Digitising the Construction Sector: Implementation of Digital Technology

Speakers

Nick Turberville, Invest Northern Ireland

Nick joined Invest Northern Ireland as the GB in-market construction advisor in November 2011 after three years with London 2012. The role at 2012 focused on identifying and promoting construction related sub-contracting packages from across the Olympic venues via the CompeteFor web portal. He also worked on the legacy project to ensure that sub-contracting packages of other major projects were made publicly available. This led to TfL and Metropolitan Police adopting the platform for low level spend and major construction projects including Crossrail, Northern Line Extension and Bank upgrade. He continues to work with major buyers and supply chain professionals to identify opportunities for Northern Irish construction companies, promote innovation and capability of these firms and introduce likeminded companies. Nick has been instrumental in helping Northern Irish firms secure new work on major projects over the last nine years and hopes there are plenty more to come. Living in Edinburgh and working for Invest NI, Nick is an enthusiastic new member of the Causeway Network.

George Harold, Integrated Facilities Solutions

George Harold is a Co-Founder and CEO of Integrated Facilities Solutions Ltd. (IFS) IFS is an award-winning Irish company that has developed a structured methodology and software platform for managing Building Information for the entire Building & Asset Lifecycle. The IFS solution enables everyone to store, share and update all building and project information on a secure platform, accessible online from any location and on multiple devices. IFS is 20 years in business and has built up significant experience assisting blue-chip customers across mission critical sectors addressing problems associated with the lack of visibility, traceability and certainty in Building Information management from planning and design, through to handover and close-out, to operations and maintenance. Working on projects and supporting clients in Ireland, Scotland, England, EU & US, ensuring digital transformation in both the Construction and FM Industry's is a big focus for IFS.

Cathal McMullan, Kane Group

.Cathal McMullan is the Managing Director of Kane Group. Kane is a leading MEP contractor specialising in Design, Mechanical, Electrical, Public Health, Prefabrication and Fut Out projects. Kane delivers projects within the Residential, Hospitality, Education, Commercial and Healthcare sectors. A family run business founded in 1967, Kane has grown into a multi-disciplined Building Services Contractor. Based in Northern Ireland with offices in London, Glasgow, Republic of Ireland and a logistics hub in London, Kane employs 200 staff. Kane’s expert teams add value through innovation, efficiencies, and in-house specialist expertise.

Gary Kelly, Leica Geosystems

Gary Kelly is the country manager for Leica Geosystems Ltd in Scotland. Leica Geosystems solutions are trusted by professionals worldwide to help them capture, analyse and present spatial information. With precise and accurate instruments, sophisticated software, and trusted services, Leica Geosystems delivers value every day from aerospace and defence to construction, and manufacturing. Working in the Surveying, Engineering and Construction environment for the past 21 years, he’s worked on a vast array of projects globally and experienced significant industry changes throughout this time, his current role sees a focus on supporting and enabling companies and individuals make the move to more efficient digital and autonomous construction processes.

Linda Scott, Causeway & CodeClan

Linda Scott is on the Causeway Management Board and is Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Industry Engagement of national digital skills academy, CodeClan. Linda first began collaborating with Causeway in her previous role with West Lothian Chamber of Commerce, where she was CEO for seven years and involved on several trade missions between Scotland and Ireland. Linda has had a wide and varied career. She started her first catering business at 16 years of age, which she sold by the time she was 20. She then for period was a professional horse rider, before returning to a catering career, with a business she ended up having for 20+ years. This led to a role as Vice President of West Lothian Chamber and eventually becoming CEO of West Lothian Chamber of Commerce, where she was instrumental in developing West Lothian’s Developing the Young Workforce skills and training programme (DYW), which went on to be used as the template for the national solution on behalf of the Scottish Government. She has also been a member of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce Board for three and a half years.