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Innovating Smart Buildings

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Innovating Smart Buildings

Join Futurebuild and Glider Technology for our next Digital Impact virtual event. During which will uncover the innovations behind a smart building.

Smart technology is a major force driving the transformation of Industry 4.0. This influences not only production but also the maintenance and modification of building and infrastructure assets.

During this live event, some of Glider's international clients, such as Kier, Hoare Lea, Monstarlab and Avison Young, will talk about what they have been doing to support the design and delivery of the use of smart tech and the added value to the project outcomes.

Smart buildings offer smart solutions with considerations from strategic planning through design and construction stages – our speakers will discuss how the traditional RIBA Plan of Works is impacted when the building is Smart.

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    James Crawford Project Director @ Avison Young

    James is a Projects Director in the Avison Young Occupier Advisory team, with considerable global and UK experience in commercial office occupier projects for Clients which include Deutsche Bank, Deloitte, Barclays and the Bank of England. He has global client and project experience having worked on extended secondments in the US and Abu Dhabi delivering projects for clients including Barclays, Nissan North America and an Abu Dhabi government agency. In the UK, James delivered Deloitte’s new London HQ which was completed in 2018, as well as large office projects for the Bank of England and Amnesty International.

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    John Adams Head of Product @ Glider

    John entered the industry via a traditional architectural education, but his career to date has been anything but traditional. Working as an architect across a variety of public and private projects with a focus on modern methods of construction and green technologies, John became a well-known figure in the digital construction industry scene very quickly. Combining his passion for modernising the industry through digitisation, a deep knowledge of BIM standards and processes, and a pragmatic and engaging communication style, John is one of the most recognisable BIM evangelists who has been invited to speak across the globe.

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    Ivo Krastins Senior Building Intelligence Engineer @ Hoare Lea

    As a Senior Engineer within the Building Intelligence Team, Ivo endeavours to implement user-centric built environment designs through system integration, data acquisition and analytics, and innovation. His experience varies from heavy industrial engineering in the energy sector through to MEP consulting, and most recently, prior to joining Hoare Lea, a role as a Technical Sales Engineer at SSE. This encompassed working across the M&E contractual chain and varied end-user customers to support their journey to Net Zero via a distributed energy approach, with a core focus on Building Management Systems & Smart Buildings. Delivering user-centric buildings, not building-centric users, is at the core of Ivo’s Smart Building consulting approach, ensuring occupant wellbeing and comfort is at the forefront of the design. Ivo has advanced technical understanding and expertise of system integration across the most common dynamic services within the building envelope, enabling him to advise cl...

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    Charlie Macdowall Communications and engagement specialist @ Monstarlab

    Charlie is part of the UK engagement team for Monstarlab - a global digital consultancy driving business growth and value through best in class user experiences. Charlie has 15 years' experience working with technology companies across sectors including TMT, retail, banking and construction. For the last four years, she has worked at the cutting edge of innovation, supporting businesses to access knowledge from academics to develop next generation technologies with the power to transform entire sectors. In particular, she facilitated a number of projects leveraging digital technologies to improve productivity, safety and the environmental impact of construction. At Monstarlab, Charlie is a core part of the smart places team, supporting organisations to leverage technology to create places that have a positive impact on the society, the economy and the environment.

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    Marie Grieve Managing Director @ Costello Palmer Communications

    Marie has 20 years' experience of working in marketing and business development and in 2015 Marie founded Costello Palmer Communications, a marketing and communications consultancy specialising in digital content and high-performance strategic delivery for a global client base. Having worked with both public and private sector organisations, local and central governments, Marie is an expert marketing strategist, known for delivering compelling creativity, whether it be content, imagery or persuasion to directly impact onto her clients’ bottom line. Marie’s approach is one of insight-led thinking and an understanding of how the digital agenda now drives brands and decision making. Marie’s success comes from a genuine interest in her clients’ business challenges and a belief that by simply putting the right marketing tools in place, can transform an organisation and help them win new business.

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    James Franklin Head of BIM @ Kier Strategic Projects

    After 10 years in the IT sector in the UK and Australia, James retrained as a Civil Engineer to be closer to the action. With 14 years’ experience in major projects, 10 of those focussing on BIM, James’s current passion and vocation is driving the implementation of digital technology and workflow to bring efficiency in Kier with a focus on MMC and Digital Twins. James is currently a part-time student at UCL where he is working towards an MSc in Smart Buildings and Digital Engineering.