Andrew Wolstenholme - Construction Leadership Council
I've been to many BIM events, but until today I have never had the chance to listen to Andrew Wolstenholme who is CEO of Crossrail and chair of the CLC.
Some of his key slides below. Some of his big messages:
- Look at how automotive and aeropspace industries collaborate and work together on standards and innovation and work to get Government funding. Construction industry is way behind. The two big innovation areas for cars are (a) batteries and (b) self-driving cars - the industry really gets behind the challenge.
- When it comes to the big projects. You must focus on the outcomes. Focus on the business case. The spending is then worth it. Example being Crossrail - spend £14.8bn - for a return of £42bn to the economy.
- Three areas of focus for the industry - (a) procure for better value, (b) industry-led innovation with matched Government funding and (c) skills for the future.
- http://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/our-opportunity-the-construction-industry-sector-deal/
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| A lot of money is about to be spent |
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| We don't currently have enough capacity in the industry to deliver |
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| Be sure of the business case - and then spend |
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| Andrew wants to get construction the same sort of funding for innovation that other industries get |
This was largely a look at the history of AI - and then a reflection on where it wil benefit construction. Some links below:
- The first claim at AI in 18th century (hoax). Then a real victory in 1997 with Deep Blue at Chess followed by Alpha Go in 2017.
- The cast of Westworld visit the UN (video below) :)
- HAL 9000 and Science Fiction, SkyNet etc...
- Singularity will happen by 2045
- Then driveless vehicles and brick laying robots and photo/video recognition etc...
Alex Lubbock - Delivering against Government Construction Strategy
Alex is part of the Digital Built Britain team. He reported on how BIM Level 2 was being pushed through departments to try and make it 'business as usual'.
He also looked at all of the priority areas...
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| The priorities |
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| Emerging technologies will create amazing productivity opportunities |
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| It's not just about the big companies - it's about SMEs and sharing the passion through social media |
David Philp - City Modelling
Dave removed his Digital Built Britain hat and put on his Aecom hat to present the work they were doing around city modelling and big data.
A pretty cool software package was demonstrated (the guy behind Google Earth is the owner):
- https://www.cityzenith.com/smartcampus
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| How will emerging technology allow us to monitor our assets? |
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| The existing estate (with no BIM) is huge |
Then it was off to the BIM Village stage. Su Butcher did a nice job of presenting using only a whiteboard and markers.
What can help/hinder collaboration? Technology... Legal issues... Behaviour...
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| Forget your flashy Powerpoints - Su Butcher brings out the whiteboard! |
My class was accepted (thanks Olly :)) - so I got a chance to present to 50 or so delegates at the BIM Village.
My three take-home points were:
- Get the start of the project right - support the client with the EIR/BEP process
- Use standardised information structures for objects and specifications
- Consider how emerging technologies will change the way we work
Check out some BIM case studies below...
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| Case study 01 |
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| Case study 02 |
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| Case study 03 |
- https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/practical-examples-of-how-to-develop-and-coordinate-information-on-a-bim-project
...and, it wasn't all work, work, work, a bit of fun below...
(Thanks Anthony from James Ward Architects)
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| Separated at birth? |
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