Overview: Rapid breakthroughs in technology, unpredictable economic swings, a high demand for a vanishing skilled trades infrastructure plus the increase in the cost to build are dramatically shifting the design industry as we know it today. It’s time to rethink the process.
Presenter: George Strehlau & Ann Del Fiacco, Trendway
IDCEC and AIA Course Numbers: 111346
Subject Code Primary: 4. Interior Design Education
Subject Code Secondary: 1. Instruction
Designation: Health, Safety, Welfare
Category: Educational
Learning Objectives:
Modular Construction has been around for hundreds of years. Learn more about the history and the design leaders of the time.
The Workforce is changing – the skilled labor force that was the backbone of America’s growth in the 20th century has changed. Learn more about the “real talent shortage” in the skilled trades and the trends driving the change.
Changes in the construction industry also factor into this labor shortage and the growing demand for other solutions.
Offsite construction as the solution. 4 beneficial solutions are presented, along with real examples that will elevate the long held “cheaply built” perception of modular construction.
Course Outline:
Introduction and history of modular construction
Global trends in the skilled trades work force
Factors in the construction industry
Solution to construction needs of the future
Examples and proof
Conclusion and Q&A