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UNITING CONSTRUCTION IT Farzad Khosrowshahi (Faz) Director Construct IT @ CIC FRIK MEETING. UNITING CONSTRUCTION IT. History Description Current Position Next stage. 2004 Construct IT Business plan celebrate diversity & collaboration 2005 Away day IT organisations complementarity
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UNITING CONSTRUCTION IT Farzad Khosrowshahi (Faz) Director Construct IT @ CIC FRIK MEETING
UNITING CONSTRUCTION IT History Description Current Position Next stage
2004 Construct IT Business plan celebrate diversity & collaboration • 2005 Away day IT organisations complementarity Consolidated: business plan • 2005/6 Getting IT right Arup (Sarah Bowden)/CE Industry collaboration
2006 DTI - Proposal • Confusion – industry, government institutions,.. • Attempt: Consortium – Virtual Enterprise • 3 Implementation Projects • Industry Survey • United IT Conference • Collective Meetings/workshops • DTI SUPPORT • Endorsement – Funds 5k/5k/2.5k • Match funding 10K from Salford
Meetings: • 5 meetings • ToA developed • The Difference • Collective nature – no heroes • Participative approach • attitude of all participants • the nature of the consortium
VISION: To improve products, services and processes of construction industry by fostering innovation and better exploitation of ICT at all levels.
AIM: To establish a collaborative network of all independent IT organisations in construction.
STRUCTURE • Open to all • open structure, where members are free to join and leave. • Independence; organisational structure. • preferred business model • no rules – only expectations • jigsaw puzzle - own distinct and equal position . • commitment according to means & opportunity
MEMBERSHIP ENTRY CONDITIONS • Open to all Inhibitors • Commercial organisations (e.g. software vendors) encouraged to agree a common representative • Contractors, consultants, clients, etc. encouraged to agree a representative
CURRENT MEMBERS • AVANTI • BSRIA • CICA • CITE • CITF • COMIT • Construct IT • Constructing Excellence • IAI • ICE-CIT • ITCFM • NCC • NCCTP
INDUSTRY WIDE IT SURVEY Re-Thinking IT “Assessing the current thinking and future vision of industry leaders and innovators” VISION: To establish the current level of priority shift towards using IT for continuous improvement and sustainable competitive advantage by understanding the evolving role of IT investment and executive thinking.
CONFERENCE DTI Welcome IT Organisation Keynote Speaker & Self Introduction & Presentation Presentations Industry Keynote Speaker & Research/innovation presentation Academia Keynote Speaker & Research work Presentations Presentations Challenge Challenge IT Organisations Academia Debates Industry Industry Challenge INDUSTRY WIDE IT SURVEY