Construction Futures

Construction Futures episodes:

• October 11, 2019321_Planning_Roadmaps

  The construction industry is a complex beast.

  Fragmented in so many ways, but still, the ties that bind construction

  companies together remain tungsten strong – project-based contracts, supply

  chains, sub-contracting, project portfolios, and so on. Any movement in one

  part of the industry is likely to be counter-balanced and resisted by the

  relative inertia created by the majority rest of the industry. As a major

  client and regulator of the construction industry, government has a key role to

  play in promoting innovation. One complex beast meets another complex beast.

  What might we reasonably expect from government in advocating for change in the

  construction industry, and is there any way we can contribute to a broader

  innovation agenda?

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• October 11, 2019312_Entrepreneurship_Implementation

  Being a part, especially a disruptive part, of

  technology innovation is a risky business. Change brings opportunity, but when

  we are talking digitalisation, change is as often as not an opportunity for

  failure as much as it is for success. The implementation process is key. For

  the technology entrepreneur in construction, what implementation strategy is

  appropriate and how can the risk of failure best be managed?

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• October 11, 2019311_Entrepreneurship_Disruption

  Do we need an Uber-like intervention to disrupt the

  construction industry? According to Clayton Christensen, the grand-daddy of

  Disruption Theory, the answer is a resounding no. His argument is that Uber is

  not a good example of disruptive innovation. No question that Uber has

  disrupted the taxi industry, but the power of disruption theory, according to

  Christensen, is that it reveals the true nature of disruptive innovation, and

  Uber doesn’t fit that bill. If we really want to promote and better manage the

  rapid and fundamental change to the industry that many current industry

  challenges demand, it is essential that we first understand the true nature of

  disruptive innovation.

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• September 30, 2019001_Interview_RONAN_COLLINS

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  Paperless

  construction, with construction workers entering information directly into a

  cloud-based application with automated notification and approval, clearly improving

  productivity on site. Drones already providing huge savings in the time taken

  to survey sites and with significantly improved quality of data.

  We are in

  conversation with Ronan Collins, Head of Project Information Management with

  Gamuda Engineering in Malaysia. Ronan is a BIM pioneer, and explains here the

  current hot topics in digital technology from his perspective. He shares his

  insights into the challenges of an aging workforce and how Gamuda are pivoting

  to support and encourage their recent graduates to become agents of change, not

  just within the Gamuda business itself, but in the construction industry more

  generally.

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• September 20, 2019232_Revitalisation_Cloud_Promotion

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• September 20, 2019231_Revitalisation_Robots_Volume

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• September 04, 2019222 Professionalisation_AI_Safety

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• September 04, 2019221 Professionalisation_Blockchain_Risk

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• August 28, 2019212 Innovation VR Performance

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• August 28, 2019211 Innovation IoT Phases

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