Digital Climate Podcast

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Thank you for tuning in to the BIM Academy Digital Climate Podcast, where we talk with pioneering minds who are championing digital transformation within the built environment. The increasing use of emerging technology is changing the way we design and build across the globe. In these podcasts we ask our guests what impact digital ways of working are having, not only on the construction industry, but how they are benefiting sustainable construction and making our buildings, cleaner, greener and safer.

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February 19, 2024Episode 349 min

Digital Climate Podcast with Hugo Metcalfe

Welcome to episode three of the latest Digital Climate podcast series, where host Dr Graham Kelly talks to world record breaker Hugo Metcalfe. Hugo is the Co-Founder and Chief Psychologist at The Happy Mind Tribe - Mental Health, Wellbeing and Workplace Culture Specialists.Hugo has designed and delivered evidence based programs across the globe to support organisations in cultivating sustainable workplace wellbeing cultures. He has worked with organisations such as the UK Foreign Office, Disney, Amazon, Viacom and the British Military to help them develop effective leaders, lasting wellbeing strategies and consciously cultivate culture.A multiple world record holder and mountain guide, Hugo talks to Graham about his recommendations for workplace wellbeing, as well as how he puts his own resilience to the test leading solo and group expeditions.

February 5, 2024Episode 243 min

Digital Climate Podcast with Alie Salford and Andrew Johnson

In this episode of the Digital Climate podcast, host, Dr Graham Kelly invited BIM Academy Associate Andrew Johnson and Walking With the Wounded’s Head Start Programme Manager, Alie Salford to talk about the support available to ex service men and women suffering with mental ill health.As a former member of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Andrew discusses his own mental health journey, how Walking With the Wounded has supported him, and why he is now sharing his experiences to help others.Andrew and Alie talk openly about key stress triggers, why is it difficult for people to talk about their mental health and what can we do to encourage people to be more open about this.

November 15, 2023Episode 441 min

Digital Climate Podcast with Sam Stacey

In this episode of the Digital Climate podcast, host and BIM Academy Managing Director, Dr Graham Kelly invited Sam Stacey to talk about construction transformation, sustainability actions and what comes next.CEO of Stacx International, Chairman of SustainCRE and former Challenge Director of Transforming Construction at Innovate UK, Sam is an industry leader on construction innovation and with an MBA from Henley Business School and degrees in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Philosophy from Imperial College and Cambridge University.Graham begins by asking Sam about his successful background in sustainability practices and climate change action, asking him to give us a brief introduction to his fascinating career history and expertise, particularly in his previous role as Challenge Director in UK Research and Innovation.

October 31, 2023Episode 341 min

Digital Climate Podcast with Tuomas Syrjänen

In this third instalment of this Digital Climate podcast series, host, Dr Graham Kelly invited Tuomas Syrjänen of Futurice to talk all things AI.Tuomas is a co-founder and former CEO of Futurice, and is now heading Futurice's data & AI powered knowledge work transformation program that is transforming how Futurice and Futurice's clients operate. He also helped shape Futurice’s non hierarchical culture of trust, transparency, freedom and responsibility.Graham opens the discussion by asking Tuomas about his work that challenges convention in construction and how he achieved a true shift of mindset on how we build through the use of data. Plus how AI is currently being applied to real time projects to achieve project success.Listen now to hear key lessons learned on data management techniques, with an emphasis on reducing waste for both materials and time.

September 4, 2023Episode 430 min

Digital Climate Podcast with René Morkos

BIM Academy Director, Paul Thorpe hosts another AI themed podcast with guest, René Morkos Ph.D, CEO of ALICE Technologies.René is an inventor, founder, adjunct professor at Stanford University and the inventor of the world’s first Generative Construction Simulator and Optimizer. He is a Leavell Fellow at Stanford University, where he currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department.As a second-generation civil engineer, René has over 20 years experience in construction, divided between industry and academia. In this podcast, René talks about what led him to follow in his father’s footsteps into engineering, what fuels his passion for technology and as a researcher and adventurer he is continuously exploring and teaching the theoretical boundaries of construction management and the evolution of future industries in order to better the world.

