The Digital Transition

It has been a lot of fun bringing you these interviews over the last 10 months. In this episode, I quickly summarise the episodes, and I have collated all of the responses from my guests on what BIM means to them. It makes for interesting listening. I hope that this series has provided you with knowledge and I look forward to bringing you series two in 2020.

In this episode we talk to James Cheesewright from Honeywell about asset owners can benefit from having their building connected to a platform that measures all of the systems’ performance to identify issues before they become bigger issues and enable preventative maintenance.

In this episode, I chat with Tracy Burnham and Colleen Engel Mallon from Rider Levett Bucknall. We discuss the role of the Quantity Surveyor and the current challenges in the industry, the reasons why clients aren’t specifically asking QS’s to use BIM, and the potential benefits. We also talk about the benefits of the recently released AIQS / NZIQS BIM Best Practices Guidelines.

In this episode, we talk with Tim Mumford who is Head of Innovation and Digital within the Office of Projects Victoria in the Victorian Government. He has led the development of the Victorian Digital Asset Strategy (VDAS). We will talk about why the strategy was created and what Victoria is hoping to achieve by putting the strategy in place.

In this episode, I talk to Nathan Jones from Turner and Townsend about the challenges that BIM brings in providing a secure but accessible solution for asset information. When commencing a project where you want to specify BIM deliverables the security of the information also needs to be seriously considered.

In this episode, I have a candid discussion with Don Cameron about the reasons why Building Information Modelling is struggling to gain traction from asset owners. Are the leaders in the industry trying to push people too fast along their digital journey? Are they forcing people to Walk before they Crawl?

In this episode we talk to George Mokhtar about the emerging, client focussed digital methodology for leading, controlling and managing project delivery, including:  Dealing with global ‘critical priorities’ and macro trends The emerging responsibilities, accountabilities and capabilities of a project manager Getting the DNA right for a successful project and long term evolution Interfacing with...

In this episode we talk to George Mokhtar about the emerging, client focussed digital methodology for leading, controlling and managing project delivery, including:

1. Dealing with global ‘critical priorities’ and macro trends

2. The emerging responsibilities, accountabilities and capabilities of a project manager

3. Getting the DNA right for a successful project and long term evolution

4. Interfacing with the digital fingerprint of assets through their life

5. Environments, platforms and cultures that foster collaboration

6. Moving the conversation from ‘what happened’, to ‘what is happening’ and ‘what will happen’ at scale

In this episode, we talk with Maria Chiozzi about the research that she has undertaken over the last 3 years developing her PHD. The PHD is focused on understanding BIM implementation at the project level in Australia and the contractual challenges that prevent collaboration in the industry. We discuss the current capability of industry, issues with contract and procurement types and Lean processes.

In this episode, we talk to Cristina Savian about Digital Twins. Although Digital Twins are not the starting point for most asset owners, the technology may be the key factor for some to begin their digital journey. We will discuss what a Digital Twin is, why it could benefit asset owners and how the technology works.