ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN MODULARIZATION AND PRE-FABRICATION IN NEW ZEALAND AND OVERCOMING THE SETBACKS
Modular construction and pre-fabrication undeniably bring a wide range of benefits to the construction industry and its stakeholders. Despite of this, companies often encounter challenges when embarking on modularization and pre-fabrication projects due to its unconventional nature. With doubts from stakeholders on mass-manufactured building materials, transportation and logistical issues as well as building standards compliance to the local building codes for pre-fabricated buildings, there are still many that are hesitant in taking the big leap for this change.
Join us this morning to kick-start the forum by recognizing the long-term benefits of modular construction and discover how your organization can possibly explore the opportunity in overcoming these setbacks through thought-provoking sessions shared by the leading experts in the modular world. |
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09:00 – 09:05 |
Welcoming Speech by Conference Director |
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09:05 – 09:10 |
Conference Introduction by Conference Chairman |
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Kriston Symons, End Market Director – Buildings and Places, AECOM
Kriston Symons is the End Market Director of Buildings and Places based in Melbourne, responsible for driving forward our Practices and Sectors in Australia and New Zealand, as well as encouraging collaboration between all parts of our AECOM business and sharing of our broad market intelligence on clients’ needs.
Kriston sits on the Executive Committee of the AECOM Australia and New Zealand business and is involved in high level strategic direction of the business as well as operational elements. Kriston has been driving forward the digital, technology and data strategy, corporate social and environmental responsibility as well as program’s around fostering research, innovation, ideas generation and commercialisation. |
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09:10 – 09:55 |
Prefabrication for Performance |
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- Why we must achieve high quality in mass production
- Manufacturing at low unit cost and with high levels of accuracy doesn’t guarantee a good end product
- Successful designers can use prefabrication to produce high quality buildings
- Prefabrication is more than just manufacturing assembly line
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Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Founder, Home Style Green
Matthew’s mission is to inspire people to make a better place to live. In 2012 he launched the podcast and website, Home Style Green where leading home designers and builders from around the world are featured each week.
Matthew has 10 years of experience leading residential energy efficiency projects, predominately around New Zealand, including working as a service provider for EECA’s Warm Up New Zealand retrofit scheme and nearly four years as Technical Manager for Homestar at the New Zealand Green Building Council. In 2016 he joined the Board of the Passive House Institute New Zealand.
In 2017 he started a new role as pro clima HUB and Education Manger in Auckland. |
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09:55 – 10:40 |
Disrupting O&M Through Modular Construction |
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- Global issue of O&M (Operations and Maintenance) costs of assets rising and backlogs of deferred maintenance increasing and adversely affecting balance sheets (backed up with international statistics & benchmarks)
- Digital design will be the way of the future and this lends itself to modular construction & prefabrication of building components
- Forecasting operational expenses for modular and prefab construction is simpler than traditional design and construction processes as maintenance requirements are established during design of modular / prefab components as part of warranty and guarantee provisions
- Modular and prefab construction the first step to ‘production led design processes’ in construction
- Significant opportunity for modular and prefabrication focused businesses to capitalise on the potential to optimise O&M costs
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Peter Harris, Board Member, Facilities Management Association of New Zealand Limited (FMANZ)
Peter Harris has worked with Westlake Governance for over 15 years as a senior consultant on a number of our major projects and undertakings. A Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, he is also an Independent Director and Chair, with particular strengths from working in the property, engineering and construction sectors in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Peter is a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors (CMINSTD), with over 15 years’ experience as a Director and Board Chairman. He is currently a member of the Board of the Facilities Management Association of NZ (FMANZ) and Chair of the FMANZ Foundation. He is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Oceania World Regional Board.
