Conference Day Two
7:30 am Registration & Networking
8:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Overcoming Supplier Constraints
8:40 am Improving Planning With All Vendors From the Design Phase to Ensure Effective Resource Allocation
Synopsis
- Adopting the Optimized Cycle Time Flow (OCF) strategy to synchronize schedules and workflows across all vendors, ensuing maximum efficiency and minimizing peaks in resource demands
- Enhancing inter-vendor communication and fostering seamless handoffs between different groups involved in tool installation and building construction
- Identifying and managing constraints at both the program and incident level, ensuring resources are allocated effectively and potential bottlenecks are addressed proactively
9:20 am Panel Discussion: Implementing Alternative Procurement Strategies to Mitigate Supply Chain Issues
Synopsis
- Shifting the procurement focus from merely price-based decisions: Evaluating the technical capabilities of staff and teams when handling these materials, ensuring the right fit for dynamic project needs
- Developing a specialized supply chain groups to monitor, track and maintain relationships with suppliers, ensuring timely procurement and availability of critical materials
- Investing in warehousing solutions to store pre-purchased items to mitigate supply chain disruptions and ensuring immediate availability when needed
Improving Jobsite Operations
10:00 am Investigating Successful Implementation of Off-Site Construction – Utilities & Complex Systems
Synopsis
- Exploring unsuccessful and winning design methods
- Understanding how Design Assist succeeds with specialist suppliers on the team
- Examining examples from large scale OSC utility projects – Chillers are not the critical path!
10:40 am Morning Refreshments & Speed Networking
11:20 am Knocking Down the Traditional Construction Industry Siloes to Flatten Out the Steel Supply Chain
Synopsis
- Combining the design process and shop drawing production to eliminate lost time, lost knowledge and to mitigate risk
- Creating more accurate BIM models earlier in the project to enhance design coordination
- Collaborating with the entire team to make good decisions based on incomplete information, minimizing the amount of re-work
12:00 pm Evaluating Start Up & Commissioning Coordination for Semiconductor FAB Construction Projects to Enhance Facility Quality
Synopsis
- Discussing the coordination, teaming and communication required to successfully execute in large scale FAB build outs
- Highlighting the necessity of thorough performance testing and validation during the commissioning phase, ensuring that all systems operate at peak efficiency and meet the required specifications before full-scale production begins
- Advocating for a proactive approach to supplier, Kehoe, James & Contractor engagement, focusing on alternative sourcing strategies and early procurement to mitigate risks associated with long lead times
12:40 pm Networking Lunch
Towards a More Sustainable Future
1:40 pm Uncovering Efficient Methodologies to Reduce Your Large-Scale Project’s Carbon Footprint
Synopsis
- Performing comprehensive life cycle assessments to reduce environmental impact from project inception through completion
- Exploring strategies for achieving net positive water and power usage
- Developing methods to reach effective waste diversion, ensuring all materials are reused, recycled or appropriately processed to eliminate landfill contributions
2:10 pm Setting Realistic & Sustainable Expectations for Power Generation, Delivery & Storage to Avoid Project Delays & Unexpected Costs
Synopsis
- Accurately assessing and sizing your project’s power requirements, aligning expectations with realistic power availability at project inception
- Addressing the lengthy timeline required for power generation and transmission infrastructure development, and integrating this into your project timeline
- Implementing a mix of sustainable power generation techniques, such as waste-to-energy conversions, energy storage systems and alternative power sources, to complement power sources and ensure steady generation
2:30 pm
The Next Generation of Advanced Manufacturing Facilities
2:40 pm Panel Discussion: Examining Future Trends & Opportunities to Stay Ahead of the Game
Synopsis
- Mapping out current construction trends in ongoing projects to identify best practices, technological advancements and emerging challenges that may shape the future of the advanced manufacturing landscape
- Partnering with state economic development agencies to gain insights into regional opportunities, streamline project approvals and navigate the regulatory landscape
- Developing flexible planning strategies that allow for quick adaptation to changing market conditions, ensuring that projects proceed smoothly despite fluctuations in costs, materials and regulations