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The mandate for structural change and technological adoption in the construction sector has never been stronger, with the COVID- 19 pandemic only serving to accelerate the urgency to fix existing human resources, sustainability, productivity and data-visibility issues facing construction companies and their broader Who attended? ecosystem of partners and suppliers.
Construction industry leaders need to embrace solutions that can Our speakers enable them to better plan, manage and deliver projects that Attendee meet the needs of a rapidly changing group of customers. This is demographics where innovative approaches to building materials and design, and the use of construction technology will play an increasingly important role. Attendee feedback
Technology will also unlock more significant value through deeper integration of technology solutions directly on the job site, and by Our partners connecting teams of people with the information they need when they need it to operate more effectively. Upcoming events
The increasing digitisation of construction, allied to the global shift to ESG principles which prioritise sustainability, health and wellness will continue to fuel the transformation of the sector, and as a result, create opportunities for tech startups, financial investors and savvy construction players looking for a competitive advantage.
These were the key take-ways from the Future of Construction Summit that took place from 12-13 May, and that was attended by over 200 attendees representing construction firms, contractors, asset owners, architects, engineers and technology providers.
Through a series of presentations, interactive panel sessions and workshops, the Future of Construction Summit unpacked how the Covid-19 pandemic along with broader ESG, workforce and efficiency related issues would impact on the industry now, and into the future.
Feedback regarding the event was gathered and analysed and can be found in the pages that follow.
FuturePlace would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who joined us and helped to create such a successful event – and we look forward to welcoming you back in 2022.
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JOB TITLES COMPANIES
Project Director A W Edwards Trade Coordinator A W Edwards Trade Coordinator A W Edwards WHS Coordinator A W Edwards Chairman Acrow Co-Founder & CEO Acuite Construction Intelligence CIO ADCO Constructions Director Anora Foundations Senior Project Engineer Aqualand Design Director Aqualand Principal Engineer Arcadis Business Leader Buildings – Program, Cost & Asset Management Arcadis Buildings Business Manager – NSW Arcadis National Director - Cost & Commercial Arcadis Client and Sales Executive Director Arcadis Client Development Digital & Innovation Arcadis Graduate EJE Architectural Physics Senior Enngineer Arup Associate Arup Sales Executive Asite Regional Operations Director – Asia Pacific Atkins Group Chief Operating Officer Aurecon Executive Director Australian Construction Industry Forum Communications and Stakeholder Manager Australian Constructors Association Chief Executive Officer Australian Constructors Association Chief Executive Officer Australian Owned Contractors Regional Marketing Manager Autodesk Construction Cloud Account Executive Autodesk Construction Cloud Customer Success Manager Autodesk Construction Cloud Enterprise Account Executive Autodesk Construction Cloud Director of Sales, APAC Autodesk Construction Cloud Account Executive Autodesk Construction Cloud General Manager Base Industries Baywater Constructions Partner, Audit BDO Construction Coordinator Beaver and Ibex New Business Manager Vic & Sa BESIX Watpac Chief Information Officer Besix Watpac General Manager Construction BGC Australia Research Engineer Boral General Manager - Innovation Development Boral Head of Open-Innovation & Corporate Venture Bouygues Construction Business Development Director Bouygues Construction Deputy Engineering Director Bouygues Construction Founder & Managing Director Brick & Mortar Ventures Managing Director BrighteSide Consultants Chief Executive Officer Build AI Vice President Corporate Development Buildxact
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JOB TITLES COMPANIES
DfMA Operations Manager Built National Strategy Manager - Clients and New Business Built National Sustainability Manager Built National Marketing & Communications Manager Built Senior Project Manager Built Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director Built Director of Strategy and Marketing Built National New Business Manager Built Executive Assistant Built Director Centre for Smart Modern Construction MMC Lead Chartered Institute of Building Business Manager CloudA2K Business Analyst CloudA2K Project Delivery Manager CloudA2K Enterprise Solutions Manager CloudA2K MTWO Technical Specialist CloudA2K Account Manager Conqa Construction Software Executive Assistant Conqa Construction Software Business Manager Conqa Construction Software Co-founder & Director Conqa Construction Software General Manager Constructions Services & Infrastructure Head of Client and Strategy - Building CPB Contractors Senior Project Engineer CPB Contractors Senior Digital Project Manager DBM Vircon Chief Executive Officer DEOS Digital Marketing Officer dRofus Technical Coordinator dRofus Managing Director dRofus Technical Sales Manager dRofus Managing Director Endeavour Programme GM - Sales & Marketing Endeavour Programme Director Ernst & Young General Manager, Builder Alliance Estimate One CEO Estimate One Senior Product Manager Estimate One Operations Director EVO-MEP Building Evolution Account Manager ANZ FARO Technologies Chief Technical Officer Fastbrick Robotics Director, Office Innovation Fender Katsalidis National Digital Engineering Manager Fulton Hogan Group Technical Director GE Group Associate Gensler Chairman, Executive Director Hansen Yuncken Enterprise Systems Specialist Hansen Yuncken Senior Project Manager Hansen Yuncken NSW & ACT State Manager Hansen Yuncken Systems Innovation Manager Hansen Yuncken
