NWCH Digital Event

Back in May Andy Radley (Group BIM Director) and Garry Bowker (Pre-Construction Director) attended the NWCH Strategic use of BIM, Digital Techology and Innovation in Construction event at Media City UK in Manchester.

The event was held by the University of Salford and other companies in attendance were Wates, Galiford Try, Vinci, Morgan Sindall and Wilmott Dixon to name a few.

The main format for the day was a panel discussion and speaking as part of that panel were;

Professor Jason Underwood – Professor in Construction ICT & Digital Built Environments and Programme Director of the MSc. in BIM & Digital Built Environments

Michaela Ellis – Digital Construction Consultant at Halliday Meecham

Liam Brady – Programme Manager at Manchester City Council

Rob Higginson – A Commercial Leader at Laing O’Rourke

Garry Bowker – Pre Construction Director at Kier

This event was held to drive innovation within public sector projects across the North West and to share skills and ideas, as well as to assist clients to overcome barriers to getting the best out of digital construction technologies.

Topics that were covered were;

How can technology drive efficiencies and how is this captured?
How can the adoption of digital processes be accelerated inside organisations?
How can organisations identify information requirements to suit both construction delivery and facilities management needs?

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