VDC’s Last Mile: How Multi-Trade Layout is Redefining Field Execution on Complex Design-Build Projects

Recorded On: 11/04/2025

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CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2027

The challenge on large, high-stakes projects isn’t just making a plan—it’s executing it. In this session, leaders from a $1B hospital project will share how they used Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) not just for coordination, but as a central force for aligning trades and driving execution in the field. Working under an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) contract, McCarthy partnered closely with four key trades—Performance Contracting Inc. (Framing), Morrow Meadows (Electrical), Frank M. Booth (Mechanical), and Pan Pacific Mechanical (Plumbing)—to push BIM coordination to an unprecedented level. The team advanced the model to LOD 400, coordinated dense MEP systems in tight spaces, and deployed automated layout to translate design directly to fieldwork. This panel explores how the team used VDC as a proactive risk mitigation strategy, then extended its value through a new multi-trade layout workflow. By aligning around a shared model and using automation to deliver layout data to the field, each trade worked from a single source of truth, cutting errors, reducing rework, and compressing the schedule. Attendees will hear directly from the GC, trades, and roboticist on how they executed a collaborative, builder-driven coordination process and brought the model to life with one-to-one accuracy on-site.