Modular Construction & Prefabrication USA - The Structural Engineer

The ONLY
Modular
Engineering
Event in North
America
December 7-8, 2010, Houston, Texas
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$700
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Modular Construction
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Assess the Commercial Viability of your Modular Project and
Deploy Specialized Prefabrication Techniques to Reduce Costs
LNG, OIL & GAS, ENERGY, POWER, MINING, CIVIL
Exclusive insight from industry renowned experts
William Meyer
Director of Project Execution
Development
FOSTER WHEELER USA
Jeff Merrifield
Senior Vice President
SHAW POWER GROUP
Don Lieske
Modular Construction
Manager
FLUOR GROUP
Jim Mouch
Vice President Engineering
TURNER INDUSTRIES
Patrick Jameson
Vice President Engineering
CB & I, TYLER TEXAS
Critical Themes and Topics Include:
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Execute a winning cost-analysis to determine the right
construction choice for your project and avoid overspending
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Mitigate Commercial and Technical risks by overcoming
shipping and transport challenges to deliver your project on time
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New Modularization techniques – find out about the latest
prefabrication techniques that will optimize the efficiency of your
project
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Cross-industry insight! Nuclear, Oil & Gas and Energy case
studies present successful modular strategies that you can take
away and apply the best suited design techniques to your project
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A financial fix? Find out what are the critical success factors of
modularization to understand its economic productivity
Media Partners:
Benchmark your strategies
against experts from:
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SNC LAVALIN
CANADA
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JACOBS
ENGINEERING
• WORLEY PARSONS
CANADA
• KIEWIT
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ZACHRY NUCLEAR
• KBR
• SAIPEM AMERICA
• XSTRATA
• J. RAY MCDERMOTT
Special
Industry Guest:
Wayne Crew
Director
Construction Industry Institute
Cockrell School of Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Register online at www.modularconstructionevent.com or call us at 1-800-882-8684.

December 7-8, 2010, Houston, Texas
Modular Construction
& Prefabrication USA
Assess the Commercial Viability of your Modular Project and
Deploy Specialized Prefabrication Techniques to Reduce Costs
Dear Engineering Expert,
Are you equipped with the key techniques to execute an end-to-end
modular project and reap the massive cost-saving benefits?
Learn the best options and most practical techniques for your current projects to
cut costs and optimise value, efficiency and safety by attending Construction
IQ’s Modular Construction & Prefabrication USA event this December in
Houston, TX.
We’ve researched with 70+ engineering experts to ensure that you benefit from
the most relevant sessions and discussions on modular construction, and find the
answers to questions and challenges that still haven’t been fully realised in
modern-day construction. For this reason, we’ll be discussing the answers to
critical and recurring questions, including:
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When should you implement a modularization strategy?
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How to apply modular to your large scale complex project?
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Ways to overcome logistical challenges and control costs?
Getting the complete picture on modular construction is essential to your decision
making process, so that you can evaluate the commercial viability of your projects
and execute the best strategy successfully. Join us to tackle these issues and
discuss how an effective evaluation of your project could make you reap the
benefits of the modularization.
Modular Construction & Prefabrication USA will bring together the Senior Project
Managers, Vice Presidents and Project Owners to share knowledge and best
practice strategies with you, while highlighting the main variables that must be
considered when thinking about constructing modular.
Who Should Attend
Modular Construction &
Prefabrication USA?
• Vice Presidents, Engineering
• Project Managers
• Client owners
• Modular Construction Managers
• Director of Project Execution
Development
• Heads of projects
• Modulors
• Specialized Consultants
If your role is linked to construction in
engineering, this is the must-attend
meeting of the year for you!
Our Guarantee to You:
1. New contacts, new business
– our unparalleled
networking opportunities are
designed to give you crucial
face time with key decision
makers from across the
industry
2. The very best business
intelligence! We have
carefully selected each and
every member of our speaker
faculty to ensure that you
hear from only the thoughtleaders
and pioneers in
modular construction
3. In-depth interactive master
classes will deliver detailed
insight into commercial
viability, and suitability of
modularisation
Download free resources (past presentations, podcasts, and articles) by visiting
our website at www.modularconstructionevent.com in the weeks leading up to
the event.
Be sure to register your seat early for this exciting event by calling us directly at
1-800-882-8684 and we’ll see you December 7-8, 2010 in sunny Houston!
Best regards,
Sladjana Franovic
Conference Director
Construction IQ
Don’t forget to sign up for
our practical workshop when
you register for the
conference! Places are limited
– reserve your place today!
FACT!
