Design Innovation Research Centre
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Reading
Department Name: Construction Management and Engineering
Abstract
Design is located between the crafts of making and the experiences of using. Digital models currently isolate the designer in the closed digital world, taking attention away from these important connections. A new mode of design is necessary in the UK construction industry for it to sustain its competitiveness and address major 21st century issues such as climate change. Engineering research is often focused on tools, either those to add increasingly detailed data to a finite set of building components; or those to encode algorithms for simulating processes and behaviours. Yet Dr Whyte found that the introduction of integrated models on major projects and programmes has not improved effectiveness, but has instead had unintended and negative consequences. In some instances these include generating too much data; making work progress harder to track and displaying designs in ways that make them look reliable before they have been fully tested. There is a need to transform the research field by focusing on effective visualization of design data in both digital and physical design environments.Rapid developments in visual interfaces, largely driven by the gaming and entertainment industries, provide an opportunity to develop more intuitive interfaces, taking 3D digital models out of the 2D screen and making them visible within physical design environments. The aspiration is to make digital models central to the conversation between engineers, manufacturers, fabricators, assemblers, clients and users. There is the potential to sit around a model; to walk around it together; to overlay and interrogate multiple environmental simulations and to compare and contrast design intent with scanned as-built models. The proposed Design Innovation Research Centre (DIRC) will develop new ways of visualizing data for shared design inquiry. The team will scientifically study design activities; and develop novel engineering solutions. DIRC's scientific study team will capture best-practice on major international projects. DIRC's engineering solutions team will create new tools and processes for design innovation. As an open and networked laboratory, the Centre will be the hub of intellectual activity, spanning across disciplines with a virtual and physical presence and nodes in both university and industry. Through inter-disciplinary research and its strong connections with industry, DIRC will be able to react quickly, will operate at the forefront of the research area and will add value by developing skills that are needed within academia and industry. Challenging Engineering funding enables the applicant to bring together and develop a multidisciplinary team of researchers (from engineering, design, ICT, building science and management) to address the challenges of design in the digital economy. The Centre will extend Dr Whyte's trajectory of work, recognizes the importance of shared 3D visualization in decision-making and the need for flexible solutions that do not lock designers into particular approaches too early in the design process. It will thrive through strong research and through deep engagement with industrial partners and associate members. At the end of the Challenging Engineering funding period the Centre will be an internationally-excellent, sustainable, and actively-disseminating, centre of excellence in the UK for 21st century design innovation.
Planned Impact
1. Who will benefit from this research? The Design Innovation Research Centre (DIRC) will benefit the UK economy. In the first 5 years particular beneficiaries will be industry, policy and the younger members of society. Industrial users include engineers, designers, managers, clients and ICT developers. Policy users include engineering institutions, industry bodies, government departments and policy organizations. Younger members of society are the next generation of UK engineers. 2. How will they benefit from this research? Industry Users - Scientific studies of design practices (Theme 1) have the potential to increase the international competitiveness of the UK in high value areas of major projects and to develop new strategies, skills and capabilities for engineering excellence. Research on playful engineering and design innovation (Theme 2) will provide novel solutions for practicing engineers that enable new kinds of hybrid digital and physical design practices. Dr Whyte's team will work directly with engineers and designers from large international firms (e.g. Arup and Halcrow) and from SMEs (e.g. Fulcro) to ensure that they benefit from the new tools for design innovation. A wider set of engineers and designers will be engaged through workshops and seminars, such as the planned 2010 Institution of Civil Engineers seminars, and through the interactive website. Client managers in both the commercial private sector and in the public sector have little knowledge about how to specify and procure design. They have embraced the Design Quality Indicators (DQI), developed in Dr Whyte's prior research, as a checklist of relevant issues. The team will work with Vinci to develop new tools and approaches for design in the digital economy that help managers and clients to direct attention to the emerging critical issues. Collaboration with software developers such as Bentley and Inition will ensure that findings of the research are incorporated into next generation tools and that UK firms have access to the latest research outputs. Policy Users - This research is relevant to the major engineering institutions and industry bodies, including the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE); Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE); Royal Institution of British Architects (RIBA); Construction Industry Council (CIC); Constructing Excellence (CE). They will benefit from engagement in the research through setting professional agendas in the digital economy. National government departments such as BIS will benefit from the wider lessons from the international comparative work and access to the latest developments in tools and processes, and the work will develop insights that could also inform future OGC government procurement. Younger Members of Society - DIRC has benefits for the wider UK public, which it will engage through its digital infrastructure. In particular it will inspire younger members of society to consider engineering as a career, engaging with groups through National Science and Engineering week and the AIM Higher initiative, and running open days and hands-on workshops. The University's dedicated Wider Participation Office will facilitate this engagement. 3. What will be done to ensure that they benefit from this research? Communication and engagement plans include a fully interactive website with podcasts; sandpits with industrial collaborators; workshops and seminars; and wider outreach activities. There are detailed collaboration arrangements for engagement with industrial collaborators; for developing cross-disciplinary research skills; involving associate members and working in a digitally-enabled way with international scholars. Please see the attached Impact Plan for more details.
