The UK government’s ambition is to build 300,000 new homes a year, and one million by the end of this parliament. But there are continued concerns among the public about housing affordability across the country, particularly when we begin to se

Reimagining Capital Projects S3E5 - COVID as a disrupter and accelerator of change across the interconnected world of real assets

Nov 25th, 2020 13m 55s

The COVID-19 pandemic; government responses; the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) agenda and push towards net zero; and the acceleration of blurring of previously distinct asset classes are all driving significant change. Th

Reimagining Capital Projects S3E4 - The impact of ‘Black Swan’ events on programme delivery and the wider supply chain

Jul 24th, 2020 36m 58s

Major capital projects are experiencing much uncertainty - from delivery timelines to understanding supply chain networks. All due to the challenges created by COVID-19. The scale of the pandemic itself couldn’t have been anticipated. However,

Reimagining Capital Projects S3E3 - Benchmarking capital projects for better insights and decision-making

Mar 19th, 2020 27m 45s

The richness of data available on capital projects allows the managers of those projects to benchmark their time, process, quality and spend across the industry. These insights can empower them to anticipate issues, quickly make changes and mak

Reimagining Capital Projects S3E2 - Managing project risk through technology innovation

Feb 11th, 2020 14m 54s

Increasingly complex capital projects become more exposed to sophisticated and interrelated risks. The likelihood of project failure can loom large. New technological advances facilitate easier ways to gather and track data to help. You can con

Reimagining Capital Projects S3E1 - Technology: Unlocking value across the Asset lifecycle

Oct 16th, 2019 17m 46s

New technology and innovation promises to drive significant benefit across the asset lifecycle, but successful implementation means navigating challenges from operating silos & data disconnects to scaling across thousands of assets, all while r

Reimagining Capital Projects S2E5 - How space-as-a-service is changing the real estate sector

May 16th, 2019 16m 12s

The real estate market is fundamentally changing and the way people are going to be using spaces and what they are using them for is changing as well. Host Eoin Ó Murchú is joined by Antony Slumbers, a real estate software and PropTech strategi

Reimagining Capital Projects S2E4 - What's the point in BIM?

Feb 18th, 2019 18m 55s

Building Information Modelling (BIM) seems to have an image problem. As a process for creating and managing digital information on a construction project across the project lifecycle, it enables those who interact with the asset to optimise the

Reimagining Capital Projects S2E3 - When is a bike, not a bike?

Jan 4th, 2019 18m 46s

Cycle hire and public bike share schemes are thriving in many towns and cities across the globe. The bikes and their infrastructure are a valuable source of data, that can help identify faster and safer routes, reduce costs for maintenance and

Reimagining Capital Projects S2E2 - Turning data into insight and insight into action

Nov 9th, 2018 17m 27s

Data insights are having an ever more important role in real estate and infrastructure. Utilising and understanding a wide variety of data sources - such as mobile, credit card and travel data - can directly impact the planning and management o

Reimagining Capital Projects S2E1 - Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence

Apr 28th, 2018 14m 51s

When it comes to digital disruption, Artificial Intelligence is one of the biggest game changers for Capital Projects. With its ability to analyse data and detect even the most subtle of patterns, it has the power to revolutionise traditional a

Reimagining Capital Projects S1E5 - The Bigger Picture

Mar 13th, 2018 16m 16s

In our rapidly changing world, with a globalised population and finite resources, the expectations placed on businesses about the role they should play in society has shifted amongst stakeholders.To stay ahead understanding the value of wider s

Reimagining Capital Projects S1E4 - Unlocking the potential of Blockchain

Jan 26th, 2018 18m 16s

Our latest podcast explores how the construction industry could unlock the potential of Blockchain, disrupting industry standard contract and payment models, through securing transaction history data and enabling innovation such as SMART contra

Reimagining Capital Projects S1E3 - The Digital Opportunity

Dec 7th, 2017 10m 6s

Capital projects and the wider infrastructure and real estate sectors traditionally have low margins of return (as little as 2%), however data insight and digital enablement may offer the opportunity to radically change the landscape. In this e

Reimagining Capital Projects S1E2 - The Internet of Things

Nov 15th, 2017 12m 53s

The Internet of Things is coming to Capital Projects. Joined by Alex King from GE Digital, we explore the impact and direct benefits asset connectivity is bringing to the capital project sector. We discuss the unlikely benefits IoT has brought

Reimagining Capital Projects S1E1 - Construction Disruption

Oct 2nd, 2017 13m 29s

In this episode we consider the influence of construction technology disruption and how innovation can displace established market practices. How can the industry adapt to new business models? Are we adequately addressing the current industry g

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