Implementing Digital Twin in the Built Environment

Duration: 4 mins
Publication date: 01 Jul 2020

Abstract

Digital Twins offer a wide range of opportunities, benefits, challenges and risks. At Digital Construction Week in 2019, we spoke to experts on how Digital Twins could be applied in the Built Environment.

They highlighted the opportunities that Digital Twins provide and what needs to happen next to implement Digital Twins in the Built Environment.

For more information, read our white paper on Digital Twins for the Built Environment by visiting: theiet.org/built-environment.

Keywords:: buildings

built environment

data

digital assets

digital construction week

digital transformation

digital twin

environment

retrofit

systems

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Manufacturing

Speakers

Norbert Pralle

STRABAG, Head of Unit Development & Innovation
Paul Surin

Wienerberger, Head of Built Environment
Rosemary Nunn

I&K, the Innovation and Knowledge Agency, Founder and Managing Director

A positive and enthusiastic individual focused on how to get the most out of the knowledge held within an organisation and by it's people, to impact Innovation, Growth and Organisational Development. Rosemary’s experience has focused around helping organisations to curate knowledge and facilitate innovation, improve operational performance and achieve growth targets, via the design and leadership of Knowledge based Programs. With a background in Economics, and following an interim appointment at Ernst and Young, her first key role was as the Strategic Economist for the UK Aerospace and Defence Sector, designing and implementing processes to gather, analyse and share sector knowledge.This experience led to a fascination with the use of Knowledge for Innovation and Growth, and subsequent roles in organizations including Lockheed Martin and Dow Chemical, provided the opportunity to design and deliver strategies to optimize the use of knowledge for both performance improvements and to support Innovation and win new business.Rosemary joined EC Harris in 2009 to lead the application of Knowledge Management and became the Global Innovation Director for their parent company, ARCADIS, in January 2014. After over 20 years specialising in Strategy, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Rosemary has now established I&K, The Innovation and Knowledge Agency. The Agency supports organisations to develop their approach to Innovation, focusing on Business Models, Culture and Process and guides them on how to recognise and leverage their Knowledge assets.Rosemary acts as a Board Advisor for both the Managing Partners' Forum and Alternative Events around Innovation, Knowledge and Technology.
Richard Saxon

Deploi BIM Strategies Ltd, Associate Director

Richard Saxon is a client and business adviser at Consultancy for the Built Environment and at Deploi: BIM Strategies. He wrote the UK BIM Alliance client guide ‘Going Digital’, published in October 2018. Richard is also chairman of contract writing body JCT, which is progressively digitizing its services. Richard is a former chairman of BDP and was made a CBE in 2001 for his work on construction industry reform.
Cristina Savian

BE-WISE, Digital Transformation Director

Cristina Savian has two decades experience in the civil engineering and technology industries, working on projects ranging from traffic management schemes through to transport planning for major events such as the London 2012 Olympics. Cristina’s achievements led her to be head hunted by Autodesk, where she was responsible for global technical and commercial leadership roles across Europe and America. Cristina is now focused on driving adoption of technology in the construction and property industries via her London based consultancy firm as well as acting as interim COO at a sky breaking property technology company. A regular guest speaker at industry events and holds judge and board positions on engineering and construction panels such currently leading the Digital Twin stream for the IET built environment industry panel.
Chris Cooper

Knownow Information, Director
Dan Rossiter

BSI, Sector Lead (Digital Trnsformation)

Chartered Architectural Technologist Dan Rossiter actively supports the construction industry as the sector lead for digital transformation at BSI while also supporting Constructing Excellence, buildingSMART and the UK BIM Alliance. Technical by nature, Dan has spent his career supporting Innovation, Standardization, and Open technologies in a number of capacities. Dan applies his knowledge and expertise to his award-winning blog There’s No BIM Like Home (www.BIMblog.house). Where he practices what he preaches through transparency, plain language, attempted humour and engaging examples.
Allan Burns

Telemental, Director
Bethan Morgan

UCL, Honorary Research Fellow

Dr Bethan Morgan brings extensive experience working in the AEC, combined with a well-established academic track record. Currently working in UCL, she is researching variety of aspects of digitalization in the built environment. Together with colleagues at UCL, she is developing a short course that draws on the expertise specifically for executives working in the industry. This course draws on the substantial expertise of industry experts in a range of subjects. Beth undertakes teaching regularly at executive level and uses techniques developed for general management education to do so.
Cristina Savian

BE-WISE, Digital Transformation Director

Cristina Savian has two decades experience in the civil engineering and technology industries, working on projects ranging from traffic management schemes through to transport planning for major events such as the London 2012 Olympics. Cristina’s achievements led her to be head hunted by Autodesk, where she was responsible for global technical and commercial leadership roles across Europe and America. Cristina is now focused on driving adoption of technology in the construction and property industries via her London based consultancy firm as well as acting as interim COO at a sky breaking property technology company. A regular guest speaker at industry events and holds judge and board positions on engineering and construction panels such currently leading the Digital Twin stream for the IET built environment industry panel.
Dan Rossiter

BSI, Sector Lead (Digital Trnsformation)

Chartered Architectural Technologist Dan Rossiter actively supports the construction industry as the sector lead for digital transformation at BSI while also supporting Constructing Excellence, buildingSMART and the UK BIM Alliance. Technical by nature, Dan has spent his career supporting Innovation, Standardization, and Open technologies in a number of capacities. Dan applies his knowledge and expertise to his award-winning blog There’s No BIM Like Home (www.BIMblog.house). Where he practices what he preaches through transparency, plain language, attempted humour and engaging examples.
Allan Burns

Telemental, Director
Chris Cooper

Knownow Information, Director
Paul Surin

Wienerberger, Head of Built Environment

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