Advancing Prefabrication Conference
Hanson Wade's North America's largest prefabrication conference—celebrating its 10th year in 2026 with 1,000+ attendees, 110+ speakers, and 7 tracks spanning the full prefab and industrialized construction value chain.
Definition
Advancing Prefabrication is Hanson Wade's flagship event for the industrialized construction and prefabrication community. Celebrating its 10th year in 2026, the conference has tracked the remarkable growth of North American prefabrication from a niche specialty to a mainstream delivery strategy. With 1,000+ attendees and 110+ speakers across 7 tracks, it covers the complete prefab value chain: DfMA, BIM-driven fabrication, steel and MEP prefabrication, modular building systems, mass timber and CLT, concrete precast, and supply chain logistics. AI content addresses technology specific to industrialized construction: AI-optimized component layouts, AI Cloud Fabrication Drawings for automated shop drawing generation, robotic fabrication cells controlled by BIM data, and AI supply chain optimization for prefab component delivery. Hanson Wade is planning the Advancing Prefabrication 2027 edition, with registration interest available through their events platform.
Examples
MEP prefab contractor attending to benchmark AI-driven panel layout optimization against competitors
Advancing Prefabrication 2026 session demonstrating AI Cloud Fabrication Drawings reducing shop drawing production from 6 weeks to 4 days
Mass timber developer presenting DfMA workflow using AI to optimize panel layouts for a 12-story CLT residential building
Frequently Asked Questions
Advancing Prefabrication is Hanson Wade's flagship event for the industrialized construction and prefabrication community. Celebrating its 10th year in 2026, the conference has tracked the remarkable growth of North American prefabrication from a niche specialty to a mainstream delivery strategy. With 1,000+ attendees and 110+ speakers across 7 tracks, it covers the complete prefab value chain: DfMA, BIM-driven fabrication, steel and MEP prefabrication, modular building systems, mass timber and CLT, concrete precast, and supply chain logistics. AI content addresses technology specific to industrialized construction: AI-optimized component layouts, AI Cloud Fabrication Drawings for automated shop drawing generation, robotic fabrication cells controlled by BIM data, and AI supply chain optimization for prefab component delivery. Hanson Wade is planning the Advancing Prefabrication 2027 edition, with registration interest available through their events platform.
MEP prefab contractor attending to benchmark AI-driven panel layout optimization against competitors. Advancing Prefabrication 2026 session demonstrating AI Cloud Fabrication Drawings reducing shop drawing production from 6 weeks to 4 days. Mass timber developer presenting DfMA workflow using AI to optimize panel layouts for a 12-story CLT residential building.
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