials

Nick Masci, Principal & Co-Founder, ICG

Austin Creel, Program Manager, California Polytechnic
Institute

Tavio Darchengelo, Regional Vice President & Project Executive, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Group


5.25 pm Advancing Prefabrication Happy Hour

Track Two
Track Three
Track Four
Track Five
Track Six
Roundtables