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JOB TITLES COMPANIES
Executive Director, Northern Region Health Infrastructure BIM & Digital Engineering Health Infrastructure NSW Project Director Health Infrastructure NSW Construction Lawyer Helix Legal Senior Associate Helix Legal Consultant Helix Legal Operations Manager Helix Legal Solicitor Helix Legal Director Helix Legal Senior Associate Helix Legal Construction Contracts and Procurement Lawyer Helix Legal Construction Lawyer Helix Legal Law Clerk Helix Legal Group Manager Health, Safety & Environment Henley Arch National Estimating Manager Hindmarsh Group National Systems & IT Manager Hindmarsh Group Chief Executive Officer Hindmarsh Group Director, Office Innovation Hines National Value Added Products Manager Holcim Australia Sustainability Lead Holcim Australia CMO and Head of Partnerships HoloBuilder Sales Development Manager HoloBuilder Head of Demand Generation HoloBuilder Account Executive HoloBuilder CEO House of Learning National Construction Manager Hutchinson Builders Group General Manager Infinity Constructions Reigonal Digital Solutions Director Jacobs Technology and Automation Manager John Holland Chief Information Officer John Holland Joint Managing Director Kaipara Property Group Principal Ken McBryde Architectural Physics Chief Executive Officer Keross Data Orchestration Senior Product Engineer Laing O'Rourke Principal Product Engineer Laing O'Rourke Engineer Laing O'Rourke Head of Digital & Data – Australia Hub Laing O'Rourke ANZ Regional Director Leica-GeoSystems Senior Project Engineer Lendlease Operations Manager Lendlease Construction Manager Lendlease Head of Startup and Intraprenurship Programs Leonard/Vinci Founder and Director Let’s talk about Safety Director Research and Innovation Level Crossing Removal Project Director Australia & New Zealand Linesight Group Manager - Design & innovation Lipman Director LMLH Consulting
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JOB TITLES COMPANIES
Group GM IT McConnell Dowell BIM Manager McConnell Dowell Group Technical Director – Digital Engineering McConnell Dowell Special Advisor – Construction Technologies Ministry of Economy & Industry Israel Director, Digital Construction Mirvac Project Delivery Manager Modular Building Systems Managing Associate Morissey Law + Advisroy Managing Associate Morissey Law + Advisroy Director Morissey Law + Advisroy Lawyer Morissey Law + Advisroy Managing Director Morissey Law + Advisroy Principal Digital Advisory Mott MacDonald Head of Technology Multiplex Director Multivista Founder My Bella Casa Sales Director - My Bella Casa My Bella Casa Go To Market Manager – Enterprise (Construction) MYOB Chief Executive Officer N. Moit & Sons Digital Delivery Manager Neom Director Newman Mep Services Manager, Digital Engineering North East Link Project Associate, Structural Engineer Northrop Consulting Engineers Structural Group Manager, Technology Implementation Lead Northrop Consulting Engineers Director of Development Nuveen Global Enterprise Account Executive Openspace Sales Development Representative Openspace Enterprise Account Director Openspace Managing Director Oshen Venture Analyst Real Estate & Construction Tech Plug and Play Chief Executive Officer Porter Davis Homes New Business Manager Probuild Constructions IT Architect Probuild Constructions Executive Manager - HSEQ Probuild Constructions Channel Manager, AESAN & ANZ Procore Founder & CEO ProcurePro Vice President of Sales ProcurePro Strategic Advisor ProcurePro Construction Management, Purdue University President Purdue University Design & Construction Manager – Development Quintessential Equity MD and CEO Rawson Group Head of Innovation Rawson Group Project Manager Resolution Rigging Services Director APAC Revizto Implementation Service Manager Revizto ANZ Territory Manager Revizto Digital Design Manager Richard Crookes Member of the Australasia Advisory Board RICS
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Principal Robert Bird Group Office Manager Robert Bird Group Innovation Lead Roberts Co Chief Executive Officer Roberts Co Head of Operations Roberts Co Director Scaffshield Services Manager Scentre Group Estimating Manager Scentre Group Project Manager Scentre Group General Manager, Digital Solutions Schneider Electric Chief Executive Officer School Infrastructure NSW Managing Director Sensum Head of Marketing SignOnSite Chief Executive Officer SignOnSite Head of Product SignOnSite Manager - Technical Services ANZ SMEC Australia President and CEO Stephenson's Rental Services National Pre Contracts Manager Stockland Site Engineer Sydney Metro Project Manager Sydney Metro COO Sync Technologies VP of Engineering Sync Technologies Director Technion Engenharia Partner The Proptech Connection NI Senior Sales Engineer TK Elevator Australia CFO Tk Elevator Australia NI/Mods Business Development Manager Tk Elevator Australia Assistant Project Manager TSA Management Director Twycross and Partners Principal, Delivery Unispace Operations Director, APAC - Delivery Unispace Associate Professor, Digital Architectural Design University of Melbourne Posdoctoral Fellow University of New South Wales Head of C3 - the Climate Change Cluster University of Technology Sydney Director of the Plants and Environmental Quality Research Group University of Technology Sydney Sustainable Property University of Technology Sydney Executive Assistant Westbourne Constructions Technology Transformation Manager Western Earthmoving Application Manager Western Earthmoving National Director WIDAC Founder and National Director WIDAC Founder & Chair Women in BIM Construction Project Manager Format & Network Development Woolworths Co-Founder & CEO Ynomia Managing Director Zancon
