AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction
9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
The Programme
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
Welcome to Limerick and Welcome to CitA Tech Live 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as one of the most transformative technologies in the world today driving change and disruption across many industries. Its rapid development is due to the ability to train computers to mimic human cognitive thinking. As more and more rich data is harvested, this cognitive ability will reach sophisticated levels of accuracy in the future.
AI in construction has the potential to achieve optimized, higher quality and more sustainable solutions across design, tendering, financing, procurement, construction, operations and asset management. As advancements in AI and machine learning (ML) continue to work together, computers will become more and more sophisticated to support and eventually replicate the many tasks and skills that we need our trades and professional people to possess today. AI will be a progressive but powerful tool that will transform and disrupt the industry thus we must prepare for this change. Those that can identify the business opportunities will reap the benefits.
The purpose of this conference is to have a mature reflection on the current and emerging capability
The Programme
of AI to change the industry for the better, creating a safer, smarter, leaner, greener and more sustainable sector and as a consequence attracting more people into construction.
We are delighted to be in Limerick as it is an ideal location for this event, with the presence of two Universities, multiple SFI funded research centres, multiple foreign direct investment companies and the presence of their iconic €1 billion Limerick 2030 infrastructure project together with active local commercial, industrial and residential construction activity.
I look forward to meeting our sponsors, speakers and delegates at what will be another successful Tech Live event in 2024.
Dr. Alan Hore Founding Director, CitA Conference Chair
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
Organisation Committee and Programme Chairs
CitA would like to thank the following people for their generosity in helping to design the programme and chair our plenary and breakout sessions.
Organisation Committee
Greg Byrne, DPS Business Partner, BAM UK & Ireland
Brendan O’Riordan, Dalux Country Manager Ireland
David Mullen, Managing Director at Engineering Documentation Ltd
Gearldine O’Callaghan, Chief Marketing Officer, Everest Technical Services
Tony Woods, CEO, Midland Steel
Martin Searson, Head of MMC – Certification, NSAI
Jonathan Reinhardt, Consultancy Manager, NTI Diatec
Dr. Claire Penny, Director of Global Partnerships at Twinit & Invicara
Programme Chairs
David Philp, Chief Value Officer, Cohesive Group
Mary Flynn, (a) Assistant Chief Quantity Surveyor, Dublin City Council
Brian Lahiff, Director, Garland
Paul Vessey, Lecturer in BIM, Project Management and Information Technology, TUS Midlands
Dr. Claire Penny, Director of Global Partnerships at Twinit & Invicara
The Programme
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
The Programme: 9th October 2024 (full day conference)
Morning: Session 2, Breakouts
1 AI Model Buildings (Ryan1, 100 seats)
Chair: Paul Vessey, TUS Limerick
- 12.00
- 12.20
Compilation of graphical and non-graphical data for project close-out.
David Mullen, MD Engineering Documentation.
New Bon Secours Hospital Limerick –Visualisation from design to construction.
Aidan O’Connell, Director, Punch Consulting.
Flash Flood Breaker - How Drones and AI can make North West Europe more resilient to Flash Flooding.
Conor Lynch, Christian O’Leary and Sean Carroll, Munster Technological University and Nimbus Gateway.
AI from the software vendors point of View.
Brendan O’Riordan, Country Manager Ireland, Dalux.
2 AI Deep Dives (Ryan 2, 100 seats)
Chair: Brian Lahiff, Garland
AI for Efficient Construction Project Delivery: Myths & Realities.
Dr. Houssem Jerbi, Director, Smart PMO.
Geospatial Machine Learning : Accelerate Project Delivery with AI.
Daire Kilkelly, Customer Success Manager, EMEA, Cintoo.
AI + Construction: An Evercam Perspective. Oussama Bonner, Chief Technology Officer, Evercam.
3 AI Changing Workforce (Dromineer, 50 seats)
Chair: Mary Flynn, Dublin City Council
Transitioning from Buzzwords to Value-Driven Outcomes with AI.
Alan Coyne, Lecturer, UCD Professional Academy.
Leveraging Data, Analytics and AI to Optimise Building Performance.
Michael Young, CEO Infisyte.
An AI future for Cost and LCA.
