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- Understand the role of DFMA in Mass Timber design and construction, and how it enhances efficiency and cost savings.
- Apply best collaboration practices between architects, engineers, contractors, and clients to optimize design and manufacturing processes.
- Identify challenges and solutions in prefabrication and assembly by anticipating on-site constraints early in the design phase.
In Mass Timber construction projects, success hinges on seamless collaboration between the architect, engineers, general contractor, and client. The Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) approach optimizes the design and execution of complex structures by integrating manufacturing and assembly constraints from the outset.
This session will explore how structured collaboration at the start of a project—demonstrated in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Theater—can create exceptional structures while reducing costs, respecting schedules, increasing efficiency, and enhancing overall project performance.
Through real-world insights and proven strategies, participants will learn how to align all stakeholders toward a common goal: creating high-performance, aesthetic, and cost-effective timber structures.
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