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Episode 31: Steve Appleby - It's time to get on the train | The Competitive Contractor Podcast

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Episode 31 (#1 of Season 4) of the Competitive Contractor podcast discusses the impact and changes technology is having on the Australian construction industry. The adoption of technology within the construction industry is growing traction at a rapid rate across both tier 1 and 2 organisations, government entities and smaller construction companies. Undeniably, technology and digital intervention have proven to assist in productivity, time to market and accuracy within companies. This podcast discusses just how much technology has already changed the way construction companies operate and how much the government is pushing for further change and what this will do to the construction industry as we know it today.

  • Northwest Metro rail was one of the first major projects that influenced the government to look into and utilise digital transformation across projects to catch up with the rest of the supply chain,
  • How the private sector has led the charge on digital strategy and technological transformation within the construction industry.
  • The expectation for both tier 1 and tier 2 companies to utilise technology and a digital strategy in order to prepare, apply and win tenders.
  • Victorian government looking to spend over $144billion in the next 3 years across construction where digital strategy is essential to ensure the success of projects.
  • Technology transformation still have a long way to go across the construction industry, however, is now an inevitable change,
  • Don’t invest in all technology, but understand your processes and implement the technology that supports the processes more efficiently.

    • Steve Appleby:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenappleby/

    https://melbim.com.au/index.php/home/steve-appleby/

    https://iimbe.io/our-people/

    Steven Appleby Managing Director at IIMBE. Steve is a founding member of MeIBIM and is a  member of the Victorian Digital Asset Strategy steering committee and New Zealand’s BIM Acceleration Committee.

    Steve brings 18 years of diverse project experience across Australia, SE Asia, New Zealand and the UK to IIMBE’s clients that leverages the power of BIM and Digital Engineering to deliver a raft of benefits to individual clients and broader industry alike.

    IIMBE is a company founded by three experienced BIM, Digital Engineering and Information Management experts one of which is Steve. IIMBE provides developers with a one-stop shop to ensure there is a consistent approach to managing and using data from multiple partners on large builds.

    Each of the directors has been implementing and working in BIM since 2003. Their vision is to deliver a better way of working for our clients while unlocking the benefits of Digital Delivery for the industry.

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