Future proofing construction.
How to lead your industry into the digital era?
Different national governments are introducing legislation that sets out new requirements and which facilitates transition to a digitally-driven construction industry. In order to meet the developing safety requirements, it is important for building construction managers to implement digital systems and AI-powered tools for automatic recording, tracking, and data-sharing of construction site operations. Digitalization has become more critical than ever since it serves as a catalyst for industry transformation and fosters the development of a safer, more efficient, and accountable industry.
But what does the digital transformation mean for construction management at the start of its digital journey? Increasing regulatory pressure and the challenge of limited knowledge and experience within the industry are hindering the construction operators’ ability to launch their plans and strategies for digitalization. Digitalizing processes and operations is frequently pictured as a complex and time-consuming task. However, how can we promote the benefits of the digital future? In order to accomplish this we need have a clear understanding of our definitive digital aspirations. Now is high time to act.
Key talking points:
Legislation as a main driver of the digital-driven industry
The challenges of rolling out digital initiatives: How do we overcome them?
How to reach simplicity and ease of us
Developing a safer and more productive construction industry through digital twins
What are the additional benefits of digitalization in the construction industry?
Meet our Panel
Lotta Wibeck
Self empowered
Digitalization Agent
Lotta has recently left the construction company Skanska after more than 22 years in total, the last 11 years she has been leading the company journey from analog to digital. As Lotta also have digitalization experience from other industries, like pharmaceuticals she will now focus to help the whole real estate and construction industry get the digitization transformation going.
Tamas Borodi
Regional Manager
OpenSpace
Tamas is a sales and business development leader with 17 years of construction and real estate industry experience. Working successfully with both small and the largest contractors and developers across the EMEA region.Specialised in building long-lasting customer relationships and business partnerships with a natural ability to collaborate and communicate with diverse stakeholders.
Tamas ran his own prop-tech company before joining OpenSpace as one of the first employees outside the US. Currently he is leading a sales team in UK/IE and Northern Europe.
Colin Bell
Head of Digital Construction
Kier Construction
Colin Bell is the head of digital construction at Kier Construction, part of Kier Group, and responsible for implementing and driving the integration of Kier’s Digital Construction strategy as well as leading the digital construction and information Management teams across the UK. He ensures that Kier Construction adopt the right digital tools and processes to deliver standardized and consistent measurable outputs and that data is optimized to continuously learn and improve.
Javed Edahtally
Information Management & Digital Lead
Morgan Sindall Group plc
A strategic and passionate digital transformation specialist with strong communication and management skills. A problem solver who strives to impact the AECO industry and drive change across professional bodies and UK government - with experience in developing client digital and IM protocols across emergency services, healthcare/health security and defence.