Organisations
- University of Reading (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Vinci Construction (Collaboration)
- Crossrail (Collaboration)
- Fulcro Engineering Services (Collaboration)
- Transport for London (Collaboration)
- Engineering Construction Strategies (ECS) Ltd (Collaboration)
- Halcrow Group (Collaboration)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Collaboration)
- Bentley Systems UK Ltd (Collaboration)
- Arup Group (Collaboration)
- Bentley Systems (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Jacobs (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Vinci (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Fulcro Engineering Services Ltd (Project Partner)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
People |
ORCID iD |
Jennifer Whyte (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Oliveira, S.
(2013)
The institutional work for new modes of evaluation-Emerging assessment criteria for evaluating sustainable architecture
in 29th EGOS Colloquim
Oliveira, S.
(2013)
Disentangling the material and symbolic in institutional logics-New modes of evaluation in sustainable architecture
in Logics seminar
Oliveira,S
(2012)
The search for consensus in sustainable architectural design-giving rise to new forms of institutional work
in Engineering Project Organization Conference (EPOC)
Ramalingam S
(2014)
Achieving reliability in transnational work on complex projects: new directions for research
in Engineering Project Organization Journal
Ramalingham, S.
(2012)
Towards a theoretical framework for the study of practices in global virtual engineering teams
in Engineering Project Organization Conference (EPOC)
Sacks R
(2015)
Safety by design: dialogues between designers and builders using virtual reality
in Construction Management and Economics
Shibeika, A.
(2013)
Digital delivery of infrastructure projects; impact and management issues within a project-based engineering firm
in IPGRC Conference
Stasis A
(2013)
A Critical Examination of Change Control Processes
in Procedia CIRP
Stasis, A.
(2014)
Improving construction-based change control: An exploration of current problems and future developments using the case of Crossrail
in Creative Construction Conference
Stasis, A.
(2013)
A critical examination of change control processes
in 2nd International Through-life Engineering Services Conference
Stasis, A.
(2013)
Building Information Modeling and Management in infrastructure programs: A scoping study in Crossrail
in The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 92nd Annual Meeting
Tee R
(2019)
Modular designs and integrating practices: Managing collaboration through coordination and cooperation
in Research Policy
Tombesi, P.; Whyte, J.
