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7:00 am Check-In & Light Breakfast
7:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Adapting EHS Systems for AI & Next-Generation Data Center Risk
8:00 am Reimagining the EHS Role to Improve Data Center Constructability and EHS Execution for the Future
- Defining what the next generation of EHS professionals need to succeed in hyperscale data center construction, from technical safety knowledge to communication, influence and commercial awareness
- Rethinking EHS hiring practices to build teams that can scale with larger campuses, faster delivery models and increasingly complex contractor ecosystems
- Raising the bar for EHS leadership by developing professionals who can move beyond compliance oversight to influence planning, constructability, commissioning and daily project execution
8:30 am Using AI to Improve Safety Inspection Data & Outcomes
- Identifying where traditional inspection workflows produce incomplete findings that obscure risk
- Using AI tools, including voice capture, to make inspections easier and record clearer, more complete findings
- Analyzing inspection data to identify and prevent exposures with the potential to cause a serious injury or fatality
8:40 am Strengthening Data Center Construction Safety Through Industry-Led Training Exploring how the Data Center Construction
- Safety Coalition is addressing gaps in construction safety training by applying core OSHA principles to the data center environment
- Recognizing high-energy hazards and coordinating controls across construction, commissioning and simultaneous operations as facilities move toward energization
- Applying realistic scenarios and pre-task planning to strengthen energy-state awareness, verify controls and identify when changing conditions require work to stop
- Building consistent communication, psychological safety and worker involvement to support safer decisions across the project team
9:30 am Morning Networking Break
Track 1: EHS Construction & Commissioning Leadership Strategy
Track 2: EHS Execution During Construction & Commissioning
Track 1: EHS Construction & Commissioning Leadership Strategy
Strengthening Governance, Supplier Oversight & Performance Visibility Across Project Partners
10:30 am Panel: Improving Vendor, Manufacturer & Third-Party Supplier Onboarding Across Complex Project Ecosystems
EHS Director, Corescale
Construction Safety Director, Keel Infrastructure
- Verifying vendor and field technician readiness before mobilization to ensure training, competency and site-specific safety expectations are confirmed before work begins
- Coordinating third-party suppliers through hyperscalers, colocators and GC oversight to integrate vendor activity into sequencing, supervision and project EHS controls
- Clarifying responsibility for vendor supervision and field activity to reduce gaps when suppliers operate outside traditional contractor reporting lines
11:00 am Strengthening Incident Investigation & Lessons Learned to Prevent Repeat Safety Failures
Safety Manager, Duffey Southeast Construction, Inc.
President & Project Manager, Duffey Southeast Construction, Inc.
- Improving incident investigation processes to identify underlying causes, contributing factors and missed controls before similar issues reoccur
- Standardizing lessons learned capture and communication to ensure findings are shared across project teams, contractors and future sites
- Turning investigation findings into tracked corrective actions to improve accountability, verify closeout and prevent repeat incidents across future data center projects
11:30 am Improving EHS Performance Measurement, Reporting & Leading Indicators Across Owner/Operators & Delivery Partners
Safety Director, Hoffman Construction Company
- Standardizing EHS reporting expectations to align owners, GCs and trade partners on data collection, reporting cadence and performance review processes
- Using leading indicators to identify emerging risk through observations, high-risk activity reviews, stop-work trends, near misses, plan quality, and field verification data
- Translating EHS data into action to improve field conditions, contractor accountability and decision-making across future projects
Track 2: EHS Execution During Construction & Commissioning
12:00 pm Networking Lunch Break
Preparing EHS Leaders for the Next Generation of Data Center Delivery
1:00 pm Speed Learning Audience Roundtables
This session will divide attendees into focused groups to share insights and address role-specific challenges in EHS across Construction and Commissioning. Build a clearer understanding of EHS in the project stage most applicable to you and drive collective solutions for reducing risk, strengthening compliance and improving safety performance throughout the data center lifecycle