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Andrew Wolstenholme - The Future of the Built Environment (Keynote)

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  • Session
  • Thursday, 19 October 2017
  • 09:19 - 09:19
  • Duration: 28 mins
  • Publication date: 25 Oct 2017
  • Location: conference, ExCel, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Digital Construction Week 2017

About the session

It’s 8 years on from the launch of Construction Excellence’s state of the industry report titled Never Waste a Good Crisis. Much has changed and it’s fair to say the industry looks very different from the way it did back in 2009 struggling amid recession. The report outlined a number of “ideas for radical change”. Client business and procurement models should drive change; including greater efficiency through the delivery phase and better long term value across the entire life cycle of our building and infrastructure programme.

So how far have we come and what does the future look like. How will innovation and technology play a role in facilitating the changes needed to keep driving our industry forward and what are the challenges we should be striving to meet. Andrew will draw on his experiences with Crossrail, perhaps the most ground-breaking construction project and offer insights and learning that can be shared with the wider industry.

In this session we will explore the future of the built environment and the role that innovation and technology can play in answering many of the challenges we are facing as an industry.

- Andrew Wolstenholme OBE FREng FICE FRICS BSc CEng, CEO at Crossrail and co-Chair of the Construction Leadership Council

Keywords:
  • BIM Level 2
  • Crossrail
  • R&D
  • aerospace
  • asset management
  • built environment
  • construction
  • design
  • digital construction
  • driverless cars
  • education
  • energy
  • engineering
  • healthcare
  • homebuilding
  • manufacturing
  • operation
  • technology
  • trains
  • transport
  • transport systems
  • workforce

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  • Andrew Wolstenholme

    Andrew Wolstenholme

    Crossrail, CEO

    Andrew graduated from Southampton University in 1981 with a first class honours degree in Civil Engineering.Following five years in the army and 10 years with Arup, Andrew joined the airport operator BAA plc in 1997 as Construction Director for the Heathrow Express rail link. He went on to lead the delivery of the £4.3bn Terminal 5 programme and became BAA's Director of Capital projects running the £10bn development programme across seven UK airports.From there Andrew joined the Balfour Beatty Group in 2009 as Director of Innovation and Strategic Capability. Andrew joined Crossrail as its Chief Executive Officer in 2011.Andrew is co-Chair of the Construction Leadership Council.
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