Adam Faircloth

Director of Nuclear Program Integrations Day & Zimmermann

Adam Faircloth is Director of Nuclear Program Integrations at Day & Zimmermann, a leading provider of construction, maintenance and workforce services to the nuclear industry. Adam specializes in estimating, scheduling and structuring first-of-a-kind nuclear builds, developing credible man-hour bases and true schedules between constructor and reactor vendor. He focuses on sequencing the limited pre-license-to-construct work and structuring delivery and risk as new entrants and hyperscalers move into nuclear. Adam brings a practical, integrated view of how nuclear programs are costed, scheduled and delivered.

Seminars

Wednesday 20th January 2027
Opening Panel: Demand Rich, Delivery Poor: Can the Industry Actually Build What It Has Promised?
8:30 am
  • Facing the real question head on: not how big the opportunity is, but whether the industry can actually deliver it
  • Sizing the gap between roughly 100 large, 400 SMR, and thousands of micro reactors and today’s delivery capacity
  • Setting up the delivery challenge, across supply chain, workforce and licensing, that the rest of the programme exists to solve

Practical Takeaway: Leave with an honest, cross-industry read on whether the fleet can actually be built, and a sharp sense of the delivery gap that every session over the next two days is designed to help you close.

Wednesday 20th January 2027
Presentation: Estimating, Scheduling and Structuring the First Nuclear Build
2:45 pm
  • Building a credible estimate, man-hour basis and one true schedule for a first-of-akind build, between constructor and reactor developer
  • Sequencing the limited pre-LTC work you can start before the full licence-to-construct lands
  • Structuring EPC versus EPCM and where delivery risk should sit as new entrants and hyperscalers move into nuclear

Practical Takeaway: Leave with a practical basis for costing, scheduling and structuring a first nuclear build, and a clear view of how delivery and risk models need to evolve for first-of-a-kind projects.

Headshot of Adam Faircloth, Director of Nuclear Program Integrations at Day & Zimmermann, speaking at Advancing Nuclear Power Construction 2027