Jeremy Baker
Seminars
Thursday 27th August 2026
Panel Discussion: Strengthening Cross-Functional Collaboration to Improve Constructability, Reduce Delays, & Enhance Project Certainty
9:40 am
- Increasing buy-in from detailers, project teams, and field crews to ensure smoother prefab implementation and eliminate the notion that one team can do it all
- Bringing designers, BIM leaders, engineers, and trade partners together earlier to prevent coordination breakdowns, ensure accountability, reduce potential rework, and ensure realistic delivery timelines
- Prioritizing early procurement and modularization strategies to predict workforce demand, prevent spikes in manpower, and deliver more predictable project outcomes
Thursday 27th August 2026
Building Prefab as a Career Path: Developing, Retaining, & Advancing the Next Generation
10:25 am
- Cultivating clear growth paths – from apprentice to foreman to fab-shop leader- to improve retention and build a stable pipeline of future supervisors and specialists
- Investing in workforce wellbeing, structured training, and rapid-skill development programs to equip new talent quickly and keep skilled workers engaged in a strained labour market
- Strengthening local recruitment strategies and long-term talent development, focusing on remote regions to reduce the dependence on transient labour and ensure reliable project staffing