(2011)
The handbook of design management
Whyte J
(2010)
Coordination and control in project-based work: digital objects and infrastructures for delivery
in Construction Management and Economics
Whyte J
(2016)
Passing the baton? Handing over digital data from the project to operations
in Engineering Project Organization Journal
Whyte J
(2011)
Motivations for innovation in the built environment: new directions for research
in Building Research & Information
Whyte J
(2011)
Managing digital coordination of design: emerging hybrid practices in an institutionalized project setting
in Engineering Project Organization Journal
Whyte J
(2016)
Managing change in the delivery of complex projects: Configuration management, asset information and 'big data'
in International Journal of Project Management
Whyte J
(2013)
From projects into operations: lessons for data handover
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law
Whyte J
(2013)
Beyond the computer: Changing medium from digital to physical
in Information and Organization
Whyte J
(2017)
Visualizing practices in project-based design: tracing connections through cascades of visual representations
in Engineering Project Organization Journal
Whyte J
(2010)
Learning by Design: Visual Practices and Organizational Transformation in Schools
in Design Issues
Whyte J
(2019)
How Digital Information Transforms Project Delivery Models
in Project Management Journal
Description | Findings included the significant roles of digital innovation in project delivery; the potential of collaborative visualization in shared understanding of design in projects (where we, for the first time, developed new technologies for a mobile version of an immersive visualization environment that could be put up and used to interact with Building Information Models (BIM) within an hour); the potential for processes to collaboratively view BIM to design for safety and the relationship between learning in projects and firm-level digital strategies. |
Exploitation Route | This work has been put to use commercially (with a small firm developing a commercial version of the collaborative visualization environment) and built on in research, to understand emerging project delivery models, and to input into policy on the digital twin. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Transport |
URL | http://www.reading.ac.uk/designinnovation/ |
Description | The findings for this research have had impact on the economic competitiveness of the UK providing input into major projects, including London 2012, Crossrail and HS2. On Crossrail, for example, we collaborated in the use of augmented and virtual reality and configuration management and developed new insights on the hand-over of digital asset information to long-term owners and operators, informing the next generation of projects. |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Creative Economy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | BIM Policy |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | The research of the Design Innovation Research Centre had impact on the BIM policy agenda through my involvement in associated national committees such as the CIC BIM Forum, and through engagement with industry partners such as those on the advisory board. This research included new understandings of patterns of practice and outcomes, particularly in areas such as the hand-over of information from projects to infrastructure owners. |
Description | Construction Leadership Council (CLC) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | This is the main body for industry and the UK government to collaborate and interact, setting the agenda for the UK construction sector, and ensuring it delivers against the Industry Strategy. I sit on the board, and host a CLC working group to look at long-term roadmapping, liaising with other stakeholders, including the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Platform (I3P) and the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE). |
URL | http://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk |
Description | Crossrail 2 Expert Review Group on Digitally-aided Design |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Review Group on Digitally-aided Design |
Description | Crossrail BIM Core Industry Panel |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | BIM Core Industry Panel |
Description | Digital Framework Task Group (2018-) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | Treasury set this up to take forward the recommendations of the National Infrastructure Commission 'Data for the Public Good Report' I represent the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) and have been involved in the drafting of 'The Gemini Principles' setting out the approach for organizations to use digital twins. |
URL | https://www.cdbb.cam.ac.uk/DFTG |
Description | High Speed 2 (HS2) External BIM Advisory Group |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | External BIM Advisory Group |
Description | London 2012 Olympics Learning Legacy |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | The work on data handover that formed part of the London 2012 Olympics learning legacy programme has had an impact on the policies for data handover in the next generation of large infrastructure projects including Crossrail. The BIM agenda has established that getting the right information at the right time has significant economic impacts and can improve environmental sustainability of construction. Our work on data handover informs the workforce, taking lessons learnt and situating them in a broader research literature to improve the educational and skill level of those delivering major projects in the UK. |
URL | http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk/documents/pdfs/systems-and-technology/425009-231-data-trans... |
Description | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Industry Safety Strategy Group |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | This was set-up to hold the construction industry to account in implementing recommendations of the post Grenfell Review 'Building a Safer Future' (chaired by Dame Judith Hackitt) with members from professional bodies and firms in aviation and chemical industry, etc. |
