Disrupting the Construction Industry Through Prefab and CLT

The 2018 International Mass Timber Conference was produced by Forest Business Network and WoodWorks. http://www.masstimberconference.com Video Sponsors Include: Forest Business Network, Katerra, Think Wood, and Oregon Forest Resources Institute Disrupting the Construction Industry Through Prefabrication and Cross Laminated Timber - Craig Curtis, Chief Architect, Katerra Investment in research and applied technology for the design and construction of buildings lags behind all other industries. While other industries have shown more than a 1,000% increase in productivity, design and construction productivity has remained flat. Fortunately, the industry is showing signs of change. A resurgence of interest in prefabrication and off-site manufacturing has led to a plethora of new companies offering modular buildings of various scales: from backyard studios to high-rise residential and hospitality structures constructed of stacked boxes. Simultaneously, the introduction of CLT to the North American market has provided architects with new tools to address the need for building solutions that are faster and cheaper to build, while providing higher quality products for their clients. Through the use of real project examples, we will show how companies are disrupting the market and changing the face of industrialized construction by making buildings smarter, faster, more sustainably, and for less cost.