The State Of (Construction) Collaboration

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London, March 2010

The state of collaboration:from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond ….

by Paul Wilkinson(Be2camp.com and pwcom.co.uk)

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Who am I?• worked in construction industry since 1987

– in-house: Halcrow, Tarmac/Carillion, BIW– current/recent clients: BIW, Crittall, Constructing

Excellence, Dundee University, Earthshine, Incite, Slider Studio, tCn, Woobius

• author of book on construction collaboration technologies

• Wikipedian (2003), blogger (2005), Tweeter (2008)

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• ‘Collaboration 1.0’• Towards ‘Collaboration 2.0’

– technologies– people– processes



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SpecsDrawingsMinutesProgrammesCost planscorrespondenceetc

EmailFaxCourierPost (CD, paper)

Traditionally…



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• Fewer interoperability issues

• Less paper

• Latest information available to all

• Complete record of project

• Full information audit trail

• Single central repository of information

• Greater re-use of information (eg: for H&S File, standards, tendering, defects mgmt, O&M, etc)

What does it look like…?

So collaborate!



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“If you always do what youalways did, you’ll always getwhat you always got.”(Michael Latham)

“Everything has changed butour way of thinking. We can’tsolve today’s problems byusing the same kind of thinkingwe used when we created them.”(Albert Einstein)



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How will we get there?



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internet

technologies

EDMS, FTP,

file-sharing, Web 1.0Web 2.0, BIM, Web 3.0



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Shift from CAD to BIM• “CAD helps people to draw. BIM helps people to

construct.” (Richard Saxon, Ecobuild, February 2009)

• “BIM is not CAD. BIM was never meant to be CAD. CAD is a replacement for pen and paper, a documentation tool.” (Pete Zyskowski, Cadalyst)

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“Nobody has produced an AEC system that engages the whole team, … a system that is "fun" to use. The systems are dry, like looking at the screen of a database. … What could be a communication tool becomes, in reality, a data dump.”(Jasper Singh, Gleeds, March 2010)


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“Some systems we have had in place for 20 years with the same UI and design principles and younger staff look at it and laugh. ‘Design’ will play a much bigger element in future applications for the industry as it skews younger and more tech savvy.”(Sean Kaye, CEO, Incite, March 2010)


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internet

technologies

EDMS, FTP,


hardware &

software

static, office-based,

internal

mobile, SaaS,

cloud computing


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For example:

• Woobius Eye – mobile, real-time

• augmented reality


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internet

technologies

EDMS, FTP,


hardware &

software


internalmobile, SaaS



industry

attitudescontractual, price-driven

collaborative, sharing,

‘best value’ focus

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internet

technologies

EDMS, FTP,


hardware &

software


internalmobile, SaaS

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industry




industry

mindsetssilo-based, anti-‘social’ open, ‘social’

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For example:• ‘democratic design’• open-source

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For example:• Embrace Gen Y• And start planning for Gen Z

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processes &

workflowspaper-based,

impersonal, ‘push’

model-based, personal,

rich media, ‘pull’

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For example:

• video-sharing

• slideshows

• photos

• virtual reality



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processes &





supply chain

structuresfragmented,

dis-enfranchised

joined-up, integrated

inclusive, end-to-end

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Key research agenda (2008)• Collaborative prototyping to define and

deliver client requirements

• Efficient, seamless sharing of information across the built environment stakeholders

• Ability to interact with real-time information regardless of physical location or timezone

• Mass adoption and application of off-site manufacturing, automation and mechanisation processes

• Well trained, well qualified workforce able to use the latest best practice technologies



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industry

time-framesshort-term,

design and construct

long-term, design, build

operate, re-use

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processes &





supply chain

structuresfragmented,

dis-enfranchised

joined-up, integrated

inclusive, end-to-end

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For example:

• 1 : 5 : 200

• Be Valuable



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industry




industry

mindsets

industry

time-frames

industry

approaches

silo-based, anti-‘social’

short-term,

design and construct

(new) build if possible

open, ‘social’

long-term, design, build

operate, re-use

build if necessary

and sustainable



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UK Gov to focus on two aims:1. co-ordinate low carbon policy2. improve government’s return

on its investment.

“… enormous potential …lies in more intelligent use of ICT … in improving communications, reducing or removing transaction costs, transforming the way that buildings are designed, creating more direct links between design and fabrication/assembly, removing the coordination errors that too often block productivity etc.”(Paul Morrell, UK chief construction adviser, December 2009)



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London, March 2010

Thank you

Contact: Paul WilkinsonBlog: www.extranetevolution.com

Email: [email protected]: +44 (0)20 8858 1104

mob: 07788 445920Twitter: @EEPaul

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