Description | Transforming Construction Advisory Group (2018-) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | This has oversight of the £170m Industry Strategy Challenge Fund on 'Transforming Construction' set up as part of the Industry Sector Deal. |
URL | https://www.ukri.org/innovation/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/transforming-construction |
Description | Bentley Systems funding |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Bentley Systems UK Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2015 |
End | 09/2015 |
Description | Crossrail |
Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Crossrail |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 12/2016 |
Description | Crossrail Innovate 18 Programme |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Crossrail |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 01/2016 |
Description | Crossrail Innovate18 Programme |
Amount | £56,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Crossrail |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 01/2016 |
Description | EPSRC Through-life Engineering Services Centre feasibility study |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Cranfield University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2012 |
End | 11/2012 |
Description | ICE - Funded through Information Systems Panel |
Amount | £9,900 (GBP) |
Organisation | Institution of Civil Engineers |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2010 |
End | 12/2010 |
Description | IOSH Research Grants |
Amount | £108,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2010 |
End | 02/2012 |
Description | Laing O'Rourke Chair in Systems Integration |
Amount | £850,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Laing O'Rourke |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 10/2020 |
Description | Project Production Institute funding |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Project Production Institute |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 12/2015 |
Description | Stanford University funding |
Amount | $50,000 (USD) |
Organisation | Stanford University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United States |
Start | 03/2015 |
End | 06/2015 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Arup Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Bentley Systems UK Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Crossrail |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Engineering Construction Strategies (ECS) Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Fulcro Engineering Services |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Halcrow Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Transport for London |
Department | London Underground |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | DIRC Industrial advisory board |
Organisation | Vinci Construction |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Collaborator Contribution | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Impact | Design Innovation Research Centre Industry Advisory Board |
Start Year | 2010 |
Title | Mobile Visualization Environment (3D-MOVE 2) |
Description | A visualization set-up now used in a dedicated room at the University of Reading |
Type Of Technology | Physical Model/Kit |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | Yes, this is widely used by University of Reading and part of their publicity material - they report significant impact. |
Title | Mobile Visualization Environment (3D-MOVE) |
Description | We have developed a mobile visualization environment (3D-MOVE) that allows immersive viewing of construction models. This followed work with the CAVE in Reading. The 3D-MOVE has the same footprint, but is lightweight and can be set up and calibrated in under an hour. |
Type Of Technology | Physical Model/Kit |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | The 3D-MOVE has had a far-reaching effect on the international research community and industry partners, and it has been piloted at the Bentley Technology Day and Crossrail Young Professionals Conference. |
Description | 2013 Breakfast seminar at Clarkslegal and Kier |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Whyte gave an invited presentation to a breakfast seminar on BIM at Clarkslegal and Kier, Reading, UK, whch sparked questions and discussion. Impacts included a wider interest in the research from industrial participants and follow up correspondence with key practitioners. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | 2013 Configuration Management workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosted workshop on "Configuration Management" for Airbus, CERN and Crossrail, in Crossrail Offices, London, UK, to discuss findings of research and share best practice on configuration management in leading organizations. The workshop was an important step in the pilot study we conducted on this topic, has generated significant interest in the research in the associated organizations; and has stimulated the thinking of the research team, leading to a number of related conference and journal outputs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | 2013 Ecobuild |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Jennifer Whyte chaired Ecobuild 2013 session on "The Business Case for BIM: Economic and Environmental Drivers" as part of the "Better through BIM" seminars at the Ecobuild held at ExCeL, London, UK. The participation in this significant annual industry forum raised the profile of the Centre and showed its strong connections to the policy agenda around Building Information Modelling. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | 2013 Inaugural Meeting of the South West BIM Hub |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Jennifer Whyte was Sole invited presenter, talking on "Design innovation and digital data" to the Inaugural Meeting of the South West BIM Hub, Bristol, UK. Her presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards. The main impact was to disseminate research findings, and inform participants of the research and the related policy agenda on BIM. After this talk, there has been sustained contact with a few participants, with shared participation in a Linked-In group related to BIM for collaborative working. