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1. Understand the role of DFMA in Mass Timber design and construction, and how it enhances efficiency and cost savings.
2. Apply best collaboration practices between architects, engineers, contractors, and clients to optimize design and manufacturing processes.
3. Identify challenges and solutions in prefabrication and assembly by anticipating on-site constraints early in the design phase.
In Mass Timber construction projects, success hinges on seamless collaboration between the architect, engineers, general contractor, and client. The Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) approach optimizes the design and execution of complex structures by integrating manufacturing and assembly constraints from the outset.
This session will explore how structured collaboration at the start of a project—demonstrated in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Theater—can create exceptional structures while reducing costs, respecting schedules, increasing efficiency, and enhancing overall project performance.
Through real-world insights and proven strategies, participants will learn how to align all stakeholders toward a common goal: creating high-performance, aesthetic, and cost-effective timber structures.
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Mass timber must deliver real value to scale. Learn how product/market fit and value propositions drive demand, capital, and successful adoption.
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A candid look at mass timber’s path to scale—through the supply side lens of one of the industry’s most experienced executives.
Explore how reducing embodied carbon creates economic, competitive, and environmental advantages — and why mass timber is uniquely positioned to help you do it.
Learn how to source regional timber for mass timber projects, navigate the supply chain from forest to factory, and make design and spec decisions for successful sourcing.
Learn how to tackle mass timber’s insurance hurdles and leave with actionable risk management strategies to move your projects forward with confidence.
Learn seismic-tested design strategies and how to use real data to drive approvals, reduce risk, and make the mass timber case in high-seismic regions.
Learn how to create and sustain a thriving mass timber ecosystem—with region-specific strategies to overcome barriers, accelerate adoption, and unlock new opportunities.