Wednesday, December 2
Keynote:Virtual Expo Hall Hours
Breakout Session 1
Track 1
Systems as Solutions
How Will the Pandemic Affect the Trajectory for Offsite Construction?
How will COVID affect demand for mass timber, panelized and modular solutions? Can movement and interaction be better controlled in a factory environment? Will there be greater focus on sustainability?
- Gerry McCaughey, CEO, Entekra
- Vaughan Buckley, CEO, Volumetric Building Companies
- Tom Hardiman, Executive Director, Modular Building Institute
- Evan Smith, President Placetailor
Track 2
Adapt, Integrate, Collaborate
Standardization & Mass Customization
Why the drive to standardize?
How to combine the efficiency of offsite manufacturing without sacrificing design freedom
- Robert Malczyk, Director Mass Timber Engineering, Katerra
- “The Future of Building has Begun: How the CREE System & Platform Enables the Industry to Integrate, Collaborate and Digitize.”
Rainer Strauch, Managing Director and CTO, Cree by Rhomberg - Lucas Epp, Head of Engineering, Structurcraft
Track 3
Potential, Performance and Practicalities
Building Codes & Fire Safety
Impact of new tall wood ICC and BC codes. Acceptance of offsite light frame construction by building inspectors across North America? Fire safety: How to mitigate the impact of fire on life, safety and property.
- “Exploring the Planning Complexities of Mass Timber: Reviewing Code Restrictions, Design & Manufacturing Limitations That Impact Design & Construction Outcomes”
Lisa Podesto, Timber & Innovations Specialist, Lendlease - “Tall Timber Construction: New Code Provisions, Design Steps and Impacts on North American Markets”
Ricky McLain, Senior Director Tall Wood, Woodworks - “INTRO: A 9-story mixed-use mass timber building in the heart of Cleveland”
John Mitchell, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
Breakout Session 2
Track 1
Systems as Solutions
Mass Timber: Why the Sudden Increase in Demand?
What are the factors that are driving demand for mass timber? To what extent is this growth sustainable? What buiding types? What solutions?
- Nick Milestone, Director Mass Timber, Katerra
- Nicholas Sills, General Manager Customer and Technical Services, Structurlam
- Patrick Chouinard, Founder & New Business, Element5
Track 2
Adapt, Integrate, Collaborate
Integrating the Supply Chain
integration of design, procurement, offsite fabrication, delivery and site assembly
- “Workflow from “Idea” to CNC Processing to the Actual Building”
Michael Marzy, President, Dietrichs’s Software & Chris Scott, Product Specialist, Stiles Machinery & Martin Leetenmeier, VP of Technology, Blueprint Robotics - “DeepWood: Disruptive Evolving Engineering and Planning in Wood (BIM)”
Dr. Sonja Geier, Professor Engineering & Architecture, Lucerne University
Track 3
Potential, Performance and Practicalities
How Green is Mass Timber?
How green is mass timber in practice today? How does it compare to concrete and steel? What needs to happen for mass timber to be truly sustainable?
- Maureen Puettmann, Director of Operations, CORRIM
- Elaine Oneil, Director of Science and Sustainability, CORRIM
- George Berghorn, Asst. Professor Construction Management Michigan State University
Keynote:Thursday, December 3
Keynote:Virtual Expo Hall Hours
Breakout Session 3
Track 1
Systems as Solutions
Why Modular and Why Now?
The Case for Modular Construction in a Post-Pandemic World
What factors are driving the trend toward modular construction?
- Paul Williamson, Past Managing Director NU Build, UK
- “Modular Construction is Now Main Stream for Multifamily and Hospitality”
John Beddow, CEO, Guerdon Modular Buildings - Craig Mitchell, Black Box Modular, formerly Director Innovative Solutions, Metric Modular
Track 2
Adapt, Integrate, Collaborate
Mechanization and Automation
How does cutting-edge manufacturing technology drive or enable offsite construction? Where and when should it be employed? Are you getting a reasonable return on your investment?
- “Can automation help keep us safe?”
Ola Skoglund, COO, Randek Robotics - Ben Hershey, President 4Ward Consulting Group
- “Column, slab, ready – the revolution in timber construction – from research into the market!”
Stefan Zoellig, Timber Engineer, Timber Structures 3.0 AG
Track 3
Potential, Performance and Practicalities
Financing Offsite Construction
The hurdles that early adopters face in finding institutional sources of capital to finance their projects
- “Financing off-site construction: a VC’s perspective on building the investment thesis in off-site construction.”
Kaustubh Pandya, Principal, Brick & Mortar Ventures - Margaret Whelan, CEO, Whelan Advisory
Breakout Session 4
Track 1
Systems as Solutions
It’s the Process, Not the Products
The Case for Fully Integrated Panelized Construction
In what situations do panelized solutions make more sense than modular?
What differentiates integrated offsite construction from pre-fabricated components?
- Mike Schmidt, Principal Consultant, Auto Construct
- Mark LaLiberte, Co-Founder & President, Construction Instruction
- “How the Digitalization of Construction can increase speed, precision and quality while driving down costs”
Alfred Porsche, ProWood Consulting
Track 2
Adapt, Integrate, Collaborate
The Digitization of Offsite Construction
How is digitization disrupting construction?
What will be the impact of generative design on the built environment?
- “Offsite Technology: Putting it to Work in Your Homes”
Scott Reichensperger, VP Global Residential Business Technology, Mitek - “An AI Software Tool which Designs I-joist Floors Automatically”
Luke Whale, PhD, Technical Director Earlybird Technologies Ltd. - Thomas Strong, Principal, Wired Construction
Track 3
Potential, Performance and Practicalities
Addressing Challenges in Mass Timber Construction
How offsite wood-based construction can integrate with non-wood building systems?
- Andy Shanahan, WB Engineers | Consultants
- Ashley Rao, Leers Weinzapfel Associates
- Ermanno Acler, Holzpak
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