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | 2013 Innovate UK exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The EPSRC invited the team to have a stand at this Conference at Business Design Centre London, UK; and we thus took part in Innovate UK 2013 exhibition, hosted by the Technology Strategy Board and UK Trade & Investment. The stand showcased our research, and generated significant interest among participants at the conference. This included related research teams and practitioners with stands; and those that were participating in the Conference's wider programme of activities showcasing UK innovation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | 2013 Workshop for Infrastructure UK Client Working Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosted "Information and Digital Technologies" seminar for major infrastructure clients, in Reading, for . Presentations by research team: Dr Lobo, Dr Davies and myself; and UK Power Networks, Anglian Water, London Underground and Heathrow Airport with other representatives from Environment Agency, UK Power Networks, TFL, Highways Agency, Anglian Water and BAA. The seminar had an impact on major infrastructure clients, including UK Power Networks, Anglian Water, London Underground, Heathrow Airport, Environment Agency, TFL, Highways Agency, and BAA; and helped shape the work of the Infrastructure UK Client Working Group collaborative project teams programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | 2014 National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) conference in Washington DC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | "Digital Information across the Design/Construction Interface", and2 other presentations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014 Participation in the BIM level 3 workshops |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Whyte provided research input and engaged in debate on the 'culture' table of these workshops that provided input to the shaping government policy relating to level 3 BIM. The workshop participation built community in areas associated with the research; and made new audiences aware of the research capacity developed through the Centre. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014 Reading Collaboration Colloquium Industry Day, University of Reading, Malaysia. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Professor Jennifer Wyte on "Digitisation and BIM - a major project perspective for managing asset data" in University of Reading offices in in Johor Bahru The presentation generated significant interest among invited practitioners from across Asia, who had travelled from countries such as China, Vietnam, and others for the industry day, and the practitioners showed real interest in the research team's trajectory of work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference in Washington |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presented to the AFH30 Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) The presentation resulted in Professor Whyte being invited to participate as a member of the AFH30 Committee of TRB on Emerging Technologies, and to join the ASCE Committee on Digital Project Delivery |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014: Presentation "BIM and Big Data" Data in Construction - A G4C Constructing Excellence event, University of Westminster, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Young professionals organized event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSXjPzkER8A |
Description | 2014: Presentation "Digital Asset Information: Managing Data from Delivery into Operations" Great Railway Debate: How Britain's railways can meet the needs of the 21st century, University of Reading; |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | on the panel with Terry Morgan, Chairman of Crossrail; Rob Avery, Construction Planner for HS2 and Paul Newman, Network Rail |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014: Showcasing Mobile Visualization Environment (3D-MOVE) at the Crossrail Young Professionals conference, Westminster, London. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A show-case event for young professionals working with Crossrail |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2015: Institution of Civil Engineers Webinar "Managing change in the delivery of complex projects: configuration management, asset information and 'big data'" part of a series by the Infrastructure UK Client Working Group Collaborative Project Teams Programme. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This described our research in collaboration with the infrastructure UK client working group, disseminating findings to practicing engineers through IUK and ICE |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/managing-change-in-complex-projects |
Description | 2015: Invited panel member at the Industry Innovations Symposium at the CSCE International Construction Specialty Conference at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion with Canadian academia and industry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX-AvPePYBQ |
Description | Research placements for students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | 1. Digital Model Interaction: Towards a virtual reality toolbox for BIM data interaction - EPSRC Vacation Bursary £2,800, 10 weeks, 2014, principal investigator, co-investigators, Max Parfitt and Dragana Nikolic [internal]. 2. Visualising digital models; Towards a BIM repository for research and innovation - EPSRC Vacation Bursary £2,800, 10 weeks, 2013, principal investigator [internal]. 3. Immersive visualisation of building information models - Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) £1,250, 6 weeks, 2013, principal investigator [internal]. 4. Using laser scanning for data capture and Building Information Modelling - EPSRC Vacation Bursary £2,800, 10 weeks, 2012, principal investigator [internal]. 5. Mobile technologies and augmented reality on the UK construction site - EPSRC Vacation Bursary £2,800, 10 weeks, 2010, principal investigator [internal]. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2012,2013,2014 |