Offsite Design
Prefabrication and offsite construction increase construction performance.
Quality, productivity, and speed can be achieved at lower cost in a controlled environment – the factory. Large prefabricated elements are shipped to site for efficient assembly by small teams.
Offsite construction moves most of the design and trade coordination from the traditional to the virtual construction site. Virtual builders create and optimise models for factory production and on-site assembly, taking architectural and engineering
3D BIM modelling well beyond their current use: in this digitally integrated way of building, models communicate with machines.
Like the traditional builder, we -the virtual builder- translate design information into factory and construction site ready information, ensuring ease of manufacture in the factory and genuine build-ability and efficiency on site.
Precision planning enables the seamless evolution of your project concept into an optimised design for manufacture, and eventually a highly efficient build.
Precision planning engages Lean Manufacturing and Lean Construction principles. Precision planning increases quality and productivity while adding certainty.
Precision planning lifts customer satisfaction.
Offsite Design has been created with the purpose to be the best precision planner and virtual builder (DigiBuildTM) for prefabricated timber buildings in New Zealand.
No matter whether you are a fabricator, builder, contractor, designer or developer we can help improve your project to suit your business needs.
Product Workshop Details
Off-site manufacture and Passive House – a perfect match
Learn why Passive House and off-site manufacture (OSM) are the perfect match, and how DigiBuild™ (www.digibuild.nz) supports project teams and in particular builders, to deliver both. Hear about what matters when designing for prefabrication, where opportunities can be found, and get to see examples of off-site manufactured (high performance) builds.
Speaker Bio
Johann Betz is Founder and Director of Offsite Design Ltd (www.offsitedesign.co.nz), a consultancy supporting the design, manufacture, and construction of prefabricated and high performance timber buildings.
Johann has a degree in prefabrication and timber engineering aimed at the German prefab housing industry. He also holds a Masters of Engineering in Wood Technology focusing on the industrial engineering of off-site manufacturing operations. Johann is also a NZ qualified Passive House Consultant.
In New Zealand Johann has worked with numerous prefabricators and contractors, from start-ups to the largest prefabricators and (mass timber) contractors. Current and former clients include Redstag Timberlab, Woodspan, Naylor Love, Hawkins, CleverCore, Concision (now called Innofab), Nelson Pine Industries, Ecopanel and many more.
Johann is a founding member of PrefabNZ (now called OffsiteNZ) and currently serving his second term as member of the board.
Name and contact details
Johann Betz