As a chartered surveyor, Peter brings a deep understanding of project management to the business. He has managed and directed over 100 projects in his 25 year career including a range of multi-million dollar property developments and acted as Project Director on the delivery in 2010 of Air New Zealand’s world first ‘straight to gate’ customer experience program. In his roles with other organisations, he has held Project and Technical Director leadership roles on a range of other industry leading projects, including the use of Building Information Technology by the Ministry of Education, earthquake repairs to over 300 residential properties for IAG and the development of asset management practices for over 320 stations for Sydney Trains and Transport for NSW. |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
Morning Refreshments and Networking |
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11:00 – 11:20 |
Overview of the Building Act and Construction Contracts Act 2002 in Relation to Pre-fabrication as well as Some Practical Tips on Securing One’s Interest When Purchasing Pre-fabrication Materials |
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Vimal Nair, Senior Associate, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Vimal is a projects lawyer, specialising in large infrastructure and property development projects. Vimal has acted for a diverse range of mining and mineral, energy, infrastructure and property development projects in New Zealand, United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia/Pacific regions.
Vimal has advised on various structures of projects including those delivered on traditional model, as well as PPP, DBOOT, BOOT and BOT basis. He has extensive experience in negotiation, drafting, administration and risk management of a wide range of construction and procurement contracts employing different contracting methodologies, pricing structures and risk allocations.
Drawing on his international experience, Vimal strives to provide his clients with pragmatic and commercially minded legal advice to support successful project delivery, and achievement of strategic objectives. |
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11:20 – 12:05 |
A Case Study of Multi-Storey Modular in New Zealand |
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- The challenges of multi-storey modular development in New Zealand
- Modular units providing the structural system for a multi-storey development
- The gross floor area that is lost through the use of modular units
- Issues to be addressed in order to achieve producer statement sign off by New Zealand professionals
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Russell S Hawken, National Market Leader – Property and Buildings, GHD Ltd
Russell heads GHD’s Property and Buildings business across New Zealand.During his time at GHD, Russell has held diversified roles including Office Manager, Business Leader and Business Group Manager He has also held leadership roles in the GHD offices in Hanoi, Vietnam; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Perth, Australia; and Christchurch, New Zealand.
Prior to joining GHD, Russell led the Buildings Group at City Design and founded his own business, Architects New Zealand Ltd. Russell is a previously the President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, Chairman of Construction Information Ltd (Masterspec) and spent many years leading the NZIA Conditions of Contract Committee.
He has a real interest in modular construction and believes that the delivery of efficient modular solutions is essential for New Zealand to achieve the building outcomes that are necessary in the immediate future. |
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12:05 – 12:50 |
Gaining Consent from New Zealand Building Codes Regulations and Overcoming City Council Compliance
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- Early engagement and discussion with the Building Consent Authority is the key to success. A collaborative approach ensures that everybody understands each other’s position and the potential for conflict is reduced from the outset
- An agreement on the level of prefabrication Quality Assurance and reporting to demonstrate compliance for items that cannot be inspected is required
- Prefabricators can specific which Building Consent Inspections will be covered by QA systems and are therefore not required to be undertaken by the BCA
- It is critical to engage with both Designers / Architects and the BCA to ensure that documentation submitted for Building Consent is clear
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Glenn Murdoch, Design and Technical Manager, THECA
Glenn is the Design and Technical Manager at Theca Group, a Christchurch based company. Glenn believes that every person should be able to live, work, play and learn in buildings that provide healthy environments, and he strives to achieve this by using the Passive House Standard as the benchmark for the performance of his buildings. Glenn utilises natural materials, particularly timber, as much as possible and strives to reduce the impact of his buildings. Glenn has been leading the way with energy-efficiency for the past decade in New Zealand. He has been at the forefront of science-based energy-efficiency since 2006. |
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Julie Villard, Eco Design Advisor, Christchurch City Council
Julie Villard is an architect with 10 years’ experience and she has a passion for sustainability, building her skills and knowledge in Canada, Switzerland and for the past five years, New Zealand.
She is the welcoming face of the Council’s recently-launched Eco Design Advisor service, where advisors can consult on a range of projects from new builds to home renovations and retrofits. She provides support and free independent advice through the Council and within the council for professionals & individuals. Her main purpose is to encourage the industry to do better, and to do better now. With a strong scientific background, she explains what she call ‘’the physics of the building’’ – it is important to understand how everything is inter-connected to be able to provide a better environment. |
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12:50 – 13:50 |
Lunch & Networking |
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EXPLORING THE APPLICATION & TRENDS IN MODULAR CONSTRUCTION & PRE-FABRICATION
With the science and technology advancement, there are now increasing number of different approaches to achieve the implementation of modular buildings. The innovation in producing outstanding building materials has provided alternative solutions for the builders, to match with the types of construction buildings depending on the nature and needs of the projects. In these sessions, you will get the chance to learn more about the building materials like the timber that is getting the hype recently in New Zealand as well as the almighty steel that has always been builders’ choice for high rise buildings in the region and you will understand the pros and cons for utilizing them.