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Louise Adams Brett Mason Alison Mirams Anthony Manning Paige Pitcher Rowan Hindmarsh Guillaume Bazouin Adrian Hondros Chief Executive - Chief Executive Chief Executive Chief Executive Director, Office Chief Executive Head of Startup & Chief Executive Australia & New Officer & Managing Officer Officer of Innovation Officer Intrapreneurship Officer Zealand Director Roberts Co School Infrastructure Hines Hindmarsh Group Programs Porter Davis Aurecon Built NSW Vinci Homes
Darren Bechtel Leisa Rathborne Julien Bourcerie Jenny Tseng Dean James Prof Sara Wilkinson Clive Parsons Joe Karten Founder & Executive Director, Head of Open- Principal Digital Digital Design Sustainable Property, Director, Digital National Managing Director Northern Region Innovation & Advisory Manager Faculty of Design, Construction Sustainability Brick & Mortar Health Corporate Venture Mott MacDonald Richard Crookes Architecture & Building Mirvac Manager Ventures Infrastructure Bouygues Construction Constructions University of Built Technology Sydney
Rebecca De Cicco Mark Curzon Tamika Smith Jon Davies Nick Deeks Lisa Samways Kristian Butcher Stephen Surjan Founder & Chair, Director Chair, Top 100 Chief Executive Officer Member of the Client and Sales Chief Executive Head of Operations Women in BIM & Fender Katsalidis Women and Australian Australasia Executive Director Officer Roberts Co Principal, Digital Executive Director, Constructors Advisory Board Arcadis Build AI Operations, Aurecon My Bella Casa Association (ACA) RICS
Justin Murray Toby Daniel Simon Vaux Dr Natalie Galea Prof. Ken McBryde Praveen Tomy Janelle Kerrisk Phillip Tondl Design & Const. Joint Managing Chief Executive Postdoctoral Fellow Principal Director of Sales, Director Group Manager Manager Dev. Director Officer University of New Architectural Asia Pacific Helix Legal Design & Innovation Quintessential Equity Kaipara Property DEOS Digital South Wales Physics Autodesk Lipman Group Construction Cloud
Matthew Mackey Dominik Holzer Andrew Hill Dushyant Shrivastava Jane Armstrong Gert Van Aswegen James Cameron Timothy Devlin National Director - Associate Professor, Digital Business Manager Head of Digital & Data Principal Engineer National Digital Executive Director Head of Innovation Cost & Commercial Architectural Design Cloud A2K – Australia Hub Arcadis Engineering Manager Australian Rawson Homes Arcadis University of Laing O'Rourke Fulton Hogan Construction Melbourne Industry Forum
Brent Crockford Chris Razzell Marcelino Diaz Mark Pivac Michael Morrissey Prof Peter Ralph Dr Fraser Torpy Prof. Srinath Perera Chief Executive Officer Managing Venture Analyst Real Estate Chief Technical Managing Director Head of C3 - the Director of the Plants Director, Centre for Australian Owned Director & Construction Tech Officer Morrissey Law + Climate Change and Environmental Smart Modern Contractors (AOC) dRofus Plug and Play Fastbrick Robotics Advisory Cluster Quality Research Construction University of Group & Chair, Built Technology University of Environment & Sydney Technology Sydney Construction Management, University of Western Sydney
Tom Hasker Alastair Blenkin Daniel O'Donoghue Tom Robinson Christian Claus CEO Founder & CEO Co-Founder & Director Head of Product CMO and Head of Keross Data ProcurePro Conqa Construction SignOnSite Partnerships Orchestration Software HoloBuilder
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In-Person vs Virtual Industry breakdown Attendees
Other Technology Providers 2% 10%
5% 33% Engineering Firms Virtual 7% Architects/Designers
8% 58% Asset Owners Operators Construction Firms 67% In-Person 10% Contractors
Job title/Function Geography
Other Other 5% C-level QLD 3% 6% Head of Clients/Sales 14% 12%
10% Head of 29% Sustainability/ESG VIC 28%
Head of Information 62% Technology/Data NSW 14% Project Director/Manager
17% Head of Digital Engineering/BIM
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Immediately following the event we surveyed the attendees to determine their experience and degree of satisfaction
What is your level of satisfaction for the event? 91% of respondents indicated they were either very satisfied or satisfied
Which elements of the event did you like the most? (a small sample of responses)
“Exhibitor stands and networking opportunities.” LMLH Consulting
“The FuturePlace team, they were great to work with. They were very supportive & wanted to ensure we got the most value from the event.” CONQA
“Great content/topics and speakers, easy access to the vendor stands.” Multiplex
“The calibre of people was world class. Very engaging and relevant discussions." DBM Vircon
Are you likely to participate in one of our events in the future?
