7:00 am Conference Breakfast & Registration
8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Harnessing More Valuable Data
8:10 am Calculating the True ROI of Your Current Analytics Applications to Understand Where You Could Be Utilizing Analytics More Effectively
Synopsis
- Anticipating the question: What do we wish we had done prior to starting our journey to enable us to better answer the question ‘What’s the ROI of advanced analytics for our firm’?
- Harnessing comparative analytics and hindsight studies to give us clarity around which decisions have been made off the back of these KPI’s and the impact they have had on the firm’s profitability
- Feeding these insights back into the system to identify how you can further improve ROI of new and existing applications
8:50 am Implementing an Analytics Program That Works
Synopsis
- Refining Analytics to Make Them Actionable
- Defining Analytics that Create Value
- Defining Analytics to Meet Every Objective
9:05 am Panel: Evaluating Which Metrics Will Provide the Most Value for Your Organization
Synopsis
- Benchmarking the most valuable metrics being collected and how these are being used to make more informed decisions across construction firms today
- Developing a process to analyze how much value these metrics have actually been providing for your organization over time
- Harnessing existing KPIs to identify correlated values to constantly evolve the value of your data
9:50 am Using Data to Understand and Mitigate Risk
Synopsis
- Understanding the impact of data maturity and integrity of the entire process
- Exploring how data maturity and integrity fuel insights to understand risk across your project portfolio
- Considering how a data-driven approach can identify potential future risks by understanding leading and lagging risk indicators.
10:20 am Morning Refreshments
Track 1
Data Collection & Integration
Educating the Field
10:50 am Educating Field Workers on the Value of Accurate Data Collection to Enhance Buy-in From the Field
Synopsis
- Understanding the challenges and objections field workers currently have to existing data collection activities
- Highlighting the benefits of accurate data collection in a way that will resonate with the field: How will data make the working environment safer and more productive?
- Walking employees through the end-to-end data collection, management and reporting process to help them understand the impact of poor data collection across the organizationEstablishing processes to continually review and ease data collection practices with field leadership
11:30 am Using High Accuracy Data to Verify Work and Track Changes on the Jobsite, From the Air to the Ground
Synopsis
- Highlighting why capturing both aerial and interior data consistently is critical to complete site documentation.
- Assessing the methods of high accuracy data collection for surveying and analysis.
- Discussing how construction verification can occur using high accuracy data captured for earthwork, exterior facades, concrete pre-pour, and othercritical milestones in order to compare to design, eliminate errors, and track change over time.
Track 2
Data Governance & Maintenance
Consolidating a Data Repository
10:50 am Data Lakes vs Data Warehouses: What’s Best & How Do I Get Started?
Synopsis
- Explaining the main differences between a data lake and warehouse
- Evaluating how both can be used either independently or simultaneously to maximize the benefits for your organization
- Mapping out the first steps you need to take as an organization to build out each
- Exploring tools and programs used for data capture, storage, analysis, and visualization
11:30 am Panel: Considering the Future of Data Privacy in Construction to Safeguard Your Data Long-Term
Synopsis
- Understanding how data security and privacy differ
- Discussing the common challenges surrounding data privacy at the moment, and how firms are proactively addressing these issues
- Exploring the evolution of data privacy regulations in other industries and geographies to get ahead of potential legal changes surrounding data privacy in construction
Track 3
Reporting & Business Applications
Considering Future Use Cases
10:50 am Harnessing Production Rate Metrics to Inform Decision- Making & Prevent Schedule Impacts
Synopsis
- Connecting project based innovations across the company
- Scaling a solution from project level to enterprise
- Evaluating business decisions and process changes that have been enabled by this data and the future vision of this tool
11:30 am Effectively Tracking Equipment Usage to Optimize Further Investments
Synopsis
- Addressing the specific metrics that can be tracked when it comes to equipment, such as maintenance, time spent on job and repair costs
- Exploring how to use this data to help get the right equipment to the right project for maximum profitability
- Benchmarking the tools, platforms and applications which can showcase this information in a clear and concise way to give clarity to senior leaders
12:10 pm Lunch Break
Track 1
Data Collection & Integration
Getting Your Data In Order
1:10 pm Panel: Improving the Interoperability of Data Across Multiple Platforms to Avoid Wasted Time on Repeated Manual Data Entry
Synopsis
- Assessing the platforms your organization is currently using and where manual entry or integrations commonly breakdown
- Developing in-house apps and APIs to ease integration between systems: What are the most impactful integrations we have achieved using this approach?
- Addressing what more needs to be done from external tech companies to facilitate integration for contractors
Track 2
Data Governance & Maintenance
Data Security & Privacy
1:10 pm Audience Discussion: Building a Robust Cybersecurity Strategy to Safeguard Your Data Inside & Outside of the Organization
Synopsis
- Evaluating the most common security threats to contractors today to know what to be protecting against
- Benchmarking valuable tools and systems that are being utilized to protect against security threats
- Addressing the challenge of balancing security and business intelligence requirements: How can we navigate usability of data in house when associated with a project protected by an NDA?
- Developing a robust training program for your entire organization to ensure all data is collected, stored and integrated in a secure way
Track 3
Reporting & Business Applications
Maximizing Equipment Profitability
1:10 pm Panel Discussion: Looking to the Future of Predictive Analytics to Understand How You Can Prepare Your Organization For Success
Synopsis
- Exploring where predictive analytics is currently seeing the most success and the additional potential future applications to start exploring
- Benchmarking tools and technologies available for more predictive analytics and decision making
- Discussing how the evolution of data science is changing the way IT departments operate and the new skillsets needed within your team to fully harness its full potential
1:50 pm Afternoon Refreshments
The Future of Predictive Analytics
2:20 pm Toric – Session TBC
2:50 pm Panel: Comparing Our Journeys to Becoming More Data-Driven, Predictive Entities
Synopsis
- Discussing a maturity matrix for analytics capabilities in the construction industry to help you evaluate where you are and the next step in that journey
- Revisiting the first steps each organization took to get their strategy off the ground: What went well and what would we do differently if we could go back?
- Exploring the most promising tools and processes on the horizon for analytics in the construction industry
- Devising a plan for your organization to ensure you stay ahead of the curve whilst only investing in the most valuable tools