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13:50 – 14:35 |
Achieving New Heights through Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) |
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- Understand the opportunities for timber construction in New Zealand
- Practical designs for the use of timber in modular construction
- Understand why timber can be an alternative for the industry
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Warren Trethewey, Sales Manager, XLAM Australia & NZ
Warren joined XLam in May 2016 having spent his professional career in General Management and Technical Sales. Warren is responsible for growing and developing the XLam sales function across all channels in both NZ and Australia. |
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14:35 – 15:20 |
Why Steel In Modular Construction? |
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- A case study on steel structure in pre-fabrication
- The feasibility of using steel structure in modular construction
- Achieving LEED certification for steel built buildings
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Gordon Barratt, General Manager, National Association of Steel Framed Housing
Gordon is General Manager of the National Association of Steel-framed Housing (NASH) New Zealand. He stepped into the roll after 15 years as the organizations Chairperson and after the retirement of the previous GM. He is the chairman of the NASH Technical committee and a member of NASH Australia’s technical committee. Both committees are involved in the writing of documents and standards for the industry. He was also a Board member of Prefab NZ for two years. |
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15:20 – 15:30 |
Sponsors Presentation: Pre-Fabricated Glulam Solutions – Achieving Design Aspirations
Demonstration of new developments in producing pre-fabricated large scale Glulam & engineered timber solutions for significant commercial structures in NZ and beyond. Developers, designers and contractors need to be fully informed of the complete suite of structural solutions that is currently available in engineered timber to achieve the most cost effective solutions. Critical areas of design efficiency and buildability a focus, achieved with CNC production. |
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Owen Griffiths, Director, TimberLab Solutions Ltd
Owen Griffiths is the Marketing Director of Timberlab Solutions NZ’s largest manufacturer and exporter of structural engineered timber – Glulam & fabricated LVL – for pre fabricated solutions. He has been involved for over 40 years in the development and manufacture of structural timber solutions. |
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15:30 – 15:50 |
Afternoon Refreshments & Networking |
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15:50 – 16:35 |
Modular Buildings in Seismic and Cyclonic Zones |
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- Design consideration; logistics, materials, lateral loads (seismic and cyclonic), connections etc
- Performance comparison between traditional built and modular
- Case study: Modular Feasibility Study for Monash University
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Joyce Ferng, Associate Director – Building Structure, AECOM
Joyce has 20 years of international experience as a chartered building structural engineer and has delivered structurally complex and challenging projects in Singapore, UK and Australia working in close collaboration with renowned Architects like Zaha Hadid and Lord Norman Fosters. Project highlights London Olympic 2012 and MASDAR City (UAE) first zero carbon city.
Combined with her vast technical structural knowledge and appreciation of architectural and building services disciplines, Joyce has extensive project and construction management experience gained during her roles as a PPVC Senior Design Manager.
With her experience in Systemised Technology, Joyce has delivered modular projects across various Australian states and is currently leading the AECOM ANZ modular (PPVC) initiatives. She is also working in collaboration with Swinburne University and Melbourne University on PPVC researches. |
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16:35 – 17:20 |
Panel Discussion: Spearheading Innovation and Transformation in The Construction Industry |
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- What is preventing modular and pre-fabricated construction methodology from being widely implemented in New Zealand?
- What would encourage greater innovation and adoption in material use or construction methodology?
- How can regulation be improved to encourage new and innovative methods of construction?
- How can communication and consultation be improved within the entire value chain?
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Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Founder, Home Style Green
Glenn Murdoch, Design and Technical Manager, THECA
Joyce Ferng, Associate Director – Building Structure, AECOM |
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17:20 |
Closing Remarks by Conference Chairman
End of Day 1 |
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17:20 onwards |
Champagne Networking Session
Enjoy a glass of champagne whilst networking with other like-minded individuals on topics that are of most interest to you and fellow delegates.
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