Explore the Agenda
7:00 am Registration, Networking & Coffee
8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Building Resilience Amid Legislative & Economic Uncertainty
8:10 am Aligning With End-User Facility Goals to Consistently Exceed Expectations Across Every Project
- Identifying how owners evaluate project success – cost, speed, operability, scalability – to guide strategic prioritization and ensure alignment with what truly matters
- Interpreting market-specific nuances in end-user requirements to adapt approaches regionally and competitively without diluting delivery standards
- Identifying how industry challenges shift owners’ procurement strategies to adapt positioning, stay competitive, and improve win rates
8:50 am Navigating Legislative, Regulatory, & Economic Uncertainty to Strengthen Resilience
- Monitoring legislation, trade policies, and tariffs to anticipate market impacts and guide strategic project decisions
- Using scenario planning to evaluate potential disruptions and maintain operational continuity
- Integrating compliance and risk management frameworks to proactively respond to regulatory changes and protect organizational stability
10:00 am Speed-Networking & Morning Refreshments Break
Maximizing Operational Continuity From Day One
10:40 am Case Study: Evaluating Alternative Power Options to Guarantee Consistent Power, Ensuring Energy-Intensive Facilities Operate Continuously
- Negotiating long-term utility agreements to lock in predictable costs and reduce exposure to energy market volatility
- Negotiating long-term utility agreements to ensure your facility has stable energy supply
- Implementing backup energy systems to minimize unexpected downtime impacting production
11:20 am Optimizing Site Selection to Enable Efficient, Future- Ready Facility Design
- Assessing regional infrastructure, utilities, and transportation to inform design decisions that support high-capacity, powerintensive operations
- Considering local regulations, permitting, and market incentives to shape flexible, buildable designs that accelerate project delivery
- Integrating site-specific insights into early planning to ensure facilities are scalable, operationally efficient, and aligned with long-term performance goals
Ensuring Smooth, On-Time Project Delivery
10:40 am Case Study: Leveraging Digital Supply Chain Tools to Anticipate Material Delays: How Advanced Technology Kept Us on Track With Critical Delivery Schedules
- Planning construction sequences around complex project requirements to minimize conflicts and maintain progress on critical workflows
- Implementing digital supply chain tools to monitor long-lead items and anticipate material delays
- Using predictive analytics to optimize sourcing strategies and reduce risk from market volatility
- Integrating real-time communication platforms to coordinate with suppliers and maintain continuity across regions
11:20 am Case Study: Leveraging Strategic Scheduling to Improve Coordination & Maintain Momentum on Complex Projects
- Developing schedule frameworks that anticipate construction complexity to minimize clashes and avoid cascading delays
- Coordinating labor, material flow, and critical path activities to maintain continuous progress across trades
- Sharing lessons learned from redefining our scheduling approach on a complex campus to enhance predictability and execution
12:40 pm Lunch Break
Accelerating Project Outcomes Through Early Collaboration
1:40 pm Driving Early Owner, Designer & Contractor Engagement to Align on Expectations From Day One
- Increasing engagement between owners, designers and contractors from schematic design to reduce the risk of miscommunication
- Developing the project brief and setting clear expectations to meet key business requirements
- Identifying key business and operational needs from each project partner to embed energy, community, and workplace goals into the delivery master plan
- Coordinating project and business partner input from the outset to identify potential bottlenecks, streamline approvals, and prevent costly project delays
2:20 pm Case Study: Evaluating Alternative Project Delivery to Optimize Project Execution and Minimize Delays
- Comparing design-bid-build, design-assist, and integrated project delivery (IPD) approaches: how we to determine the method that best reduced schedule risk and coordination challenges
- Evaluating constructability requirements and system complexity to identify where collaborative delivery models provide clearer sequencing, reduced clashes, and more predictable progress
- Sharing metrics on how IPD successfully enabled us to spread project risk
Reducing Delays Through Prefab Integration
1:40 pm Redefining Sequencing across Site Selection, Design & Construction to Optimize Schedule & Reduce Risk
- Planning sequences around complex project requirements to minimize conflicts and maintain progress on critical workflows
- Identifying critical decision points to align with the project’s critical path to prevent delays and bottlenecks
- Coordinating trades, design disciplines, and specialty crews to reduce conflicts and maintain a smooth and constant workflow through project completion
2:20 pm Case Study: Maximizing Prefabrication of Multi-Trade MEP Utilities to Increase Quality While Reducing On-Site Labor & Accelerate Schedules
- Sharing how we determined which complex modules and systems to prefabricate
- Securing early owner and design team buy-in to ensure prefabricated components integrate seamlessly
- Applying factory-controlled processes to improve quality, safety, and adherence to aggressive advanced manufacturing construction timelines
3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
Align Teams To Deliver Complex Facilities Faster
3:40 pm Engaging the Right Project Partners to Reduce Risk & Ensure Successful Advanced Manufacturing Delivery
- Identifying high-performing contractors, suppliers, and designers to match projectspecific technical and schedule requirements
- Evaluating partner track records and expertise to anticipate challenges and maintain adherence to project timelines
- Applying owner-driven prequalification processes to verify partners can deliver on scope, schedule, and budget, ensuring alignment before construction begins
4:20 pm Market Breakouts: Discuss Facility-Specific Design & Construction Challenges To Uncover Solutions That Speed Delivery & Improve Predictability
Dive into focused discussions categorized by facility complexity – from controlled environments for semiconductors and electronics, to heavy industrial EVs, to high-security mission critical, to advanced process F&B facilities. This is your opportunity to uncover how peers are solving the distinct design and construction challenges unique to your facility-type to drive faster, more predictable project delivery.
Controlled Envrionments
Heavy Industrial
Mission Critical
Advanced Process