The Offsite Construction Summit: Berkeley 2025 Speakers
Join us in Berkeley, CA, Friday, June 13, 2025, for a full day of presentations from some of the brightest minds and rising stars in the offsite construction industry.
Expert Speakers from Across the Industry
Don't miss the next opportunity to learn from—and network with—hundreds of regional offsite industry professionals including our group of featured speakers. All of our featured speakers bring years of offsite construction experience and knowledge from all corners of the industry. And since our speakers will also be exhibiting at the event, attendees will have ample opportunity to connect with these industry leaders.
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Berkeley Offsite Construction Summit Speakers
Don't miss your next chance to see some of the most impactful offsite construction speakers from around the country. Our 2024 speaker line-up, which featured company leaders and design professionals from across the offsite spectrum, addressed a variety of topics critical to the future of offsite, modular, and prefab construction in California and across the United States.
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Our 2025 Speakers Include
Maximilian Birner
Co-Founder & CEO
Boxhub
Sam Dicke
Manager of Client Development
Timberlab
Aron Johnson
Associate/Project Manager
DJR Architecture
Matthew Laase, AIA,
Principal
Jackson | Main Architecture, P.S.
RJ Mahadev
Co-Founder & CEO
RaaP Builders
Andy Nuessle
President
Synergy Modular
Tyler Pullen
Senior Technical Advisor
Terner Labs
Chris Schmidt
Business Development Manager
Volumetric Building Companies
2025 Presentations
Containerized Construction: Market Insights, Demand Trends, & Emerging Applications
Maximilian Birner
Co-Founder & CEO
Boxhub
By 2030, the container modification industry is set to become a $147.6 billion market. Are you positioned to capitalize on this explosive growth? Do you know how containers are used in construction? Join Maximilian Birner, Co-Founder & CEO of Boxhub, as he explores exclusive data on high-demand container building types and compelling case studies in housing, retail, and healthcare. Gain insights into the economic and environmental advantages of container-based construction and explore how containers are being used to create resilient and attractive buildings for both permanent and relocatable needs.
Inside Terner Labs Push to Expand Factory-Built Construction: Optimizing for Affordability
Tyler Pullen
Senior Technical Advisor
Terner Labs
California is a leader in thinking aggressively and quantitatively about solutions that address both affordable housing and sustainable construction. Likewise, Terner Labs—founded to complement the work of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley—is helping scale real-world answers to some of the most pressing housing challenges anywhere. Tyler Pullen serves as senior technical advisor at Terner Labs and will talk about how offsite construction methods reduce the time and cost of construction while increasing the supply of affordable housing. He will also elaborate on regulatory challenges facing housing delivery, tools for policy decision-making, efforts to spur innovation and modernize construction methods, and opportunities for impactful intervention.
In Berkeley Now: New 8-Story Building Offers Needed Mix-Used Space
Aron Johnson
Associate/Project Manager
DJR Architecture
Andy Nuessle
President
Synergy Modular
Chris Schmidt
Business Development Manager
Volumetric Building Companies
Join our panel of experts for a project overview of Berkeley’s newest modular development currently under construction. This mixed-use residential building has 207 units, 5000+ square feet of commercial space, semi-automated parking, and vast amenities. The eight-story buildings will yield around 134,400 total square feet. Parking will be included for 89 bicycles and 39 cars. Residents will benefit from a community garden, club room, and fitness center. Lounges and decks will be accessible on every floor owing to the structure’s unique stepped form. Offsite Construction Summit attendees will hear directly from the project team including DJR Architecture, Synergy Modular, and Volumetric Building Companies about the complexities of the project and how offsite modular construction provided a solution in an aggressive and complex market.
Mass Timber & the Future of Prefabrication & Offsite Construction
Sam Dicke
Manager of Client Development
Timberlab
Timberlab, a mass timber manufacturer and design assist partner, has been pushing the boundaries of prefabrication and offsite construction since their inception in 2017 when they worked on First Tech Federal Credit Union’s headquarters in Oregon. At the time, the project was the largest mass timber building in North America. Timberlab took a leap backwards in the supply chain in 2020, opening a fabrication and offsite facility in Portland and expanding operations nationwide with the opening of a South Carolina headquarters in 2023. In 2024, Timberlab acquired a large glulam manufacturer and in 2025 broke ground on their massive 200,000 square foot state-of-the-art cross laminated timber facility in Oregon. Timberlab has completed over 65 projects in 22 states across the US. Join Sam Dicke, Timberlab’s manager of client development, for a discussion on the importance of design coordination, manufacturing connection, and offsite assembly integration to deliver a successful mass timber project.
The Modular Design Process: Designing the Modules
Matthew Laase, AIA
Principal
Jackson | Main Architecture, P.S.
While the benefits of modular construction are fairly well known, differences between the design of modular vs. traditional multi-family projects tend to be less understood. One of the most critical aspects is early and ongoing engagement among key project team members. As with all buildings constructed offsite, modular projects require increased collaboration among the designer, module manufacturer, and general contractor. Involving the manufacturer and GC early is essential to achieving efficiencies in design, assembly, and installation. Join Matthew Laase, AIA, principal of Jackson | Main Architecture for one leading architect’s perspective on how offsite construction provides opportunities for innovative and creative solutions.
Rooms as a Product: A New Way to Drive Speed, Savings, & Standardization for Hospitality & Multifamily Construction
RJ Mahadev
Co-Founder & CEO
RaaP Builders
Developers may struggle with justifying offsite construction because of perceived risk and higher costs. Design prototypes, however, optimized for modular fabrication, including standardized and documented MEP and structural connections, enables time and cost savings across design, fabrication, and construction. Join this interactive, case-based session, geared for architects, fabricators, developers, general contractors, and more to learn about successes and lessons-learned with a “Rooms as a Product” approach. Attendees will hear about the advantages of this approach regardless of role, how design prototypes are used to accelerate fabricator ramp time and throughput, and how the approach saves money and reduces risk.
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