prefabAUS can now announce the program for the 2015 Industry Transformation conference. This year’s conference, held on September 14,15 and 16, brings together some of the world’s foremost thinkers across the prefabrication sector
This event is unmissable for those in the design, construction, manufacturing, and delivery industries.
Tickets are selling fast. Secure your spot here.
A printable version of the schedule will be available here.
DAY 1 – Monday September 14, 10am to 5pm
Site tours to some of Melbourne’s most innovative prefabricated buildings across the education, health care, multi-residential and transportation sectors
10:30am – Depart from The Larwill Studio, Parkville
Sites:
Nunawading Train Station – Successfully delivered in a demanding operational location
One9 Apartments – High-rise modular apartment building in densely built up Moonee Ponds shopping precinct
Lunch at The Larwill Studio, Parkville
Mitcham Hospital – in 2014 underwent a $5.5m expansion incorporating modular construction techniques that significantly reduced costs and on-site time
Caulfield Grammar in Wheelers Hill – an example of a modular prefab building supporting an entirely new way of student-led learning, with an emphasis on high-end IT functionality
The Green – Australand’s The Green apartment building in Parkville incorporating prefab sub-assemblies
5pm Drop-off at The Larwill Studio, Parkville
DAY 2
Tuesday September 15 – 8am to 5:30pm Conference
5:30pm to 7:30pm Cocktail networking drinks
8am Conference registration
8.30am Official conference opening
The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio, Victorian Minister for Industry and Minister for Energy and Resources
Rob Adams – Director of City Design at City of Melbourne – The next 4 million Melbournians and the hidden opportunity for prefab
Laurice Temple – CEO at the National Association of Women in Construction – Achieving higher performance through inclusive conversations
Andrew Bradley – Regional Manager at Industry Capability Network- Transforming your business using ICN Gateway’
Prof. James Murray Parkes – Head of Science and Engineering at Brookfield Multiplex Engineering Innovations Group – Modular Gossamer Structures
Aladin Niazmand – Managing Director of Health Planner & Healthcare Architect at Health Projects International – Design and procurement at an industrial scale- International Healthcare Sector Case Studies from TAHPI
Jan Gyrn – Founder and Director at Modscape – Modular Healthcare: examples of completed and current healthcare projects
Panel discussion: The role of prefabrication in Australian healthcare infrastructure
Aladin Niazmand – Managing Director of Health Planner & Healthcare Architect at Health Projects International
Jan Gyrn – Founder and Director at Modscape
Tim Eley – Project Director, Built Environments at Jacobs
Lunch
John Wardle – Founder and Principal at John Wardle Architects -The Melbourne School of Design
Guided tours of The Melbourne School of Design
Workshop: Technology
Matt Rumbelow – Th!nk BIM and Brenton Dodd – Memko
Workshop: Sustainability and prefabrication
Clare Parry – Passive House, Bill McCorkell – Archiblox and Ralph Alphonso – Barley Store
Afternoon tea
Workshop: Modular construction codes
Damien Crough – prefabAUS, Geoff Fletcher – Modular Construction Codes Board and George Konstandakos – Modular Construction Codes Board
Workshop: Engineering
John Luchetti – Principal at Wood & Grieve and Warwick Stannus – Group Engineering Manager at A.G. Coombs
5.30pm – 7.30pm
Cocktail and event and networking drinks
DAY 3 – Wednesday September 16, 8.30am to 5:30pm
Daiman Otto – Chair of PrefabNZ – Prefab across the Ditch – the latest and greatest development in offsite construction from New Zealand
Tuan Ngo – Research Director at the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing – Unlocking the potential growth of the Australia’s prefabricated building industry
Dale Steinhardt & Dr Karen Manley – Prefabricated Sustainable Housing Research Project, Queensland University of Technology – Prefabricated sustainable housing in Australia: State of play and builders’ perceptions
Damien Crough – META – Key findings from the Manufacturing Excellence Taskforce Australia
Jason Reints – Sales Manager – Building Automation at Bliss and Reels & Arne Alvarsson– Senior Technical Sales Engineer at RANDEK
Advanced prefabrication of houses and buildings: a global perspective
Tim Porter – Project Director at Holmes Solutions – Evidence-based design – rewrite the rulebook
Linsey Siede – Director of Regional Business Development at AutoCRC – Synergies between the automotive and prefab sectors
Monika Gluszak – Director at Lean Construction Institute Australasia – Construction innovation/Australia’s challenge: fight or flight
Eddie Pallotta – Operations Director at SYNC Building Systems – From commodore to the bathroom factory floor
Panel discussion: Transitioning from automotive to manufacturing – the future of Australia’s industries
Monika Gluszak – Director at Lean Construction Institute Australasia
Linsey Siede – Director of Regional Business Development at AutoCRC
Eddie Pallotta – Operations Director at SYNC Building Systems
Ben Hughes – General Manager at Composite Materials Engineering
1pm – 1.40pm Lunch
John Luchetti – Principal at Wood & Grieve – Modular Building Services – Opportunities, risks and lessons learnt
Warwick Stannus – Group Engineering Manager at A.G. Coombs – Integrating BIM, Virtual Construction and Services Pre-fabrication – Five key strategies
Peter Healy – Managing Director at Hollow Core Concrete – Design for Manufacture and Assembly – From Porsche showrooms to Portsea homes
Andrew Nieland – Head of Timber Solutions at Lend Lease – The Challenges of Change
Adrian Fratelle – Director and Design Partner at Fratelle Group – Manufactured Buildings – WA is next
Rob Colquhoun – Managing Director at Prebuilt – A design-led approach to education construction
Ken McBryde – Principal at HASSELL -Two prefab case studies – for sure and not so sure
George Konstandakos – General Manager at Timber Building Systems – From concept to reality
Introduction of the Construction Technologies Discussion Paper
Panel discussion: Industry leaders: where will the future take prefab in the Australian design, manufacturing and building industries?
Peter Malatt – Victoria Chapter President of the Australian Institute of Architects
Asher Judah – Victorian Deputy Executive Director of The Property Council of Australia
James Larmour-Reid – Victoria President of The Planning Institute of Australia
Greg Chalker – Corporate Services Manager at Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited
5.30pm Conference close