The Digital World: BIM. Data-driven decision making

Recorded: 8 December 2021 (09:30 - 16:00 UK time)

What’s this online event about?

The built environment sector is undergoing a rapid digital transformation. To provide practical support and enable well-informed choices, this online event is focusing on data-driven decision making and will cover:

• New and upcoming government strategies
• Case studies highlighting how value can be derived from data-driven decision making
• Available standards, guidance and tools to support your digital transformation journey

Who is this event for?

CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, heads of innovation and R&D, investors, heads of department and programme managers, digital construction managers and directors, digital engineers, digital practice managers, BIM managers and directors, ICT managers and directors, IT operations, visualizers, project managers, designers, contractors, engineers, surveyors, construction managers, building services, facilities and estate managers and directors, clients and developers.

What will participants gain?

A stronger understanding and awareness of how data can support decision-making within the built environment in relation to:

• Current policies and developments
• Key drivers and barriers
• Exemplar case studies
• Available standards, guidance, and tools

Please click here to view the agenda. 

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As part of his role within the British Standards Institution (BSI), Chartered Architectural Technologist Dan Rossiter provides subject matter expertise, thought leadership, and sector engagement around the digital transformation of the built environment. In addition, beyond his role at BSI, Dan has been actively supporting the construction industry locally, nationally, and internationally for several years:

Locally, Dan supports Constructing Excellence in Wales, is a councillor for the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), Wales Region and co-chair of UK BIM Alliance Wales

Nationally, Dan supports Constructing Excellence, Generation for Change, the UK BIM Alliance, is a member of the CIAT council and several special interest groups as well as a contributor to national standards development within BSI.

Internationally, Dan is a supporter of buildingSMART International as well as a contributor to international standards development within CEN and ISO.

All of Dan’s knowledge and expertise is applied to his award-winning blog There’s No BIM Like Home. Where the full UK BIM Framework is used on his own mid-terrace home in South Wales; practicing what he preaches through transparency, plain language and engaging example.

Mark is a keen champion of innovation in the context of collaborative delivery models and he is particularly interested in the transformation of the infrastructure industry, including: systems-thinking, digital transformation, connected digital twins, data infrastructure, low-carbon sustainable solutions and the circular economy in the built environment.

As the Head of the NDTp, Mark is contributing to the leadership of this ambitious programme to enable an ecosystem of connected digital twins across the built environment. 

Dr Anne Kemp OBE has 25 years of experience and is Fellow and Technical Director for Digital Engineering (DE) and BIM Strategy and Development, at Atkins, part of the SNC Lavalin Group, providing advice to some of the UK’s major infrastructure clients, including Crossrail, Eight2o, HS2 and Heathrow.  She is Chair of the UK BIM Alliance (which hosts BuildingSMART UKI), and convenor of the International Standards Organisation committee for ISO19650, which has evolved out of the UK’s BIM Level 2, and the committee developing the strategy for global standards focused on managing information for the whole life cycle of infrastructure projects.

Rob’s background is as a project architect and he has worked on a range of education and advanced manufacturing projects before moving into his current role. His role for the past 5 years has been to lead and develop our Digital brand and he has successfully delivered a number of high-profile information management commissions for some complex and challenging projects as well as major government frameworks.

Rob has extensive knowledge of current industry information management standards and processes and this has led to him developing our forward thinking approach to information management. Acknowledged across the industry as a leading advocate of OpenBIM standards (including IFC and COBie), Rob regularly speaks at conferences both nationally and internationally, and co-authors our award-winning BIM Blog.

David Throssell is the Head of Digital Construction for Skanska UK with responsibility for the implementation of BIM across operations in the UK. David is a Chartered Civil Engineer with broad experience of civil and structural permanent works design. He has managed single and multiple discipline design teams and Government funded R&D data management projects. He has particular expertise in BIM standards, methods and procedures.

