Military Construction Is Going Industrialized | IHS26 Future of Demand

The U.S. military is emerging as one of the clearest large-scale demand signals for industrialized construction. In this IHS26 session, leaders from NAVFAC and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center discuss how military construction is shifting toward faster, more standardized, industrialized delivery. The conversation covers multi-billion-dollar barracks and dormitory pipelines, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), demand aggregation, design standardization, off-site construction, and the push to deliver projects in under two years. The panel also gets practical about what industry must do to participate — from building integrated teams and understanding military requirements to solving bonding, cybersecurity, approvals, and procurement barriers. Speakers Timothy Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E. — Director of Facility Engineering, U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-sulliv... Karthik Bharat — Director of Military Construction Programs, NAVFAC https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthik-bharat... Colby Swanson — ADL Ventures, Moderator https://www.linkedin.com/in/colbyswanson Learn more: https://ICsummit.org #IndustrializedConstruction #MilitaryConstruction #OffsiteConstruction