Off-site construction 101

Advancing the industry through manufacturing

The University of New Brunswick Off-site Construction Research Centre completed a two-day mini course focused on off-site construction. The course took place Feb. 24 to 25, 2021 and was targeted towards staff from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).

The course was recorded and conducted over Zoom and is now open to the public.

Day 1 |  focuses on an Introduction to off-site construction and includes two case studies from leading industry and research experts.

Day 2 |  focuses on advanced manufacturing-based construction, including:

• an approach being used in the United Kingdom,
• a review of additive manufacturing, and
• a case study from an industry leader in heavy industrial construction.

Watch the course recordings

Day 1 | Introduction to Off-site Construction

• An Introduction to Off-site Construction
• Taxonomy of Off-site Construction and Emerging Technology
• Project Delivery Systems
• Introduction to Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA)
• Case Study: Prefabricated Panelized Construction Process
• Case Study: Modular Construction Tolerances

Day 2 | Advanced Manufacturing-based Construction

• Case Study: Review of Offsite Construction Models in the UK
• Introduction to Additive Manufacturing (AM)
• Introduction to AM in Construction
• Prefabrication and Manufacturing Automation and Machinery in Construction
• Innovations in Heavy Lift Crane Planning and Execution
• Modular and Off-Site Construction Practice: The Move Toward Manufacturing

The OCRC would like to thank each of the speakers who participated in this event. Every speaker brought a unique perspective and knowledge base to the mini-course and we are grateful for their contribution to the event.

About the Off-site Construction Research Centre

The Off-site Construction Research Centre at the University of New Brunswick seeks to transform the construction industry by optimizing alternate solutions to conventional, ‘stick-built,’ on-site construction.

The OCRC will transform partner companies, grow the supply chain in the province and make New Brunswick a hub for off-site construction by developing innovative solutions to construction industry problems. Opportunities to participate range from supporting world-class researchers to contracting research to solve specific problems.