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| Wednesday 21st November
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| 08:45 |
Registration |
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| 09:00 |
Welcome,
Introduction & Progress Report
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Peter
Rebbeck , Chairman of Construct IT
Prof.
Farzad Khosrowshahi, Director of Construct IT
Dr.
Jason Underwood, Manager of Construct IT
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| 09:15 |
SME
Engagement through the Supply Chain |
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Phil
Wilson & Michael Thomas, WMCEE |
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Bashir
Khan, Amara Partnership Ltd. |
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Phil
and Michael discussed through the experience of BT how supply chain is
now becoming a key area of potential cost management and business performance
improvement, providing tangible contributions to a companies profits.
Bashir then introduced and provided an overview on their Consortium of
SMEs project, which requires the input of main contractors and Local Authorities
who can benefit from utilizing Local Supply Chains on their Regeneration
and New Build projects. Also, how Local SMEs are developing and sustaining
their business, based on a Common Consortium IT System, targeting a radical
breakthrough from the current 'Main Contractor 2 Sub-Contractor' model.
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| 10:30 |
Facilitating
'Lean' Business with Smart Processes through Technology |
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Kevin
Thistlethwaite, Mott MacDonald |
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companies now have their ICT strategy as a core business issue and reflect
this by having Chief Technology Offices, (CTO) on the board. This position
is not universal in all sectors, particularly those that may consider themselves
not to be information based or led. However, in the drive to be more effective
and efficient, the creation of 'Lean' business with smart processes invariably
relies on a technology underpinning. Drawing on a diverse set of sectors
Kevin compared and contrasted what is possible and where the future might
lie in both construction and wider service provision. |
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| 11:15 |
Tea
& Coffee |
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| 11:45 |
Strategic
IT Thinking & Implementation - IT or Business Led? |
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Alister
Coombe, Atomic Weapons Establishment |
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provided a review of how IT systems are being developed and implemented
to support a facilities development programme of work at AWE. This focused
on how the IT strategy has evolved to address design and construction of
these facilities, and discussed the challenges created by a large supply
chain. This was presented from a business user's perspective, and examples
were provided from the current ongoing programme, to identify key issues
that have been identified and addressed, together with lessons learnt to
date. |
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| 12:30
- 13:30 Lunch |
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| 13:30 |
Panel
Session: Strategic Thinking of ICT |
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Presenters:
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Farzad
Khosrowshahi, Construct IT |
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Jason
Underwood, Construct IT |
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Panel: |
Alister
Coombe, Atomic Weapons Establishment |
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Nigel
Stevens, Costain |
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Bashir
Khan, Amara Partnership Ltd. |
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The
session explored the strategic thinking of ICT within the construction
industry. Farzad discussed the findings from a recent DTI sponsored/Construct
IT survey assessing the trend in thinking and future vision of UK industry
leaders and innovators. This was followed with Jason presenting those
of a similar study focused on investigating the current strategic role
of ICT in the Turkish construction industry which set the scene for discussion
with a panel of presenters from the day.
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| 14:45 |
Using
Process & Technology to Enable Construction |
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Nigel
Stevens, Costain |
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Nigel
discussed the strategy of Costain in developing and implementing a programme
of best practice to ensure successful project delivery across all markets.
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| 15:30 |
Tea
& Coffee |
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| 16:00 |
ICT
Challenges following a Management Buyout |
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Brian
Jeffery, Gleeson Building |
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the final session of the day, Brian was to have discussed from the experience
of Glesson Building of what a management buyout means for ICT, what was
inherited, the setting of their Business/IT strategy and the subsequent
implementation and management of their new environment. This will be demonstrated
through real examples of our new information management environment. |
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| 16:45 |
Summary
& Close |
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