Paolo Torresani
Project Executive Permasteelisa North America | Benson
Paolo Torresani is Project Executive at Permasteelisa North America, overseeing a portfolio of high-profile architectural envelope projects valued at over $150 million across the San Francisco Bay Area. His current work includes YouTube’s Phase 1 campus expansion in San Bruno, UC Berkeley’s Gateway building for the new College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, and the remodel of Terminal 3 West at San Francisco International Airport. Paolo leads global teams and manages full P&L responsibility, bringing a strong focus on innovation in construction. He is particularly passionate about integrating emerging technologies such as robotics, virtual reality, and advanced data-sharing tools to enhance project delivery and collaboration.
Seminars
- Defining decision-making roles and responsibilities across project phases to support integration of structural systems and façade assemblies
- Investigating how architects and owners assess the viability of prefabricated façades and structural systems, influencing design and cost outcomes
- Facilitating cross-partner dialogue to resolve constraints and build consensus around prefab strategies
- Engaging prefabrication partners to ensure exterior systems are compatible with timber-based construction timelines and methods
- Aligning façade planning with mass timber sequencing to avoid construction delays and maintain structural continuity on mid- and high-rise projects
- Combining mass timber and prefabricated façades to reduce embodied carbon, improve thermal performance, and support sustainability certifications
