Build Ahead
Symposium Key Takeaways -- "Future Marketplace for Offsite Construction" Discussion
This session marked a turning point in how modular construction can scale—through standardized interfaces and a shared path to Configure-to-Order (CTO) delivery. With new agreements in place between CfOC, ICC, and Good Developments Group, the groundwork is being laid for a true marketplace of interoperable modular products. The discussion made clear: building that future will require new standards, new partnerships, and a new kind of collaboration across the industry.
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Symposium Key Takeaways -- "Future of Design Thinking" Discussion
Attendees both praised and challenged the CfOC’s comprehensive approach to curriculum design, especially its alignment with the full real estate development value chain—from entitlement to financing to site operations. Many called for near-term offerings to bridge the gap while the Master of Offsite Design & Delivery program is developed, noting that the industry urgently needs leaders who think across silos. Across the board, there was strong enthusiasm for a new kind of systems-savvy professional—one who blends design, manufacturing, and business fluency to shape the future of modular delivery
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Say it louder for the folks in the back
Blog | Feb 25, 2025
Say it louder for the folks in the back! Themes remain the same across the conferences and shows we attend. Most don’t know exactly what to do about it.
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Lessons from Advancing PreFab 2025
Many offsite firms that trekked to Arizona last week are stuck wondering how to better kit and assemble their own scope, in their own shop, within their own risk envelope. The landscape of tomorrow's smaller, more productive construction industry is a different collection of risk envelopes. Vast rewards await firms that crack-the-code to combine trade work into larger building components with industrialized construction (manufacturing) methods.
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CfOC Leaders to Chair Tracks at Advancing Prefabrication 2025: Shaping the Future of Offsite Construction
The Center for Offsite Construction (CfOC) in the School of Architecture & Design at the New York Institute of Technology is proud to announce that Mathew Ford and Jason Van Nest have been named track chairs for the upcoming Advancing Prefabrication 2025 conference, set to take place February 17-20 in Phoenix, Arizona. As two of the industry's leading voices in prefabrication and offsite construction, their leadership at this conference underscores the CfOC’s commitment to advancing modular methodologies, digital workflows, and regulatory innovations that will transform the built environment.
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CfOC Achieves ANSI Accreditation: A Milestone for Standardizing Offsite Construction
Blog | Feb 12, 2025
The CfOC's ANSI accreditation is a major milestone for U.S. academic institutions. CfOC now joins Georgia Tech’s Energy and Sustainability Services as one of only two academic institutions in the country to achieve this distinction. More notably, CfOC is the first research center in the AEC industry to become an ANSI Accredited Standards Developer, reinforcing its thought leadership in offsite construction.
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Center's presentation at Advancing PreFab 2025 -- Exploring Government Regulation & Market Preparedness Across the United States
FYI - be sure to catch the Center for Offsite Construction's presentation at hashtag#AdvancingPreFab2025.
This week, Jason Van Nest and Mathew Ford enjoyed a great planning call with Ryan Colker of the International Code Council to coordinate an exciting discussion -- about what organizations like ours are doing to prepare the offsite marketplace for US offsite construction firms to be more productive, in-demand, and successful.
Can't wait to share new details, starting in 8 days!
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Modular Revolution: Greystar’s Ltd. Findlay Project Tackles Housing Challenges Head-On
Blog | Dec 03, 2024
Initiatives led by organizations like New York Institute of Technology’s Center for Offsite Construction and the Modular Building Institute (MBI), coupled with the urgent need for housing solutions, are propelling the modular construction industry toward broader adoption.
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