Meeting the Disruptors: Hyperscaling digitisation in AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
Nath Marsh
Regional Executive, Senior Vice President: Europe, Middle East, Africa-Bentley Systems Over 25 years experience in Board, Industry (National Infrastructure), Technology, Private Equity, Strategy & Management Consulting.
I recently had the pleasure of being invited to participate in the @McKinsey & Company Global Infrastructure Initiative (GII) event in London, ‘Meet?the Disruptors: Hyperscaling digitisation in AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
The event provided a forum for leaders across industry, government, regulators, investment and software sectors to discuss how we can collectively design and deliver across systems, supply chains, data exchanges, networks, business models and complex commercial ecosystems, focusing squarely on major infrastructure and construction programmes.
Key takeaways from the session included:?
? Investment trends in AEC tech - where momentum is gathering in AI to improve accuracy, pace and integration across construction programme design, set up, delivery and handover. This, if designed ethically and deployed responsibly, can accelerate delivery and transform performance to leave a positive legacy.?
? Unlocking efficient growth - hearing from start-ups and scale-ups about how they are learning from other software verticals to get to scale profitably and create lasting value in construction programmes.
? Adoption and scaling - building consensus across the ecosystem on how we, as AEC companies, accelerate the adoption of digital to get better quality economic, societal and environmental results. Trust-based partnerships were a real theme for collective commitment here, as was finding the balance between (digital and integrated) control regimes...and fast, agile and innovation-enabling delivery methods.
It really was an insightful evening and, as ever, the people made it. It was great to reconnect with peers who are all committed to the mentality of: “think big, start small and make a difference to at least one thing every day...that moves your AEC programme performance forward”.?
Absolutely love the direction Point Co. is heading in with integrating digital and data strategies! ?? Remember, as Albert Einstein once said - The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. Your commitment to innovation and integration is paving the way for a brighter future! ???? Keep leading the change.
?????CEO & Founder at Contilio (3D AI) | X Senior Operator, Investor, Engineer | LBS MBA
1 年Good to meet you Nathan and good summary??