As Innovation Director for global construction and consultancy company Mace, Matt is leading the company in its ambition to catalyse the next evolution of the construction industry. Focused on the disruption of Mace’s traditional business model across markets and geographies, Matt is at the forefront of the company’s digital transformation, and re-defining how Mace designs, builds and operates the built environment it is responsible for.

At Mace, the company was founded ‘in pursuit of a better way’ for the industry, and this mission statement continues to inspire the culture of innovation across Mace, a culture that Matt is responsible for maintaining. With a focus on increasing productivity and improving all aspects of our delivery in direct response to the climate emergency, Matt’s is working closely with clients, suppliers and colleagues to ensure we rise to the challenge of transforming the construction industry to meet increasing demand and diminishing resources.

Prior to the innovation role, Matt supported the top line growth of Mace’s construction business from £600m to £2bn in 2017, and played an important role in entering new markets, and securing the business' growing reputation as the leading innovator in the UK construction industry. His career started in digital, having studied computing as part of his degree, and he is now aligning Mace’s interests with the innovation and technology being driven by the digital sector, as part of the transition to Industry 4.0.

Within the industry, Matt takes part in a number of industry initiatives and boards, including a strategy board representation for the Infrastructure Innovation Partnership (i3P), and the Construction Innovation Hub, a UK Government-backed initiative aimed at transformation of the UK construction sector.

Rahul Shah has worked for and with asset owners, main contractors, architects, engineers and manufacturers. With over 23 years of experience, he has held leadership roles responsible for driving digital transformation, leading on BIM strategy and implementation programmes globally. During his career Rahul has gained experience of implementing various digital initiatives on a diverse range of projects, including large scale multi-billion-pound urban regeneration schemes through to hospitals, airports, residential, commercial, data centres, mixed-use public spaces, stadiums and metros.

Julian is a consultant, author and lecturer who has been involved in data and asset management activities for many years with a passion for delivering sustained value independent of software. He has been closely involved in standard related activities relating to BIM (PAS 1192 series and ISO 19650), data quality (ISO 8000 series), asset management (TC251 involvement) and delivering value from data (BS 10102-1 and BS 10102-2). Julian led development of the IAM Asset Information Subject Specific Guidance and is also Chair of the BCS Data Management Specialist Group.

Mo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Morta, a software provider helping organisations across the built environment leverage their data and automate processes. Morta provides a platform with the familiarity of spreadsheets and the utility of databases, enabling construction professionals to create powerful customised tools that fit their needs quickly and easily. 

In his role at Morta, he has led the development and implementation of tools for organisations across the public sector, private sector, and bodies such as the Centre for Digital Built Britain.

He is a Civil Engineer by background, has an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge, and contributes to the UK BIM Framework Guidance. Talk to Mo on linkedin.com/in/mshanaa/ or on Twitter @Mo_Shanaa.

David Churcher is Director of Hitherwood Consulting with degrees in civil engineering and business administration. He has been involved in the development of BIM process standards since 2011, initially in the UK and latterly at international level. He is the technical author of ISO 19650 Part 3, having also been heavily involved in the authoring and development of ISO 19650 Parts 1 and 2. He is also co-editor of the UK BIM Framework Guidance and a member of BSI’s technical committee for construction design, modelling and data exchange (B/555).

An Architectural Technologist by background, with a strong track record of providing Information Management consultancy, Fiona currently oversees the technical delivery of the Government & Industry Interoperability Group (GIIG). The GIIG focuses on solving the practical implementation of interoperability, namely ‘the ability of two or more systems to securely exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged’, without which the value of BIM / Information Management cannot be realised.

Fiona feels very privileged to have played a small part in driving the adoption of BIM in the UK. She has achieved this by being a strategic thinker, a pragmatist, and a good communicator. She is someone who thrives on debate with the aim of reaching consensus, and if consensus is not achievable, then she will at the very least help move the discussion forward, with the aim of achieving real long-term progress and value.