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In the past five years, the use of modular construction methods has doubled in the United States. It’s expected to represent more than 10% of all construction work by the year 2030. Shifting construction away from traditional sites and into factories is enabling contractors to build faster and better—reducing claims by standardizing work and creating opportunities for improved quality assurance. In addition, modular construction holds the promise of significantly boosting productivity, an area where the industry has lagged behind other sectors.

Join our panel of experts to learn what modular construction is all about, including considerations for going modular and how contractors have used it to enable growth while improving the quality of their projects. By the end of the program, you’ll understand how modular construction can help contractors:

• • Alleviate the effects of a lack of skilled workers, including helping to attract new talent to the industry
• • Manage the construction backlog with existing personnel
• • Reduce claims and defects through improved quality control
• • Finish projects faster, enabling contractors to take on more work
• • Bid on bigger projects

SPEAKER INFO

Ray Boff, National Prefab Leader, DPR Construction
Ray Boff is an experienced prefabrication and modular leader, general manager and operations director with a demonstrated history of working in the commercial, health care, hospitality and government markets, among others. He is skilled in component prefab, modular manufacturing, lean, construction project management, design and engineering management, building information modeling, virtual design and construction, operations management and global supply chain management.

Tom Hardiman, Executive Director, Modular Building Institute
Tom Hardiman has been executive director of the Modular Building Institute since January 2004 and manages the governance of the organization, in addition to serving as the MBI government affairs director. He has been a registered lobbyist at the federal level in Congress, as well as at the state level in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Hardiman has also led grassroots advocacy efforts in 20 other states.

An experienced association executive, Hardiman was previously executive director with Associated Builders and Contractors West Virginia, where he served as a registered lobbyist and administered an educational foundation. He received his Certified Association Executive designation in 2000 from the American Society of Association Executives. Prior to association management, Hardiman assisted small businesses and entrepreneurs with business plans and loan packages as director of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center. He has also worked in the economic development, banking and insurance fields. Hardiman earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Business Administration at Marshall University.