New Business Models for the Building Industry

PART 1: Identification of Issues

What value is Information technology adding to real estate and construction?

What is the value of technology to your company? Explore the benefits and challenges of information technology integration into the core business of real estate firms. Hear how real estate owners are currently using technology and learn about overall market trends that could have a dramatic impact on your business today. How is Technology interfacing with productivity and business?

Moderator: Peter Pike*, President, PikeNet
Invited Speakers:
George Fantini, Chairman, iCap/ Eastern Bank
Matt Galligan, Fleet
Paul Griesmer, Chief Strategist, Ernst & Young Real Estate Advisory Group
Steve Karp, CEO, New England Development
Tinchuck Agnes Ng*, Research Assistant, Harvard- Center for Design Informatics
Young K. Park*, President and Principal, Berkeley Investments, Inc.
Jerry Rappaport*, President, New Boston Fund
Maryann Suydam*, Senior Vice President-Boston, Equity Office
Charles Tseckares, Principal, CBT Architects

10:00-12:00am

New Business Models for the Building Industry

PART 2: Pockets of Innovation

Pockets of Innovation in the Building Industry are changing the marketplace: New business models, enabled by the use of technology have the potential to eliminate inefficiencies and concentrate on customer satisfaction, obtaining higher quality and lower cost. Specific projects using advanced IT will be presented by teams of owners, designers and contractors.

Moderator: Spiro Pollalis, Director, Center for Design Informatics
Invited Speakers: Richard Allen*, Partner, GH Law
Tom Herskovits*, Chairman, B2BilT
Aarto Kiviniemi*,Chief Research Scientist, VTT Building Technology Construction and Facility Management
Martin Ong, Director of Project Technology, British Airport Authority
Dean Sanderson*, VP of Real Estate and Construction, Sabre
Ken Stowe*, Director of Project Services, Macomber Construction

12:45-1:45pm

Breakout Sessions

Topic 1: New business models for owners: when will the changes spread? Moderator: Young K. Park*, President and Principal, Berkeley Investments, Inc.

Topic 2: Impact of IT on designers and contractors: Being prepared for the IT era. Moderator: Peter Campot*, CEO, William Berry Construction

Topic 3: The next step: what technology should be developed to meet the needs of our industry? Moderator: Erik De Keyser*, CEO Bricsnet

Topic 4: The role of the information holders: dissemination, copy right. Moderator: John Griffin*, Stockholder, Hutchins Wheeler & Dittmar

2:45- 3:45pm

Increasing Asset Value: Building as a Computer- An Interactive Experience:

New Construction is entering a phase that will change how facilities are perceived forever. The emergence of telecommunications and information technology as a Fourth Utility in buildings has created the opportunity for facilities to become interactive, computing environments. This places a higher asset value on a building as pervasive computing allows the building to interact with its inhabitants. Case studies of interactive buildings in office (Marquette Plaza, Minneapolis, MN), retail (EpiCenter, New York City & Apple Stores, Tysons Corner, VA), and sports facilities (The 2008 Beijing Olympics, Ford Field, Detroit, MI, Soldier Field, Chicago, IL and The Memphis Arena, Memphis, TN) Learn how to provide increase value by providing interactive experiences in your facilities.

Moderator: Paul Doherty*, Managing Director, the digit group
Invited Speakers: Jeffrey Huang*, Assistant Professor of Architecture GSD
Hsiao Lai Mei, President and Co-Founder, Screampoint
Philip Swift*, Vice President of Product Development, Tri-Cycle Product Design
Patrick Mays, Chief Information Officer, NBBJ

3:45-5:00pm

E-learning and knowledge management in Real Estate and Construction

Interest in e-learning in other industries has exploded. Individuals and companies now recognize the potential of the Internet to revolutionize how they learn, manage their knowledge assets, and create knowledge-driven competitive advantage. New and established players are rapidly entering the nascent e-learning universe, offering a wide range of learning products and services to meet the growing user need. How is this trend affecting our industry? Who are the emerging players? This panel examines the current state in the real estate and AEC industries with regards to the demand and supply side of the e-learning equation, and explores how we can best take advantage of this new learning paradigm.

Moderator: Jeffrey Huang*, Professor of Architecture GSD
Invited Speakers:
Wayne Hodgins, Autodesk eLearning
Kevin Shertz, eClassroom/AECDIRECT
Floyd Wickman*, Chairman of the Board, realnetlearning.com
Arol Wolford*, President, CMD Group
Norbert Young, President-Construction Information Group McGraw Hill Companies

5:00-7:00pm

Reception

7:30- 8:00am

Breakfast and Registration

8:00-9:00am

A Japanese case study: Synergy among owner, contractor and software developer- integrated 3D object-oriented models for construction management

Presentation of a construction planning and management system that is fully supported by 3D AutoCAD Architectural Desktop construction objects. This includes all construction entities such as temporary works, grading, and machinery and allows cost comparison between several construction methods. Simulation of the construction process is one of the key features. This system may be linked to an on-line procurement system and can realize more efficient site management. A model construction case that is currently underway will be demonstrated.

Moderator: Satoshi Sugiyama*, Senior Marketing Manager- AEC Solutions Group, Autodesk
Invited Speakers: TBA

9:00-10:15am

Public authorities take the needed step to require the use of IT for submittals of projects. BRA has led the way by introducing article 80 with the objective to have more realistic and easily understood representation of projects and at the same time start developing a digital database of Boston’s built environment. The focus of this panel will be on Information technology in the planning, development, and urban design. Representatives from the BRA will present on their latest effort, provide background on article 80, and how it fits into their larger vision of developing a digital planning platform. Participants from the private sector (Hines and Tischman Speyer) will speak on the potential implications of such platform. CDI representatives will address latest development in the IT industry for planning and urban design and the potential to crate a more meaningful and better informed citizens interaction.

Co-Moderators:
Steve Brittan*, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Spiro Pollalis*, Director, Center for Design Informatics
Invited Speakers: Matthew J. Kiefer*, Director of Real Estate/Environment, Goulston & Storrs
James Kostaras*, Assistant Director/Senior Architect Urban Design Boston Redevelopment Authority
Gayle Ferris, President, Forrest City Enterprises Commercial Group
Tony Marinello, Director of Administration and Finance, Boston Redevelopment Authority Tom O'Brien*, Tishman Spyer Properties

10:15-10:45am

Break

10:45-11:30am

The impact of IT on processes

Often IT is cited as increasing productivity, reducing time to market and reducing costs. However, hard data are lacking to prove such arguments in the building industry. On the qualitative side, this is often counteracted by citing better customer service and orders of magnitude of improvement that makes no sense to measure. This presentation will inform on specific data on productivity, time and cost from other industries, and lessons learned will be tested to the building industry.

11:30-1:00pm

Research Centers

Based on the feedback from the CDI Member Executive Meeting of last May, we will create a forum for the exchange of information among institutions like CIFE and CII, who are doing research parallel to that of CDI. The panel will let the audience connect with other research centers from other educational institutes and universities; invite leaders from such centers and have panel discussions in order to change ideas. This will give us a more complete roadmap to our industry from the research point of view- we can provide a meeting place not only for the industry, but also for the academic world linked to it.

Moderator: Stephen Hagan, Program Manager-Project Integration Group General Services Administration
Invited Speakers:
Hans C. Bjornsson*, Director Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) Civil & Environmental Engineering Stanford University
Ken Eickmann*, Director, Construction Industry Institute
Kent Larson, Director, House_n Home of the future, MIT
Spiro Pollalis*, Director, Center for Design Informatics. Harvard Design School