97% of attendees answered YES to this question
Please indicate your satisfaction with the virtual event platform/experience 84% of attendees indicated they were either satisfied or vey satisfied with the virtual event experience
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“Thanks for having me share our story and some insights into the future of "I really enjoyed FCON21 and will certainly attend again.” construction at FCON21. It was inspiring Marc McCready, Chief Information Officer, to see the level of interest and questions Besix Watpac from the audience on the day.” Brett Mason, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Built
“Bravo to FuturePlace for convening all of us placemakers in one spot. So good to connect with corporates, contractors, entrepreneurs, and stewards who are building a better world. Looking forward to next year!" Paige Pitcher, Director, Office of Innovation, Hines
“What a fantastic conference, thank you very much for inviting me to speak about Buildings that Breathe.” Mark Curzon, Director, Fender Katsalidis
“Thank you for inviting me to your conference, I enjoyed it and the panel was great.” Rowan Hindmarsh, Chief Executive Officer, Hindmarsh Group
“FCON21 was incredibly valuable - great presentations, a high calibre audience and lots of valuable networking!” Alastair Blenkin, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, ProcurePro
"Thank you for the invitation to attend the FCON21 summit. Great insights from industry leaders and technology specialists, with the event fostering very collaborative and forward-thinking conversations.” Lidia Ribarovska, Head of Technology, Engagement, Multiplex
"Digital transformation, in an Australian context, faces many challenges to being achieved in a way that's effective and serves the interests of the wider community. Events like FCON21 are essential to sustaining active engagement with the issues in industry and communities of professional practice." Kai Smith, Managing Director, Oshen
"I had a great time at FCON21, saw old friends and met new ones. I learned so much about the latest digital tech – it’s given me heaps of ideas for further research!" Sara J. Wilkinson, Professor of Sustainable Property, Faculty of Design Architecture & Building, University of Technology Sydney
"Was great to have an event that was so specific to what we do, to have a panel packed with our customers, whom we could prep with beforehand was perfect. The best panel we've ever done." Billy Moss, Markteting Executive, Cloud A2K
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"It was great to gather such an audience. International, experts, visionaries. It gave me access to relevant contacts in regard to my duties. Also, the organization team creates a very good atmosphere for the participants. Count on me for FCON22." Julien Bourcerie, Head of Open-Innovation & Corporate Venture, Department for Innovation & Sustainable Construction, Bouygues Construction (France)
“The content and quality of the presentations exceeded my expectations. Moreover, it was great to network with industry peers.” Brent Crockford, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Owned Contractors
“Being in the room with forward thinkers in the construction industry was a welcome delight. We are looking forward to next year.” Janelle Kerrisk, Founder, Helix Legal
"Thank you for having us and for you and your team's hard work pulling this event together.” Daniel O'Donoghue, Co-Founder/Director, CONQA
"From a virtual perspective, the communication and organisation of the event was great. The presenters delivered on a range of topics and the panelists provided unique perspectives on each discussion. Overall was a great event and very informative.” Emily Windle, Assistant Project Manager, TSA Management
"Awesome guys, I loved it and look forward to next year." David Speight, Co - Founder & CEO, Acuite
"An engaging group of presenters delivering insights into an industry that is on the move. We are at the beginning of our digital journey, the summit has provided key learning and appropriate directions to explore. ” Tony Hayes, Estimating and Cost Planner Manager, Scentre Group
"Thank you and congrats to you and your team for pulling off a successful event.” Yari Moghadam, Head of Demand Generation, HoloBuilder
"Good overall picture of construction industry, nice future advancement as well as tackling today's issues.” Yaser Rashidi, BIM Manager, McConnell Dowell
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