Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Tuesday 7th July 2020, 12.00pm

Webinar Overview

This two part webinar has a strong focus on digitisation of the construction sector. Jim Mason starts by really setting out what is meant by Blockchain and Smart Contracts which are at the heart of what will transform the sector.

In the second part of the webinar the context for digitisation is set. This starts with reference to the COVID-19 pandemic through which the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), having been set up in 2013 to oversee implementation of Construction 2025, has effectively become the principle voice of the industry during this crisis.

On the 1st June the CLC published the ‘Roadmap to Recovery’ which laid out proposals to secure the future of construction businesses nationwide, while setting the industry on a sustainable path towards recovery. Unsurprisingly digital design, technologies, skills and processes feature heavily in the report. But how do construction businesses coming out of lockdown and perhaps still taking their first steps towards digitisation of their business not only make sense of this document but adopt the Plan itself?

In this presentation Duncan Reed will review the Roadmap and how its industry wide aims can be translated to the practical adoption of technologies in the office, out on site and anywhere in between.

Speaker: Duncan Reed

Digital Construction Process Manager, Trimble Buildings UK

Duncan comes from a main contracting and design management background and has been a strong advocate for BIM processes and procedures for many years. At Trimble he focusses on ensuring customers get the best out of their existing digital tools, advising on the adoption of new tools that can improve business efficiency as well as developing work flows to maximise interoperability and collaboration between organisations.

Duncan is the Regional Champion for the UK BIM Alliance in Yorkshire and Humberside and the chair of thinkBIM. He has presented at numerous UK BIM Alliance events, the BIM Conference, CitA BIM Gathering, Infrarail, Digital Construction Week and BIM Show Live. He is a strong advocate for open data principles through the use of the BuildingSMART International Industry Foundation Class (IFC) data exchange standard.

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Speaker: Jim Mason

Associate Head of Built Environment Programmes, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, UWE

Jim is the Associate Head of Built Environment courses at UWE Bristol. The University performs very strongly in the national University league tables where is known principally for producing outstanding graduates, excellence in research, vocational training and future facing programmes. Jim is the author of a textbook in construction law entitled Construction Law: From Beginner to Practitioner and writer of numerous publications on aspects of construction law. Jim’s latest project is a book entitled Innovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age which is due for publication at the end of 2020.