Ross Griffin, Founder/Chief Commercial Specialist/ Quantity Surveyor, KOSMOS
The GARLAND Way for Management, Compliance and Safety.
Brian Lahiff, Director Garland.
AI and the QS.
Mary Flynn, Assistant Chief Quantity Surveyor, Dublin City Council.
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
The Plenary Speakers
Cesar Fragachan Pinzani Founder and Director at Aalter
Cesar is the founder of Aalter.ai, a startup focused on providing automated architecture and interior design solutions leveraging on artificial intelligence and game-engine technologies. He worked at Zaha Hadid Architects within the Computation and Design Group building configurators, automating design workflows for early competition stages and rationalizing complex geometry. He currently teaches at UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, a research-based unit on computational participatory design and digital fabrication. He holds a Master in Architecture and Urbanism degree with Distinction from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (AADRL) and a Master in Business and Administration (MBA) from the IESA Institute.
John Fedden Founder AI Enable Group
John Fedden has spent 35 years in commercial roles within the software industry, advising clients across a spectrum of sectors.
Recently, his career-long fascination with the strategic impacts of software solutions has evolved into a passion for AI, culminating in the founding of his own AI training company. This shift underscores his commitment to understanding and harnessing AI’s potential to revolutionise industries, including construction.
Harrison O’Hara Head of Advanced Technologies and Innovation, BAM UK & Ireland
Harrison is currently Head of Advancing Technologies & Innovation in BAM UK & Ireland since April 2023. Harrison is an Innovation Leader with over a decade of industry experience working across some of UK’s largest infrastructure projects including Crossrail, Thames Tideway and HS2.
Earning an MSc in Construction Innovation and Management further expanded his knowledge base, equipped him with the tools to drive transformative change within the industry. He has a proven track record of implementing company-wide technological solutions, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and delivering industry changing innovation. As Head of Advancing Technology and Innovation at BAM UK & I, he continues to lead the charge in pushing the boundaries, listening to customers and developing a framework where innovation can thrive.
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
The Plenary Speakers
David Philp Founder and Director at Aalter
David Philp is Chief Value Officer at Cohesive Group. With over 30 years in industry, David is a Chartered Construction Manager by background. He has previously worked with Balfour Beatty, Mace and AECOM. As CVO he is responsible for driving customer-centricity and creating sustainable value for clients across their asset lifecycle and portfolios. David has been involved in delivering innovative projects, digital change strategies and digital asset management strategies across the globe.
Louise Foody Managing Director at Covolve
Managing Director of Covolve- a digital business and digital venture arm of Kingspan Group. Leading a team of 20+ disrupters worldwide.
As former Director of Digital, Louise established Kingspan’s ambitious multimillion euro group wide customer and digital experience programme which included an investment in the digital twin company Invicara.
Dr. Sharon Richardson
Director and AI Lead, Hoare Lea
Dr Sharon Richardson, PhD, is Director for AI at Hoare Lea. She is leading a focus on new and emerging AI capabilities that will impact the design, build and operation of the built environment and people-place experiences. Sharon has a PhD in cognitive and socio-spatial data science, and MSc in Smart Cities and Urban Analytics, both awarded by University College London. Her academic research is combined with over 25 years of industry experience applying data and technology innovations that have transformed the ‘intelligence - decision - action’ cycle within human-centric systems.
The Programme
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
The Plenary Speakers
Anand Mecheri
CEO Twinit & Invicara
An entrepreneur out of the gate, Anand & his brother (Rajeev Mecheri) built multiple technology and services businesses in the Building Technologies domain. The group “iMetrex ” was acquired by SIEMENS. The mission of their current venture “Twinit” is to create a composable platform that enables industry partners to build Digital Twin enabled custom software solutions for the built and natural environment. “Invicara” a Twinit company, acts as an accelerator for Twinit, enabling industry partners with open-source application software building blocks and expert services to build transformative solutions using Twinit.
Cillian Kelly Head of Digital Project Delivery, John Sisk & Son
Cillian was one of the first BIM pioneers at Sisk when he started his professional career in the business in 2011. He brought his Construction Management / Architectural Technology background and demonstrated the benefits of working in a collaborative BIM environment. His efforts resulted in improved decision-making, increased certainty of delivery for our clients, and cost savings for the company. Cillian paved the way for new digital career paths at Sisk and he is now part of senior management leading a team of 100+ professionals who provide technical innovative solutions across multiple industries using Digital Project Delivery (DPD). Beyond his role at Sisk, Cillian is an active thought leader in the industry; as the Digital Construction Ambassador with the CIF and a Board Member with Future Cast in Ireland.
