CM interviews David Philp FCIOB, chief value officer at Cohesive Group, about the work of CIOB’s innovation panel, which he chairs.
What’s the role of CIOB’s innovation panel?
Innovation is crucial to transforming the built environment to meet increasing pressures such as carbon reduction, assurance and productivity.
The CIOB Innovation Panel’s mission is both to promote new practices that will support better outcomes and to give insight into the issues that should be focused on at a CIOB policy and public affairs level.
We want to ensure that we promote the priority change agenda across the built environment in all corners of the globe from digital, modern methods of construction to change management.
Who is on the panel?
The panel includes CIOB members and co-opted subject matter experts from the institute’s global regions. The group brings together industry, academia and data science specialists to give a broad set of capabilities.
The panel was born from the previous CIOB digital and asset management specialist interest group who have produced various reports and guides including digital journey planning and mindful security guidance for those in construction management roles.
What are you working on currently?
We are currently working on a paper scoping the opportunities that advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), data science and machine learning will have on our sector. This paper will help individuals and organisations explore prospects and plan their journeys using data-science based approaches coupled with AI applications.
