The Center for Offsite Construction is pleased to announce the appointment of Connor Bailey as a Senior Research Fellow for the 2025 academic year. A deeply experienced builder, and preconstruction manager, Connor brings expertise in offsite methods, construction logistics, and novel delivery thinking. His work at the Center will focus on shaping the research roadmap for offsite construction and developing new kinds of legal instruments to support configure-to-order methods.

Connor Bailey currently serves as Regional Prefabrication Leader for DPR Construction across the Southeast region, where he develops and implements strategies to integrate offsite solutions across eight offices. In this role, Connor partners with design teams, project managers, and trade contractors to deliver projects with greater efficiency, reliability, and speed to market.

Connor’s career at DPR has spanned nearly every stage of project delivery. Beginning as a Project Engineer and progressing through roles as MEP Coordinator and Project Manager, he has experienced firsthand the complexities and inefficiencies of traditional construction. This ground-up perspective allows him to identify practical opportunities for improvement and to lead change in ways that resonate across both the field and the executive level. His work emphasizes aligning design intent with prefabrication opportunities early in preconstruction, enabling teams to reduce risk, shorten schedules, and improve quality outcomes.

As Regional Prefabrication Leader, Connor has championed a wide range of offsite strategies, from prefabricated exterior wall panels and interior wall assemblies to modular electrical rooms, multi-trade racks, equipment skids, and healthcare system components. He has been instrumental in advancing DPR’s Prefabrication Assembly Facilities (PAFs), which serve as hubs for producing standardized, high-quality building elements. By embedding lean manufacturing principles into these workflows, Connor and his teams have helped transform prefabrication from a one-off solution into a repeatable, scalable approach that supports projects across sectors including healthcare, life sciences, mission critical, higher education, and commercial buildings.

Connor is also committed to developing frameworks that support long-term adoption of prefabrication across the construction industry. He has helped lead the creation of Prefab Integration Plans that establish product lists, outline design integration paths, and clarify coordination responsibilities for project teams. These tools not only enable faster decision-making but also help ensure consistent value delivery across multiple projects and markets. His ability to translate complex technical systems into clear strategies has made him a trusted advisor to both clients and colleagues.

At the core of Connor’s career is a belief that offsite construction is not merely a collection of products, but a new way of working—an operating system for building. Through his leadership, he continues to push the industry toward a future where prefabrication is embedded from the earliest stages of design, unlocking efficiency, scalability, and opportunity across the built environment.

We look forward to Connor's contributions in the year ahead, and to the insights she will bring to students, faculty, and our growing network of industry partners.