Events

OUR NEXT PREFABNZ EVENT

Join us at PrefabNZ's Auckland Event - June 25, BuildNZ / DesignEX, ASB Showgrounds, Ellerslie

Read about past PrefabNZ Events that we have hosted, as well as upcoming PrefabNZ Events and related industry events of interest, here and around the world.

PrefabNZ has held a number of successful events and there are many more planned for the future. The events have been attended by a wide range of people from the design and construction industry including architects, designers, engineers, distributors, manufacturers, contractors, researchers and policy-makers.

As well as events hosted by PrefabNZ we want to keep you in the loop on other events happening in New Zealand and internationally.  If you have an event of interest please let us know at info@prefabnz.com

CPD Points

PrefabNZ Workshops and Behind-the-Scenes Tours carry Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for registered architects (approx. 30-40 for half-day events) and 4 Department of Building and Housing Licensed Building Practitioner (DBH LBP) points. Other CPD points are allocated by associations or self-allocated, as in the case of IPENZ members.

What to expect

Workshops consist of an introductory prefab presentation from PrefabNZ, a series of short and inspiring presentations from industry representatives, an informative session on upcoming market and development opportunities and interactive focus groups discussing topical prefab questions. These events are half-price for PrefabNZ members.

Behind-the-Scenes events offer a rare opportunity to see first-hand prefab in action. This is your chance to visit the manufacturing floor or construction site of key projects in the New Zealand prefab industry. There are often a series of presentations related to the site visit, as well as supplementary presentations of interest. These events are half-price for PrefabNZ members.

Feedback

100% of event attendees said they would recommend a PrefabNZ event to a colleague - according to survey results at the PrefabNZ Heart Event

Here are some of the comments received to date:

• 'One of the best workshops I have attended and exceeded my expectations'
  - Graeme Calcott
• 'Thanks for the Prefab day, very well put together. Also good to see many non-Architects attending. We believe strongly that this is the way forward'
  - Geoff Fletcher
• 'Thanks for the informative and inspirational workshop'
  - Hamish Shaw
• 'What a great day. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and it is great to see the innovation and great work that is being done behind the scenes'
  - John Roil

What you want from future PrefabNZ events

In a recent survey the top five things that people wanted out of PrefabNZ events were: 

1. Case studies on a residential prefab and offsite construction
2. Site visit to the factory floor of a prefab / offsite manufacturing facility
3. Site visit to a recently completed building that uses innovative prefab
4. Research and development – bringing new products to the market
5. Site visit to see and discuss a number of prefab buildings side-by-side

We have taken these suggestions on board and are tailoring our future events to give our members what they want. Do you have suggestions or ideas for PrefabNZ events? We’d like to hear them. Tell us at info@prefabnz.com

Sponsorship

PrefabNZ is offering the opportunity to sponsor upcoming events. Partner organisations would receive:

• event naming rights
• banner placement
• introductory presentation
• workshop discussion input tailored to your organisation needs
• website presence at prefabnz.com (Partners section) with link to own website

This is a great chance to be seen to lead the resurgence of interest in prefab, offsite and increased productivity in the construction sector. Please contact us info@prefabnz.com

Speakers

PrefabNZ event speakers have included:

• Pamela Bell (PrefabNZ)
• Andrew Irving and Jeremy Smith (Irving Smith Jack Architects)
• Carl Deveraux (Aurecon)
• Jason Guiver (Hunter Laminates)
• Michael Cambridge (Organic Building)
• Roger Gibbons (contractor)
• Dave Strachan (Strachan Group Architects)
• Martin Goss (Mtech Consult UK)
• Chris Kane (BRANZ)
• Gary Caulfield (Stanley Modular)
• Harriet Pilkington (Young Richards)
• John Richardson (Triboard / Juken NZ)
• Nick Clements (Bisco)
• Chris Moller (Custance)
• Rosemary Scofield (Composite Structural Assemblies)
• Tracey Bevan (Multi-Proof Department Building and Housing)
• Michael Cambridge (Organic Buildings)
• Chris Patterson (Procis Information Systems)
• Professor Olaf Diegel (Creative Industries Research, Auckland University of Technology)
• Dave Strachan (Unitec / Strachan Group Architects)
• FirstLight Team (Victoria University of Wellington)
• Laurie Halkett (Pine Manufacturers Association)
• Andre Hodgskin (Architex)
• Allistair Cattanach (Dunning Thornton)
• Justin Wright (Assembly)
• Earl Rutherford (Motm)
• Hugh Byrd (University of Auckland)
• Andrew Barrie (University of Auckland)
• Pierre Quenniville (University of Auckland)
• John Chapman (University of Auckland)
• Rick van Ballegooy (Holmes Consulting)