1 hr 8 min
The Houses of Parliament project, technology, digitalisation and SMEs with Dave Shepherd, Digital Product Manager for the Houses of Parliament restoration and renewal The digital construction skills podcast.
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David Shepherd is a true original Digital Construction pioneer and legend. He is also our final podcast guest of 2022!
Dave has been at the forefront of CAD technology since the mid ’90s and has implemented BIM for the likes of Arup, Mott MacDonald, Kier, BAM and MWH. He has been Senior Technical Consulting Manager at Autodesk and is widely recognised as a leading expert on those software products that have transformed the Construction industry.
In his time with HOK Architects, Dave authored the original report on how BIM could be used on the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Project in 2013. In 2019, he then picked the baton up again and has since been the Digital Product Manager and BIM lead for the UK Parliament In House Services and Estates implementing and integrating all sorts of digital tools, technology, and innovations so that everyone from master craftspeople & Tier 1s to parliamentarians can collaborate and contribute in a meaningful way to this landmark scheme. To give you a sense of the size of the Houses of Parliament, you could fit 4.5 Wembley-sized pitches into it and there are
1100 windows
100 staircases
3,400 windows
3 km telephone cable
Listen in if you want to hear all about the unique and challenging set of circumstances an iconic project like this brings about and what digitalisation in the context of a huge project looks and feels like, what the benefits are/will be and why the diversity and inclusion of SMEs and specialist contractors across the whole of the UK will play a key role in the project delivery phase.
We also hear about Dave becoming an accredited Microsoft Power App developer and how this has led him to develop a simple set of information management tools that SMEs and asset owners can use to improve productivity, and reduce admin time whilst ensuring the continuity of the Golden Thread of digital information and compliance with the Building Safety Act.
There are some words of wisdom for SMEs looking to digitalise their business and advice on where and when is the best place to start on the digitalisation journey as we look ahead to 2023.
Having such a fantastic guest who summed up in one episode everything we have been promoting for the past 3 years was a fitting finale to our 2022 podcast series. Hope you enjoy!
If you don't have time to listen in full here is a breakdown of what we talked about
01:20 How Dave became involved with the Houses of Parliament project and his own digital journey so far
05:00 The scale, purpose and scope of the Palace of Westminster project.
10:00 The role of digitalisation in the project.
12:00 The range of digital tools being used on the project
16:30 SME and Tier 1 engagement with digital tools and the importance of focusing on incremental gains when adopting new digital tools within a business
24:00 The role that digital tools can play in creating consistent quality outputs
35:00 The benefits/anticipated benefits arising from the implementation of digital tools on the HoP scheme.
43:00 How to address and overcome any business technological limitations and what digital tools and processes you should focus on first.
47:50 The digitalisation of the "Golden Thread" and the Building Safety Act
55:00 The culture shift and different approaches that are required in construction to leverage the power of digital tools.
1:05:00 Dave's aspirations for 2023.
You can follow Dave on LinkedIn here
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christopher-g-grant/message
David Shepherd is a true original Digital Construction pioneer and legend. He is also our final podcast guest of 2022!
Dave has been at the forefront of CAD technology since the mid ’90s and has implemented BIM for the likes of Arup, Mott MacDonald, Kier, BAM and MWH. He has been Senior Technical Consulting Manager at Autodesk and is widely recognised as a leading expert on those software products that have transformed the Construction industry.
In his time with HOK Architects, Dave authored the original report on how BIM could be used on the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Project in 2013. In 2019, he then picked the baton up again and has since been the Digital Product Manager and BIM lead for the UK Parliament In House Services and Estates implementing and integrating all sorts of digital tools, technology, and innovations so that everyone from master craftspeople & Tier 1s to parliamentarians can collaborate and contribute in a meaningful way to this landmark scheme. To give you a sense of the size of the Houses of Parliament, you could fit 4.5 Wembley-sized pitches into it and there are
1100 windows
100 staircases
3,400 windows
3 km telephone cable
Listen in if you want to hear all about the unique and challenging set of circumstances an iconic project like this brings about and what digitalisation in the context of a huge project looks and feels like, what the benefits are/will be and why the diversity and inclusion of SMEs and specialist contractors across the whole of the UK will play a key role in the project delivery phase.
We also hear about Dave becoming an accredited Microsoft Power App developer and how this has led him to develop a simple set of information management tools that SMEs and asset owners can use to improve productivity, and reduce admin time whilst ensuring the continuity of the Golden Thread of digital information and compliance with the Building Safety Act.
There are some words of wisdom for SMEs looking to digitalise their business and advice on where and when is the best place to start on the digitalisation journey as we look ahead to 2023.
Having such a fantastic guest who summed up in one episode everything we have been promoting for the past 3 years was a fitting finale to our 2022 podcast series. Hope you enjoy!
If you don't have time to listen in full here is a breakdown of what we talked about
01:20 How Dave became involved with the Houses of Parliament project and his own digital journey so far
05:00 The scale, purpose and scope of the Palace of Westminster project.
10:00 The role of digitalisation in the project.
12:00 The range of digital tools being used on the project
16:30 SME and Tier 1 engagement with digital tools and the importance of focusing on incremental gains when adopting new digital tools within a business
24:00 The role that digital tools can play in creating consistent quality outputs
35:00 The benefits/anticipated benefits arising from the implementation of digital tools on the HoP scheme.
43:00 How to address and overcome any business technological limitations and what digital tools and processes you should focus on first.
47:50 The digitalisation of the "Golden Thread" and the Building Safety Act
55:00 The culture shift and different approaches that are required in construction to leverage the power of digital tools.
1:05:00 Dave's aspirations for 2023.
You can follow Dave on LinkedIn here
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christopher-g-grant/message
1 hr 8 min