This presentation explores how precast concrete systems contribute to secure, durable, and cost-effective K12 learning environments. From enhanced structural integrity and code compliance with ICC 500 standards to architectural versatility, prefabricated concrete solutions play a vital role in supporting occupant well-being and long-term performance.

Learn how early involvement through Design Assist can transform your prefabricated building solutions. We’ll cover the benefits, processes, and real-world case studies across three common categories where Design Assist delivers the most value: hybrid projects, industrial builds, and high-end architectural designs.

This session explores how a prefabricated building facade system can simplify facade design while supporting the overall project solution. By integrating the exterior wall assembly — finishes, insulation, framing, and preinstalled windows — into a single system, this approach streamlines design, reduces risk, accelerates schedule, and supports the project’s overall vision.

We will cover the possibilities of incorporating various embedded items and atypical aggregates into HPC without sacrificing flexural and compressive strength, meeting or exceeding performance requirements. This presentation will provide basic material properties and illustrate advances in materials and fabrication, which allow for more flexibility with form and finish while remaining monolithic.

This course explores the characteristics of HPC and UHPC, compares them with conventional concrete and outlines how early collaboration and customization open the door to cost-effective, design-driven solutions. Real-world case studies demonstrate how these materials perform under demanding architectural and environmental conditions — balancing innovation with constructability.

This course explores cutting-edge innovations — including modular forming, advanced finishing, unitized facade systems, material transparency tools, and emerging low-carbon technologies — that allow architects and engineers to meet ambitious sustainability, carbon reduction, and performance goals.

Total precast concrete systems combine structural and architectural components into a unified, high-performance building solution that delivers durability, sustainability, and long-term value. This course introduces the full family of precast products used in total precast structures and explores how they are engineered, coordinated, and assembled to create resilient buildings that reduce jobsite risks, accelerate schedules, and enhance occupant well-being.

This course introduces the fundamental principles of designing with prefabricated concrete and explores how modern manufacturing technologies, advanced forming techniques, and a wide range of architectural finishes expand creative and technical possibilities.

This course explores the design opportunities made possible through embedded natural materials, advanced finishing techniques, simulated stone technologies, and sculptural forming methods. Participants will learn how these innovative solutions accelerate schedules, enhance durability, and enable distinctive architectural expression that seamlessly complements surrounding environments.