• 100% focused
Modular event
• 15+ Expert Speakers
• 10+ Hours of
Networking
• Case-Study
Intensive Agenda
• Practical &
Interactive Workshop
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Conference Agenda Day One
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Assess the commercial viability of your modular project and deploy specialized prefabrication techniques to reduce costs
8:30 Registration & Coffee
9:00 Chairman’s Welcome Address
James T O’Connor
Principal Researcher
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
9:15 How Do We Break through the Modularization Glass Ceiling?
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Key lessons learned from recent Modularization success case studies
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Find out what implementation strategies can help in exploiting the
beneficial economics of modularization
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Understand the technological advances and industry changes required
to consistently complete successful modular projects
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Insight into best-practices from other industries and other countries as
well as the steps that are being taken by CII
James T O’Connor
Principal Researcher
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
10:00 The Economic Productivity Factor: Ensuring
Modularization is the Right Choice for Your Project
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Module vs Stick built Cost differentials
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The Foster Wheeler approach; A comparison between cost driven vs
schedule driven modular and stick built projects
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A planning A-Z; a complete breakdown of different factors
influencing planning of modular projects
William Meyer
Director Project Execution Development
FOSTER WHEELER USA
10:45 Morning Networking Break
11:15 Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis to Determine
Commercial Viability of Pre-Fabrication: Making the
Best Decision for your Project
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Understand the main drivers for modularization-how can this
approach save your project money?
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Determine suitability; Ways to go forward- How do we determine if
our project is a likely candidate for modularization?
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Find out how your constructability program will impact your final
project costs
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Understand the variables impacting the overall decision to use
modularization. Insight into; labour cost, labour productivity, steel
design and fabrication costs, shop Vs field assembly hours insulation
and fireproofing construction costs
Patrick Jameson
Vice President Engineering
CB&I, TYLER TEXAS
12:00 Understand the Critical Success Factors in Using
Modularization
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Learn how to control timely delivery of Material & Equipment to keep
your project within the schedule
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How to determine the best design choice for your project
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Optimize your modularization using timely construction driven design
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Learn how to reduce direct and indirect costs from both Owner & Contractor
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Find out how to achieve higher productivity with reduced manpower
using modularization
Jim Mouch
Vice President Engineering
TURNER INDUSTRIES
12:45 Networking Lunch
13:45 Understand the Different Forms of Risk Associated
with Modular Construction: How to Minimize your
risk?
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Learn best practice to mitigate risks associated with the modular
construction. What are the necessary techniques that must be used
from design to execution stage?
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How to assess each risks ability to impact the timing and quality of
your project
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Evaluate the need to use modular construction: In which case to
adopt this method?
Bill Pender
Vice President Global Project Services
J. RAY MCDERMOTT
14:30 Overcome the Risk When Using Overseas Fabricators
and Maintain Efficacy and Efficiency
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Identify the potential risks when choosing an offshore fabricator;
what to look for when making the vital decision?
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Develop strategic processes to combat the geographical and cultural
gaps when using overseas fabricators
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Learn how to establish a succinct communication plan to avoid
potential risks
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How to implement best practice project management methodologies
to alleviate risk?
Don Lieske
Modular Construction Manager
FLUOR USA
15:15 Afternoon Networking Break
15:45 Getting the Right Support – How to Develop an
Effective Module Execution Team with the Right
Logistics Support
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Understand the specific efforts and support required to develop a
modular project team using an engineering team with predominate
stick build experience
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Early module oriented engineering and logistics support - a must for
a successful project
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How to mitigate the logistical challenges of moving modular
constructions over land
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Best-practice insight on delivering successful on-shore modular projects
Michael Kluck
Senior Project Manager - Engineering
KBR
16:30 Steps and Key Design Decisions for Offshore
Production Modules
Just confirmed!
Randy Hasling, Manager of Projects will deliver best-practice
insight on successful modular projects at Jacobs Engineering.
Visit www.modularconstructionevent.com for full session details!
Randy Hasling
Manager of Projects
JACOBS ENGINEERING
17:15 End of Conference Day One
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Conference Agenda Day Two
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Assess the commercial viability of your modular project and deploy specialized prefabrication techniques to reduce costs
08:30 Registration & Coffee
09:00 Chairman’s Welcome Address
James T O’Connor
Principal Researcher
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
09:05 To Modularize or not to Modularize; Stepping through
the Decision Making Process?
