Upskilling the Workforce of a Digital Build Era Richard Lane, Global Program Manager at Engage Global Solutions, Director Creonova Consulting Limited and BIM Departmental Support & Training Development Officer, UK BIM Task Group This is critical to enable dramatic transformation and everyone should take responsibility for ensuring formal and informal learning becomes a valued element of change, alongside technology and process development. This session will explore how industry can partner with academia to ensure the necessary capability is developed, to establish a more efficient and effective sector, delivering greater economic and social benefit.

1. Upskilling the Workforce of a Digital
Build Era, Richard Lane
Global Program Manager at Engage Global Solutions, Director
Creonova Consulting Limited and BIM Departmental Support &
Training Development Officer, UK BIM Task Group
11th November 2015

2. Upskilling the Workforce of a Digital Build Era
Richard Lane
UK BIM Task Group and Creonova Consulting
11 November 2015

5. “Construction is an enabling
sector which has a massive
impact on the performance of
the wider economy.”
Construction 2025

7. The average number of
training days for each full-time
equivalent employee is just
1.2 days per year

8. Image courtesy of Christian Kasper

10. Satoshi Sakai: Oh ! It's Japanese "Washlet"
!!! Are you in Japan ?? If you want, I can
teach you how to use it.
Satoshi Satai: You should better to try
everything. :-) The left 3 buttons are
"Higher water pressure", "Lower water
pressure", and "Self cleaning" from top to
bottom. (The LCD shows the level of water
pressure.) The rights are "Spray position (to
move to forward)", "Position (to move
backward)", and "Powerful deodorization".
(The LCD shows the position of the
nozzle.) The center 2 buttons are "Moving
function during spray" on the left and
"Moving and changing water pressure
during spray" on the right. Now, you can try
!!!!

15. Image source: RSA Animate
https://www.thersa.org/discover/videos/rsa-animate/2010/04/rsa-animate---drive/

16. “Good judgement is the result of
experience and experience the
result of bad judgement.”
- Mark Twain

17. Experiential Learning on Live Projects
E.g. BIM trial projects
• Invaluable for Communications & Change
Management
• Propagate Existing Best Practice
• Introduce Incremental Interventions
• Develop Quick Wins

19. Industry
Academia
Institutions
Suppliers

20. Industry & Academia in Partnership
(supported by suppliers)
• Raising awareness, interest and aspirations
• Influencing & supporting curriculum
development
• Guest lecturing / teaching

22. Industry & Academia in Partnership
(supported by suppliers)
• Raising awareness, interest and aspirations
• Influencing & supporting curriculum
development
• Guest lecturing / teaching
• Partnering in research
• Partnering in delivery

23. • Commit to lifelong learning
• Support and empower staff
• Build stronger links with Academia &
Suppliers

24. www.bimtaskgroup.org
@BIMgcs@richardlane
richard@creonova.co.uk