Changing the Way We Think of Prefabrication: New Solutions for Your Building Envelope

Integrated sheathing is a key component
Sponsored by Georgia-Pacific Building Products
By Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Learning Objectives:

  1. Discover how prefabrication offers productivity and management advantages for the building envelope.
  2. Discuss how prefabrication can address common project management issues at the job site, including weather delays, crew safety, quality control, labor shortages and scheduling.
  3. Explore how traditionally applied WRB-AB and integrated WRB-AB sheathing solutions are impacting lean manufacturing productivity goals.
  4. Compare WRB-AB integrated sheathing solutions transportability from prefabrication factory to the job site.

Credits:

HSW
1 AIA LU/HSW
ICC
0.1 ICC CEU
IIBEC
1 IIBEC CEH
IACET
0.1 IACET CEU*
AIBD
1 AIBD P-CE
AAA
AAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
AANB
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
AAPEI
AAPEI 1 Structured Learning Hour
MAA
MAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
NLAA
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA.
NSAA
This course can be self-reported to the NSAA
NWTAA
NWTAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
OAA
OAA 1 Learning Hour
SAA
SAA 1 Hour of Core Learning
 
This course can be self-reported to the AIBC, as per their CE Guidelines.
As an IACET Accredited Provider, BNP Media offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia

Prefabricated construction is advancing in vertical segments from hospital to government, and hospitality to office and beyond. Prefabrication firms are expanding, and new design-build business models, including their own prefabrication factories, are disrupting traditional building approaches with significant success. The benefits of prefabrication, including time savings and improved quality over traditional on-site construction methods, are now being extended to larger components of construction projects including interior and exterior walls and the building envelope. This session will explore how prefabrication can address common issues associated with traditional building envelope construction including weather delays, crew safety, quality control, labor shortages and subcontractor scheduling. We’ll examine how traditional methods of WRB-AB application in prefabrication impact lean manufacturing productivity objectives. We’ll explore the impact integrated sheathing solutions have on prefabrication productivity due to the integration of the WRB-AB during product manufacturing. Because transport and delivery of undamaged prefabricated building envelope panels is a notable challenge, we’ll compare the risks associated with externally applied WRB-ABs and integrated sheathing options.

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Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a nationally known architect, consultant, continuing education presenter, and prolific author advancing building performance through better design. www.linkedin.com/in/pjaarch, www.pjaarch.com

 

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Originally published in March 2019

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