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Find out when and why is it more beneficial to use the overseas
fabrication yards. Overseas vs local fabrication yards
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Learn successful methodology to execute correct pre-feasibility and
feasibility study to determine if modularization is right for your project
Name to be advised
JACOBS ENGINEERING
09:50 Develop a Winning Design Strategy that is in Harmony
with the Yest of Your Modular Project
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How to establish a clear design strategy during the early phases of
your project
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Find out how to align your design and construction teams and
develop an effective process which minimizes design discrepancies
during the construction phase
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Manage your decision process-how your design decisions drive the
overall project
Paul Murray
Head of Project Development
SNC LAVALIN CANADA
10:35 Morning Networking Break
11:05 Competitive Worley Parsons Execution Strategy: High
Value Project Delivery Model
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How to deliver project within a schedule using HVPD model
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Learn what are the main principles of HVPD model
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Latest update on innovation and top advantages of using HVPD
model
David Johnsen
Modular Manager
WORLEY PARSONS CANADA
11:50 Modular Construction in the Nuclear Industry from
Factory Floor to You
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Understand how Shaw is using modular construction methods to
build the AP1000 units in China and the US and the competitive
advantages this brings
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Learn how Shaw’s non-nuclear modular experience can benefit the
new build program and receive an update on the manufacturing
facility in Lake Charles
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What are the key differences concerning how modular construction
will take place here in the United States and how you should prepare
for this
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Discover how modular construction methods affect quality control
and NRC inspection activities
Jeff Merrifield
Senior Vice President
SHAW POWER GROUP
12:35 Networking Lunch
13:35 The Direction of the Nuclear Plant Construction and
the Effectiveness of Modularization in this Industry
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Learn about advanced design and new construction techniques in
nuclear construction
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Avoid the pitfalls! Insight into non-cost effective way of using
modularization
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Examples of effective usage of modularization on nuclear projects
Mike Mosley
Program Manager
ZACHRY NUCLEAR
14:20 Discuss the Advancement of Modular Techniques in
Mining and Gas Sectors
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Using modularization in new mine developments; Discussing the best
practices of Kiewit
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Find out how emerging technology can maximize the use of the
modular techniques on your project
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Examples where further advancements in the use of modular
techniques can dramatically cut scheduling times and ultimately
construction costs
Roger Errington
District Estimating Manager
KIEWIT
15:05 Afternoon Networking Break
15:50 A Look at How the Advancements in Steel Fabrication
Yards have Improved the Cost, Quality and Longevity
of Steel Structures Used in Modular Construction
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Access is paramount: Discuss the growing number of countries with
viable fabrication yards; what is the future of on and off shore
fabrication yards?
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Making an informed decision: What variables influence the decision
on which fabrication yard to use?
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Selecting the right yard for your project: what to look for and where
do some projects go wrong?
Jim Beaudoin
Modular Manager – Koniambo Nickel Project
XSTRATA
16:35 End of Conference
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Evening Workshop
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sign up for this Workshop and complete your learning experience
with in-depth and interactive practical workshops.
5:00pm-8:00pm
(dinner served)
Key Signs That Your Project Should Go Modular
Deciding to use modular techniques when faced with large construction work is a decision that requires time,
skills, knowledge and expertise in modularization. Analysing the scope of your project, the challenges involved
and the resources available, are all key considerations in your decision making process.
This workshop will step through each component of the decision making process and ultimately help you to
determine if modularization is the best method for your project and if so, by how much?
Benefits of Participation:
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Gain an understanding of the complex nature of the decision making processes during the study phases
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Be able to determine the benefits vs risks of using the overseas fabricators in comparison to using local
fabrication yards
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Understand the impact that the size of the fabricated module has on the project and where the module
should/could be fabricated
Randy Hasling, Manager of Projects, JACOBS ENGINEERING
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Why Modular
Construction and
Prefabrication Gives
you the Best Value for
your Marketing Spend.
• Complete exposure to
decision-makers who are
responsible for the selection,
procurement and purchasing
of modular solutions
• You’ll notice that the
athmosphere is different from
other conferences. We actually
maintain a reduced vendor
ratio, which creates a more
intimate environment for
networking and knowledge
sharing.
• Your clients and prospects will
be attending Modular
Construction and
Prefabrication 2010 and this is
the perfect opportunity to
make yours the brand and the
product they remember
• Extensive networking
opportunities, allowing for
face-to-face interaction with
the heads of your target
market
• The perfect environment for
high quality lead generation:
Our delegates have already
made a significant investment
in attending our conference
to network with key industrys
advisors-make sure they meet
you on the site! This is your
opportunity to network with
your clients and impress your
competitiors’ clients
Modular Construction and
Prefabrication USA is not a
tradeshow, there will only be a
limited number of opportunities
available. To secure premium
exposure, contact Matthew
Richardson at +44 (0)20 7368
9500 or sponsorship@iqpc.co.uk.
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The ONLY
Modular
Engineering
Event in North
America
December 7-8, 2010, Houston, Texas
SAVE
$700
WHEN YOU
REGISTER BY
SEPT. 17th!
Modular Construction
& Prefabrication USA
Assess the Commercial Viability of your Modular Project and
Deploy Specialized Prefabrication Techniques to Reduce Costs
LNG, OIL & GAS, ENERGY, POWER, MINING, CIVIL
Register online at www.modularconstructionevent.com or call us at 1-800-882-8684.