RIBA CPD Seminar on IT & ICT for Construction - Wakefield, Yorkshire
Overview:
IT & ICT for Construction - Wakefield
As part of their leading role in the building industry, Architects can play an integral part in the uptake and use of IT & ICT throughout the design and construction process. This seminar on IT & ICT for Construction is designed to inform you of current methods and techniques, raise awareness of issues and to enable you to engage more successfully with some of the issues.
This seminar, supported by The IT Construction Forum, is intended to give you a clear understanding of the following topics whilst also providing guidance on the principles, tools and techniques used. The seminar will update on the legislative situations where relevant. Guidance and direction on where to go for additional advice and information will be available, together with detailed information through case studies and applications.
Seminar Content :
- An introduction to Constructing Excellence and the IT Construction Forum
- Advice for small companies in getting to grips with IT
- The cutting edge use of collaborative systems
- IT solutions and business needs
- Smarter supply chains, smarter projects
- Introduction to mobile information and communication technologies
- The use of mobile IT on construction sites
- Administering site projects using mobile IT
- Guidance on mobile IT and systems
Speakers:
Aurelie Cacho - Marketing Executive, Asite
Asite delivers successful implementation of collaboration technology through provision of software products closely attuned to and evolved with business needs. They push the boundaries of innovation to deliver business solutions which enable collaborative supply chains. Asite believes that collaboration is the key to delivering smarter projects and smarter supply chains. They are members of the Network for Collaborative Construction Technology Providers (NCCTP).
Neill Pawsey - Project Manager, COMIT
COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT) is set up to realise benefits from the use of mobile information and communication technologies (ICT) providing a single source of information and guidance on the benefits of effective use of Mobile IT in the UK construction industry. They take proven technologies and apply them within the construction environment, providing the support required to achieve innovation and the commercial exploitation of new ideas. COMIT works in cross-industry teams to deploy solutions and best practises that shape the industry's future.
To book your place and/or for more information, please contact the organsier on the RIBA address details provided below.
Date:
20 May 2008
Time:
2pm - 5pm
Venue:
Wakefield Town Hall
Wakefield Town Hall
Wood Street
Wakefield
Yorkshire
WF1 2HQ
Organisers:
RIBA Yorkshire
The Green Sand Foundry
99 Water Lane
Holbeck
Leeds
Yorkshire
LS11 5QN
0113 237 8480
riba.yorkshire@inst.riba.org