Information Management: What, Why and How

/ BIM, JCT Young Professionals Group

Blog Author: Richard Saxon CBE You have heard of BIM, but what is IM or Information Management? And why has it replaced BIM as the focus of digital processes for the built environment? Thirdly, how do you use IM to deliver the desired outcomes? In a nutshell, Information Management is a process for integrating all the inputs to planning, designing, building and operating built assets. It’s based on structured, shared information that people and machines read as the ‘single source of truth’. It’s defined by…

A Consideration of 3 Relevant Construction Matters

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Blog Author: Su Sharma – Skanska UK Last year, the JCT Young Professionals Group (YPG) kindly invited me to speak on three of their chosen topics, Modular Construction – The Future of Construction, Draft Building Safety Bill (as it then was at the time), and PI Insurance: Current Position. This article for JCT News includes those topic areas I covered with the YPG, as a summary for JCT News readers, and to provide an update where applicable on the current situation.   Modular Construction –…

JCT’s Young Professionals Group Launches New ‘JCTea’ Networking Initiative

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‘Let’s catch up over JCTea’ is an initiative developed by JCT’s Young Professionals Group (YPG), to promote networking and get to know new members by way of an informal monthly catch up. The scheme pairs up members who have signed up to take part each month at random for a short informal catch up of around 15-20 minutes. The idea behind the initiative is to introduce new members, get conversations flowing, learn about some of the different disciplines that make up YPG (and JCT) membership,…

JCT YPG – Be Part of the Future of Construction

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JCT’s networking group for young professionals offering corporate memberships

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JCT’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) is now offering corporate memberships for firms looking to provide networking and learning opportunities for their new construction professionals. The YPG is a cross-industry networking group for construction professionals within the first ten years of their career, students, and those new to the industry regardless of age. The group is set up to provide young professionals with a range of benefits, including peer-to-peer networking, online webinars and face-to-face talks from expert speakers on a variety of topics, and a dedicated,…

JCT Young Professionals Group

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A focus group within JCT for professionals within the first ten years of their career, as well as students, whose members are interested in elevating their professional profile, expanding their industry network and connecting with peers, and giving back to the industry through fostering a long-term engagement with JCT. A platform for young professionals across different sectors of the industry to network and share experiences and ideas in an informal way. A link between young professionals and industry experts for the sharing of knowledge and…