What’s the smallest number of times that asset could be touched or processed by people?
There was the first iteration of the National Infrastructure Plan, the Government Construction Strategy and the BIM mandate that followed in 2011.However, as we’ve progressed, that focus is shifting.
It’s no longer a case of trying to do the same things we’ve always done, just more efficiently.We’re interested now in doing new and better things.We’re starting to ask different questions.
How do we drive better performance?How do we increase value and deliver those broader outcomes?
How do we work with industry, academia and the business community to deliver results?.
For all the terrible destruction COVID-19 has caused, perhaps the silver lining has been its role as a catalyst for a more rapid pace of change.As a result, it’s vitally important that we begin to encourage young people to come and join us.
We must highlight the fact that new technologies are possible in construction, and make sure that such technologies play a key role in how we design and construct..The construction industry should be a place where young digital natives can come and use their skills and passion for technology to do something meaningful to help tackle the climate crisis.
However, if we don’t make this evident to them, they’ll go to work for pure technology companies instead.Construction and the wider built environment will miss out.