Digital Knowledge Transfer to Accelerate Offsite Construction
Bridging the knowledge gap with industry-driven digital education for wood panelized offsite construction.
Project Overview
Updated March 6, 2025
The Problem
Wood-framed prefabricated panels offer significant design flexibility and can support up to six-story wood-frame buildings—an ideal solution for the affordable housing sector. However, adoption is hindered by a lack of early integration and a limited understanding of offsite construction principles among key stakeholders, including developers, architects, and engineers. Without this knowledge, projects fail to maximize the benefits of prefabrication, leading to inefficiencies and missed opportunities for cost and time savings.
How We Are Solving It
Led by B Collective Homes in collaboration with SvN Architects + Planners, this project will aim to develop industry-driven digital educational content to bridge the knowledge gap in wood panelized offsite construction.
This digital content will equip professionals in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industries with essential education, design tools and best practices. By introducing panelized construction principles early in the project ideation phase, the project will aim to streamline construction processes; reduce inefficiencies in design and execution; and accelerate project timelines.
Ultimately, this initiative will aim to support the delivery of affordable, sustainable and efficient housing solutions—empowering industry professionals to integrate prefabrication effectively from the start.
