Digital Built Forum (DBF)

In this episode of the DBA podcast we share the fourth and final session from the inaugural Digital Twin Live leadership summit, hosted by TEMPO Institute on 14 May 2024. In this session key urban sectors come together to discuss capability, readiness and the rationale. Private sector representatives from the power, telecommunication and rail industries will explain their why, and how. From asset...

In this episode of the DBA podcast we share the third session from the inaugural Digital Twin Live leadership summit, hosted by TEMPO Institute on 14 May 2024. In this session you will hear from local councils from Australia and New Zealand, as they discuss Digital Twins in urban life, through the lens of local government planning, design and service delivery. Responsible for roads, rates and rubb...

In this episode of the DBA podcast we share the second session from the inaugural Digital Twin Live leadership summit, hosted by TEMPO Institute on 14 May 2024. In this session you will hear from government Digital Twin leaders representing Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. The goal of the session was to explore Australia as a Digital Twin nation. Is this a fanciful idea? Do we have the po...

In this episode of the DBA podcast we share the first session from the inaugural Digital Twin Live leadership summit, hosted by TEMPO Institute on 14 May 2024. This first session was a one-on-one with Frankie Carroll , CEO of Suburban Rail Loop Authority in Victoria, Australia. The discussion was titled 'Build Big; Digital Dreams' and saw DBA co-host Adam Beck walk thorugh Fankie's car...

In our first of many interviews about 'the person', Gavin interviews Dr Mark Bew MBE - CEO and Chairman. Mark has been one of the driving forces over the past 20 years in the UK around digital built construction. The interview tracks Mark's life growing up and his passion for engineering, digital construction, harnessing inspiration from data and of course his other love - sailing. Mar...

In this episode Gavin sit's down with  Dr Ben van Deventer  (Director - Industry Policy) from  Infrastructure Australia , to discuss the recent work of the nation's key independent infrastructure advisor. Productivity, digital by default and building a data driven policy environment were all part of the discussion. DBA is powered by  TEMPO Institute , an education platform to help drive a...

Well, if you've been looking for a technical exploration of the why, what and how of master data management for your Digital Twin - look no further! In this episode Gavin sit's down with Rennie Chadwick (Global Leader Transport & Mobility) from Cohesive based in London, to hear about his experience in developing foundational master data management systems for Digital Twins on mega proj...

Welcome to Season 3 of the DBA podcast. In this first episode we tackle one of the most wicked of crises currently relevant to all disciplines, industries, cities and nations - climate change. Joining us is Sarah Kinsela , Partner at Deloitte in Climate Change and Sustainability. But Sarah is not only well versed in the topic of climate, her experience in the built environment spans financial, dig...

As the year draws to a close Gavin and Adam sit down to review and discuss some key observations they made. They touch on the most recent season of the DBA podcast, where the Digital Twin marketplace is at and what's coming up in 2024. Thank you to all DBA listeners and subscribers for supporting our efforts at TEMPO Institute.

You know what they say - junk in, junk out. That's why we decided to go deep on data (with a Digital Twin lens) and bring together two of the best in the marketplace - Michelle Teis from GWI and Patrick Bossert from Future Edge Consulting . In this conversation we cover the basics on data-fuelling platforms like Digital Twin, how we need to treat data and where we need to go. The combined expe...

Two things were intriguing us at DBA, and we were keen to explore their convergence - PlanTech, and housing. So we brought together one of Australia's leading PlanTech advisors, Clare Huxley (Gov Partners), with the driving force behind one of the most recent PlanTech success stories in government, Robert Stopajnik (Development Victoria/Digital Twin Victoria). We hope you enjoy this dialogue o...

The digital built environment industry has many advocates in Australia, and in Queensland more specifically, Andrew Curthoys is a notable candidate. In this special episode of the DBA podcast Adam and Gavin take the opportunity to get a debrief from Andrew on his many decades helping shape policy and projects within Queensland State Government, and what's on the horizon as he see's it for...

