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Is the Construction Industry confused?
Experts Debate the Future Integrated BIM World
On December 5, Construction News ran a webcast with industry experts discussing what managing projects is likely to look like…
Read MoreIs Project Planning Still Just a Pretty Picture?
Is Project and Program Management still a silo in your business? Is the Project Plan just a pretty picture…
Read MoreThe Potential for Augmented Reality in Construction
The art of building design and construction is one that has always been dictated by the technologies available at the…
Read MoreWhat can the construction sector learn from other industries?
Last month I attended the 19th Annual Future of Utilities Conference in London and was part of a panel discussion…
Read MoreStop Trying to Define BIM — Start Investing in Change!
The time has come to stop spending time trying to define what building information modeling (BIM) is and accept that…
Read MoreBIM: A critical competitive weapon?
IFS UK and Construction News hosted a roundtable event in the Gherkin, London on the 28th November to discuss building…
Read MoreProject Integration Key to Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Success
As the global energy sector reconsiders the place of nuclear in the power generation portfolio, all eyes ought to be…
Read MoreAre you ready for building information modeling (BIM)?
What do you need to know in order to be building information modeling (BIM) compliant? Do you need to invest…
Read More7 Steps to Optimizing Operational Capability
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is viewed as one of the key methods allowing maintenance engineers to do more with less at the same time as minimizing risk. RCM provides a greater understanding of the level of risk that an organization is currently managing, as well as supporting the establishment of capital maintenance regimes, thereby increasing cost effectiveness and equipment uptime. Implementing an RCM solution is not necessarily a complex or procedure – particularly if an organization follows seven easy steps…
Read MoreWork in a Project-centric Business? Why traditional ERP is the wrong solution
Your business is a Project Centric Business that constructs large assets, so you buy a business solution that was designed for making cars – Is there a better way? If you construct ships, buildings, oil platforms, bridges, infrastructure, complex equipment etc. then your business processes are very different from a company that builds high volume products like cars or computers.
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