Sandra Gannon
Program Director of Design, Maximo Application Suite, IBM
Sandra is the design practice lead for 35+ designers across four brands in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) organization in IBM. As practice lead, Sandra leads the design strategy and practices that underpin a role transformation that aligns with the future skills and business needs of IBM. Sandra has worked in enterprise software for over 16 years working on ERP in SAP, and TRIRIGA for facilities management and capital projects, and Maximo Asset Management for enterprise assessment management in IBM. Sandra’s experience includes design research, UX design, content design, product architect and design, release management, scrum leadership, and information development. Sandra has very strong leadership and project management skills that she applies to all projects and initiatives. She is incredibly passionate about her work, she is selfmotivated, task and project focused, and always delivers. Sandra is a certified Associate PMP and an international conference speaker.
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
The Plenary Speakers
Jonathan Reinhardt
Consultancy Manager,
NTI Diatec Jonathan is a Chartered Architectural Technologist & Technical Consultant with Diatec Group. His experience includes BIM Implementation across Architecture, Engineering & Construction firms. With a background in BIM Management, Building Design & Construction Stage supervision. He holds a master’s degree in BIM Management, BSc. Degree in Architectural Technology as well as lecturing in TUD, Bolton Street in Architectural Technology, Architecture & BIM courses.
Kimon Onuma President at Onuma
Founder and President of ONUMA, Inc., Kimon is a trailblazer at the intersection of architecture, technology, and Building Informed Environments. With over three decades of experience, Kimon has guided the industry towards information-driven design, championing the use of BIM since 1993. One of his significant contributions is the creation of BIMStorm. This international event brings industry organizations into a virtual environment to explore forwardlooking technology uses such as BIM, digital twins, and artificial intelligence. Kimon has vital roles in notable industry organizations. He currently leads the Data Standards Framework work group on the BIM and Digital Twins Subcommittee of the National Institute of Building Sciences, where he also provides input on developing the National BIM Standard.
Programme
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
Our Platinum Sponsors
BAM UK & Ireland
For almost 150 years, BAM UK & Ireland has been shaping the UK & Ireland’s vital infrastructure and creating many of the country’s most iconic buildings. Today it is part of the Royal BAM Group, one of the largest construction companies in Europe with a turnover of over €7 billion.
John Sisk & Son
Sisk is an innovative, international construction and engineering company delivering highquality projects across Ireland, the UK and Europe. We work collaboratively with clients and supply chain partners and empower our people to work sustainably in a creative and inclusive environment. With a group turnover of over €1.5bn and an industry leading balance sheet, we have a strong financial position from which to invest in our people and our innovative approach.
We deliver exemplar projects across a range of ever-expanding sectors to help build the future - from transport to commercial, healthcare and life sciences, data centres and ICT. We are acutely aware of the impact construction projects have on the environment and we engage with all stakeholders including the local community, clients, end-user groups, regulatory and professional bodies at an early stage, as part of project design and throughout construction. We deliver real social value to the communities in which we build as we pursue our purpose of Creating Places for Future Generations.
NTI Diatec
NTI Diatec, formerly recognised as The Diatec Group, is at the forefront of digitalising the Construction Industry. As Ireland’s largest Autodesk Platinum Partner and distinguished as a top 10 European partner, we are focused on helping customers with technology adoption and implementation, development, training, and providing expert consultancy.
At NTI Diatec, our highly skilled industry teams use their expertise to provide architects and engineers with integrated solutions. We deliver and deploy Autodesk software, instructor led & eLearning training & offer Building Information Modelling (BIM) consultancy & Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) services aligned to the client’s specific needs or project requirements.
9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction
Our Gold Sponsors
Dalux
Since 2005, Dalux has worked to make the construction industry smarter and more efficient. Our user-friendly digital tools and BIM technology (3D building information models) are currently used by leading contractors, builders, and advisors in 147 countries. Dalux develops products aimed at the construction industry. Besides letting us use our skills within 3D and visualization, there are some very real reasons for this: The construction industry is amongst the most polluting industries globally. By creating products that facilitates better, more smooth construction processes, Dalux helps minimize the time and resources wasted and lost, limiting the pollution and emissions in the process. We want to do what we are the best at. We also want what we are good at to benefit the world around us.
