Conference Day Two
* Please note that the following agenda timings are Pacific Time.
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8:00 am Coffee & Networking
8:20 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
ONSITE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
8:30 am Panel: Learning from the Top: Where are Owners Focusing their Time & How do we Prepare for Future Curveballs?
Synopsis
• Understanding current client expectations to understand how project teams can support the owner and achieve future goals
• Reacting to changing industry demands and sharing innovative practices to overcome future challenges
• Resetting project management strategies: Integrating COVID-19 guidelines and policies to meet deadlines, optimize costs and better manage operations
9:00 am Maintaining High Productivity & Quality of Construction Despite Industry Labor Shortages
Synopsis
• Implementing a project plan to upskill workers virtually to ensure that speed of delivery and the quality of a product are not impacted
• Onboarding an unskilled workforce with augmented reality and advanced technologies to reduce the number of labor hours onsite
• Advancing automation equipment, 3D design tools and tracking technologies to minimize negative QA/QC repercussions and determine where construction problems are to reduce the onsite workforce
9:25 am Achieving Optimum Success in the Age of a Pandemic: Coping with the Increased Demand for Data Centers
Synopsis
• Understanding a holistic overview of the client’s drivers and specific goals to align all project teams and ensure the client’s expectations continue to be met in volatile conditions
• Planning according to client demands to minimize project implications caused by a lack of resources
• Strategically aligning with AEC businesses to understand where there is capacity and ensuring quality, productivity and speed to market are sustained
9:50 am Lunch/Break
Synopsis
This is your opportunity to set up calls and network with your peers
10:50 am PANEL: Exploring the Long-Term Implication that Coronavirus Will Have on Ways of Working: How Can You Improve Safety of Workers Without Hindering Productivity?
Synopsis
• Establishing a culture that prioritizes safety and the wellbeing of employees whilst ensuring that high levels of productivity are maintained
• Finding the balance between increasing safety protocols and reducing impact on project timelines
• Developing protocols for complex equipment with specific safety challenges to operate efficiently and minimize hazards and risks
11:20 am Real-Time Workforce Management to Support Performance, Schedule, Safety, and COVID-19 Efforts
Synopsis
– Real-time understanding of site zone attendance and alerts for virtual access control
– Collected workforce actuals per zone can be used for schedule and budget comparison
– Support COVID-19 protocols with density alerts per zone and SafeProx badges for contact tracing
Hussein Cholkamy, COO and Co-Founder
11:30 am PANEL: Reviewing Advanced Technology to Enhance the Safety of Construction Workers, Prevent Injuries & Reduce Fatigue to Optimize Long-Term Productivity
Synopsis
• Automating data center construction services: integrating software to reduce non-essential visits and minimize safety risks
• Exploring artificial intelligence to recognize safety hazards on-site and ensure all construction workers are adhering to safety regulations
• Innovating with robotics and exoskeltons to ensure workers are safer onsite and reduce overexertion injuries
11:50 am Closing Keynote: Rethinking Safety, Diversity & Inclusion to Improve the Culture, Process & Strategy of Every Project
Synopsis
• The power of leadership: putting safety at the forefront of C-Suite Executives to ensure all operational teams optimize safety across their projects
• Establishing standards for workers within the data center construction industry to improve the quality of working conditions
• Using data to measure the baseline condition and analyze behaviours for greater inclusivity and safety