Prefab Construction Innovation Webinar

Joyce Ferng, the ANZ Modular Lead at AECOM is currently leading the organisation’s modular initiatives working closely with digital disruptors to integrate technologies from Industry 4.0 with established lean methodologies in the construction prefabrication space.

‘Systemisation by Design’

The global construction industry cannot continue to operate the way it does. The global pressures of technological advancement, skills shortages, low productivity and quality, including a drive for a more sustainable resilient built space will require radical transformational changes. The benefits of off-site manufacturing have great potential to be the solution for this conundrum. But why then isn’t prefabrication more prevalent in the construction industry? The main misconception is that we treat prefabrication as a one off product; not appreciating that prefabrication is actually a systemised method of construction.

‘Systemisation by Design’ discusses prefabrication from system based perspective rather than product base and how we need to adapt our perception of design and construction to harness the best of what prefabrication can offer. The presentation also provides a brief overview of AECOM INNO systemisation with case studies of completed projects.