As much as it feels like AI overload right now - the articles, the webinars, the events - we wanted to check-in to see what the built environment has to say. So we asked some friends who we consider to be close to the intersection of artificial intelligence and the built environment to join us for what we consider a 'baseline discussion'. Both Claire Daniel (Scientia PhD Scholar UNSW) and...

We kick off Season 2 of the DBA podcast in our new format, featuring multiple guests. And first up is Jenny Tseng from Mott MacDonald and Steven Coyle from Arcadis, joining us to discuss Digital Twin. But not before we go back and check in on BIM - its recent history and where the market is at now. Jenny and Steven share some great insights on the amplifying effect that BIM has played in instituti...

With Season 1 of the DBA podcast done, Gavin and Adam take some time to share the ideas behind the creation of TEMPO Institute, the education platform for digital built knowledge. This episode includes some reflections on the mission and purpose of TEMPO, along with some inpromptu questions thrown in from both of the co-hosts!

Carys Evans, Director of Digital Twin Victoria, has been stewarding one of the nation's leading state government-led Digital Twin initiatives. Having been underway for close to 2.5years we felt it was time to hear more about the journey. In this one-on-one interview Gavin sits down with Carys to understand more about the drivers, the methodology and critical steps along the way that has led to...

We love a good story, and in this episode of the DBA podcast Gavin sits down with Serryn Eagleson (Digital Advisory Lead) from Arup to track her key moves professionally in evolving her digital and data passion. From growing up and hanging out on building sites in regional Australia to early work on the Australian Census, Serryn shares how she evolved her love of information management. With time...

With legacy city data and a passion for continually evolving it's service to the community, the City of Melbourne have turned to Digital Twin as an opportunity to build capability for enhancing their sustainability and resilience agenda. In this episode Gavin chats with Sam Shaheen (Chief Data Officer) and Tegan Kop (Acting Head of Smart City Incubator) about how the City's Digital Twin jo...

For a number of years now the American Planning Association (APA) has been identifying the key trends relevant to the future of the planning profession, and the practice of planning. In this episode Adam sits down with Petra Hurtado, APA's Director of Research and Foresight, to talk about the introduction of Digital Twins in the APA 2023 Trend Report for Planners. They discuss the future of the pl...

High Speed (Rail) 2 (HS2) in the UK has been years in the making, with many more to come - so how is the digital transformation process going on one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects? In this episode Gavin sits down with Dr Sonia Zahiriddony who is Interim Chief Information Officer with HS2 Ltd, to discuss the latest insights on the project's digital transformation process. Having dedica...

With momentum building on the 'digital by default' narrative across the infrastructure policy landscape in Australia, the question must be asked - "how do we measure, report and hold ourselves accountable to this idea?" In this episode Adam chats with Sara Stace, Director of Cities at WSP in Australia. Throughout the course of the conversation Sara digs into insights about building the necessary e...

Gavin heads back to New Zealand for this episode and sits down with Stacey Young (Chief Information Officer) and Brenda Pottinger (Data and Information Governance Manager) from Marlborough District Council. Marlborough is located on the top end of the southern island of New Zealand, and is a place one would not immediately consider fertile ground for Digital Twin action. With Blenheim as its main...

Before we design and construct digitally, we plan. Or do we? In this episode Adam chats with Nicole Benetts, Senior Planner at Arup, and a digital and data enthusiest who shares her views on the level of readiness of the planning profession as our tools, techniques and aspirations become more digital. Nicole highlights some very real challenges for the planning profession as our cities and communi...

In this episode of the DBA podcast Adam brings Gavin into the interview room to hear about the recent launch of the Digital Twin Partnership (DTP) - Why it formed, what's it's vision and how will it operate? As Gavin unpacks these questions for our listeners it is possible to see how an organisation like this is fundamental to helping consolidate the emerging interest and bring the Digital Twin co...

In this episode Adam chat's with Greta McNelis, GIS and BIM Manager at Brisbane Airport Corporation. We go behind the scenes of what the airport is putting in place to build not only a high performing portfolio of built assets, but also digital assets. To Brisbane Airport Corporation, their digital assets form a critical part of their existing operations. But more importantly, as they expand their...