Engineering Documentation
Engineering Documentation Ltd. are a trusted and ISO19650 (BIM) certified provider of BIM support within the construction industry. The company was founded in 2006 by David Mullen and Tim King, initially to address a gap in the market around the production of highquality O&M manuals and drawings. With the majority of our clients coming from mechanical and electrical backgrounds, the inclusion of drawing production for services co-ordination and builderswork was a natural progression. As the use of Building Information Modelling became more widespread within the industry, the company leveraged its expertise within the drawing sector to focus more on this element of BIM and currently offers a full range of BIM support and drawing services to its clients. This includes modelling, MEP co-ordination, point cloud & drone surveys as well as general drawing support and visualisation.
Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise Ireland is the state agency responsible for supporting the development of manufacturing and internationally traded service companies. We provide funding and aid businesses at all stages, from start-ups to large enterprises, helping them expand, improve efficiency, and grow globally.
Our offers enhance performance via digital tech, innovation, and sustainability.
Under the Housing for All plan, Enterprise Ireland supports domestic residential productivity and innovation through the Built to Innovate initiative. This includes grants to cut residential construction costs. Since its March ‘22 launch, Built to Innovate has supported companies that will deliver over 33,000 homes across five years.
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
Our Gold Sponsors
Everest Technical Services
Everest Technical Services was started by highly talented and experienced AEC professionals with a common goal of harnessing technology, design, and construction expertise to deliver high-quality projects, on optimised budgets and accelerated timelines. As a technology company, we couple construction data (assets, schedule, and cost) with decades of building experience to elevate virtual design and construction providing meaningful, accurate and actionable insights that enable owners, developers, and designers to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Clients leverage our BIM expertise (and solutions) to integrate best-in-class technologies with efficient workflows and (our) engineering acumen to deliver data-rich, intelligent projects from concept design stage to enterprise-scale Digital Twin deployments.
Over the years we have grown exponentially and have worked with some of the best names in the AEC industry across the UK, Ireland, Europe and USA. Headquartered in Meath (Ireland), we have offices in the UK, UAE, Israel, and a technical delivery center in Pune (India), with a team of highly trained AEC professionals with experience across all sectors, including Healthcare, Hospitality, Commercial, Data Centres, Pharmaceutical, Educational, Institutional, Retail, Residential etc. At Everest Technical Services, we are facilitating a transformative shift in the design, construction, and maintenance of buildings. This evolution promises enhanced efficiencies and profitability with
Midland Steel
Midland Steel are a reinforcing steel supplier specialising in offsite rebar solutions and BIM. The company designs bespoke rebar solutions using a cloud-based BIM process, with full 3D modelling, to deliver an agile and collaborative project process, which further enhances the speed of the build of concrete structures. As the first reinforcing steel company in the world to attain a BIM Level 2 (ISO 19650 Tier 2) status Midland Steel now have the capacity to collaborate with clients on projects of any size.
Originally a concrete frames company, Midland Steel was founded in 1998 with the Headquarters in Mountmellick, County Laois, Ireland and since set up three locations in the United Kingdom, London, Motherwell and Bishop Auckland.
Midland Steel has a strong innovation culture of innovation, offering modern and sustainable methods for supplying reinforcing steel to the construction sectors. Through our streamlined processes, we enable our customers to have a safer construction site, faster modular installation time and less waste, reduction in labour, delivering projects on time and on budget. Midland Steel: Pushing the bar for Steel Reinforcement through Speed, Quality & Safety.
Our CARES certification provides confidence in our sourcing, manufacturing, services, distribution and our sustainability. Midland Steel is certified to CARES Sustainability Reinforcing Certification Scheme to play our role in mitigating climate change impacts.
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
Our Sponsors
We appreciate the support of our generous sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
AI: The Next Frontier for Irish Construction 9th October, 2024, Limerick, Ireland
Our Media Partner
Supported by CitA Skillnet
www.cita.ie/events/cita-tech-live-2024
www.citatechlive.com
