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8:30 am Check-In & Networking

9:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Driving Accuracy & Efficiency Through AI

9:10 am Evolving Digital Quality Workflows to AI-Enhanced Processes to Improve Accuracy, Collaboration & Confidence in Project Delivery

Senior Quality Manager, AECOM
Director - Quality, AECOM
  • Identifying AI enhancement challenges and opportunities for existing digital quality workflows
  • Aligning automation with human expertise to deliver grounded project delivery solutions to improve data accuracy, engagement, and collaboration
  • Sharing lessons on streamlining quality reviews, collaboration and feedback loops across teams to enhance project efficiency

9:50 am Facilitated Discussion: Harnessing AI to Transform Quality Processes, Analyze Data & Automate Design Reviews for Faster Delivery

Senior Associate & Director - Technical, Perkins & Will
  • Exploring how AI can automate repetitive quality and project management tasks to boost efficiency and consistency
  • Applying large language models to analyze drawing markups, detect specification conflicts and flag potential errors early
  • Recognizing the limitations of AI while training teams to integrate it safely

10:10 am AI in AEC: Ethics, Limits and the Protection of Professional Judgement

Director - Construction Quality Assurance, City of Cambridge
  • Establishing frameworks to ensure AI adoption aligns with legal, ethical and regulatory requirements
  • Implementing validation methods to verify AI outputs and safeguard professional accountability
  • Balancing innovation with caution by defining low risk use cases that enhance quality processes

10:40 am Morning Refreshments & Networking

Streamlining Reviews with Smarter Tools

11:10 am Tracking & Evolving QA/QC Processes Through Smarter Tools & Digital Integration

Director - Quality, Huitt-Zollars Inc.
  • Exploring ways to quantify and visualize quality performance
  • Evaluating how digital delivery models are redefining what QA/QC means in practice
  • Balancing automation with in person collaboration to streamline reviews and capture lessons learned

11:40 am Fireside Chat: Evolving Checklists into a More Modern Workflow to Simplify Reviews & Strengthen Accountability

Principal & Global Director - Technical Design, Perkins & Will
Vice President & Director - Technical, Hoefer Welker Architecture
  • Discovering how firms are evolving checklists from rigid templates to streamlined tools
  • Simplifying checklists to highlight critical priorities first without overloading teams with unnecessary detail
  • Structuring multi-tiered review processes to build accountability across teams

12:30 pm Networking Lunch

Strengthening Daily Practice for Better Quality

1:30 pm Embedding Quality Checks into Daily Workflows to Catch Errors Early

Director - Technical, FCArchitects
  • Encouraging teams to make quality reviews a consistent habit to prevent costly rework
  • Reinforcing education and training so your team understands existing processes and tools for QA
  • Finding practical ways to integrate peer reviews and a culture of shared responsibility

2:10 pm Structuring an Interdisciplinary Document Review Team to Protect Design Quality Under Compressed Schedules

Manager, Preconstruction, Gilbane Building Company
Senior IDC Manager, Gilbane Building Company
  • Building a dedicated design phase review function to catch errors early and prevent RFIs, change orders and rework
  • Collaborating with partners early to run structured reviews, prioritize high risk scopes and adapt the level of review to different project budgets
  • Sharing case studies that secure internal buy-in for document reviews, while protecting relationships with design teams

2:50 pm Building Smarter Libraries of Detail to Drive Efficiency While Maintaining Flexibility

Director - Architecture , Food & Beverage, Ryan Co. US, Inc.
  • Exploring how to organize and catalogue libraries of detail to streamline work across large projects
  • Balancing standardization with the flexibility needed for site specific requirements
  • Assessing the role of digital and AI driven tools in managing, updating and scaling libraries of detail efficiently

3:20 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

3:30 pm End of Conference