August 9, 2023Episode 315 min

Digital Climate Podcast with ChatGPT and Murillo Piazzi

Podcast host Paul Thorpe invites ChatGPT to be his podcast guest, together with BIM Academy Digital Consultant and trained architect, Murillo Piazzi.In this short and engaging interview, the three talk about artificial intelligence and what it means for the construction industry. When asked what AI can do for construction, ChatGPT responded: “Excellent question Paul. AI is set to have a transformative impact on the construction industry. It will optimise project management, enhance safety, improve quality through automated inspections, and introduce robotics for various tasks. However, challenges like workforce reskilling and ensuring transparent AI systems need to be addressed for a successful integration.”Listen to the full podcast to hear more from ChatGPT and Murillo’s response on what it has to say!

June 26, 2023Episode 232 min

Digital Climate Podcast with Andrew Gamblen

In the second episode of the BIM Academy Digital Climate podcast series 5, Paul Thorpe talks to Andrew Gamblen, Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Specialist at Dalux, about the advancing technologies shaping the construction industry.As an experienced digital manager, Andrew is responsible for the implementation of building information modelling (BIM) and digital construction, and is an advocate for collaborative working practices, leveraging the power of technology, standards and processes to upskill the construction industry.Paul and Andrew discuss how digital technologies are advancing at an extraordinary speed, more so in recent years with the widespread adoption of BIM for example. Paul says, as a result, we know the construction industry is now becoming more open to digital change, and asks Andrew, what is he thinking when it comes to using technology from a sustainability perspective, to help us not only build faster and with greater efficiencies, but to allow us to actually build greener and cleaner?Listen to the full episode to hear Andrew’s insights into how to utilise technology for a sustainable advantage.

June 19, 2023Episode 137 min

Digital Climate Podcast with James Bowles and Mia Dibe

Welcome to Series 5 of the BIM Academy Digital Climate Podcast with new series host, Paul Thorpe, a digital pioneer, future thinker and active researcher into new technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things.In this podcast series, BIM Academy Director, Paul has invited guests from across the construction industry to talk about the innovative ways we are using digital technologies to combat climate change.Here, Paul talks to James Bowles, Founder of Freeform 3D and Mia Dibe, Senior Product Manager of Arup. James is also the Founder of ZERO – a global community that raises awareness, shares knowledge and empowers its members to meet zero carbon emission targets in the construction industry. Mia is Co-Founder of ZERO Next, a fast-growing group of young professionals and future leaders within ZERO, working together to change the industry from high carbon emissions to becoming part of the decarbonisation solution, creating an industry we can all be proud of.Listen to the podcast as Paul puts to James and Mia that there is enormous pressure on the construction industry to reduce carbon emissions released through the building and operational phases of our built assets. As we, as an industry, transition to a digital first approach, could technology be the answer to construction winning the fight against climate change and achieving global net zero emissions targets or do we need to look at a culture shift and put in place a people first approach before introducing tech?

March 7, 2023Episode 323 min

Digital Climate Podcast with Dr Noha Saleeb

Andrew Johnson, BIM Academy Digital Climate podcast Series 3 host, talks with Dr Noha Saleeb, Associate Professor in Creative Technologies & Construction at Middlesex University. Continuing our theme for this series on digital skills and the need to bridge skills gaps through education and training, Andrew and Noha discuss the provision of qualifications at higher and further education level that cover the digital knowledge and skills required to enable construction industry professionals to function effectively within an environment that is now operating with a digital first perspective.Initially an architect, Noha worked for many years in industry in design, construction and onsite project coordination. She is currently providing consultancy on BIM implementation and management, as well as teaching at Middlesex University. Listen as Andrew and Noha discuss what is happening right now in the education space for digital construction skills, and what needs to happen in the future.

February 17, 2023Episode 220 min

Digital Climate Podcast with John Messner

In this episode of our Digital Climate podcast series, host Andrew Johnson talks to John Messner of Penn State University about digital skills education and where the skills gaps are in industry today within the digital built environment.John is the Charles and Elinor Matts Professor of Architectural Engineering and the Director of the Computer Integrated Construction Research Program at Penn State University. John specialises in BIM, digital twin, lean construction and automation in construction research. His research team developed several core BIM planning guidelines incorporated into the US. National BIM Standard. John currently chairs the US National BIM Standard initiative and he is a Board member of the Lean Construction Institute.Listen as Andrew and John discuss BIM adoption in US and the importance of incorporating digital skills training into education for all ages.