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Mission
To ensure the delivery of a valuable service to the ICE membership through the provision and development of Information Systems knowledge to help address relevant contemporary issues.
Objective
- To engender an understanding within the ICE membership that ICT is an enabler not a solution and hence people, process and technology factors will require their input for successful solution deployment.
- To create and maintain access to a breadth and depth of expertise drawn from the ICT and Construction Industries.
- To endeavour to reduce duplication of activities within this area in the industry whilst ensuring the ICE membership´s views and requirements are well represented.
- To provide independent best practice advice
Forward plan
- Development of best practice in ICT management systems
- To maximise output through links with external organisations such as the IT Construction Forum and the Avanti project
- Dissemination of practical knowledge
- Provide advice on IT routes to membership
- Reacting to civil engineering issues
- Project delivery initiative in collaboration with the OGC
- Informing and piloting software tools in a continued support for the development of the ICE Learned Society. For example, community building, remote conferencing and meeting technologies (interwise) to ensure regional and global attendance.
People
The Information Systems Panel is formed of a minimum of 6 people; one representative from each stakeholder group; academia, client, consultant, contractor, ICT supplier, government. This will be supplemented by a community of interest. Currently the group is trialing an online community website where their outputs for the year up to 2010 and routine activity are discussed and developed. This is invite only and has 74 members at present (Feb 2009). Accessible by clicking here
Contact Richard Armstrong (t: 020 7665 2411, e: richard.armstrong@ice.org.uk).
Current membership |
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Role |
| Phil Jackson |
Chair - Bentley Solutions |
| Jeff Stephens |
Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd |
| James Brayshaw |
Ordnance Survey |
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| Karl Williams |
Constructing Excellence |
| Tony Sudworth |
Business Consultant (Corresponding member) |
| Jennifer White |
Reader in Innovation and Design School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, UK |
| Karl Williams |
Constructing Excellence (Corresponding Members) |
| Mark Eadon |
Principal Engineer - Mott MacDonald |
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Phil Jackson - Bentley Solutions
Responsible for managing and developing Civil Engineering Professional Services for Bentley in their International Operating Unit. Served on the ICT panel or its for runner for 7 years first as a member then as Vice Chairman then four years as chairman from around 1994 (It used to be called CAMP). Through that vehicle held several successful evening meetings and conferences for ICE. Steered the Panel from CAMP (Computer Methods) to a wider remit Information Technology Panel. Served on the Editorial Panel for Civill engineering Proceedings from 2003 to 2006. Now a member of the Editorial Panel of the Management Law and Procurement Journal. Have represented ICE on the CPIC group since 2000. Joint Author of the Production Information Code of Procedure in 2003 and presented to ICE Council to get the report adopted by ICE. Worked with CPIC and Uniclass Standards group to introduce the development Uniclass standards for Civil Engineering expanding from its Building RIBA base. Details below: - CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INFORMATION COMMITTEE CPIC is the Construction Project Information Committee, responsible for providing best practice guidance on the content, form and preparation of construction production information, and making sure this best practice is disseminated throughout the UK construction industry.
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Jeff Stephens - Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd
Jeff graduated from Sheffield in 1979 and joined Taylor Woodrow as a civil engineer. He moved into computer applications where he was responsible for the Frame and Finite Element analysis programs. Over the following 15 years Jeff has specialised in building and construction ICT systems. He has contributed technically and managed a number of collaborative projects including CIMsteel, ATLAS and VEGA. He has been leading Taylor Woodrow´s implementation of the UK DTI AVANTI Programme, developing a new approach to collaborative working. Currently, Jeff is responsible for the ICT R&D activities in the ManuBuild integrated project, part of the EU 6th Framework Programme. Jeff is the community manager of the Construction Industry Trading Electronically (CITE), a board member of Building Smart (IAI) in the UK and a member of the British Standards Institution Technical Committee B/555.
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James Brayshaw - Board Director, Ordnance Survey
James joined the OS Board in 2001, responsible for customer relationships and market development. He has over 25 years´ IT technical and consultative management experience providing software solutions to the Civil Engineering Industry. He established the UK organisation for a US collaboration and e-commerce web solutions provider for the construction industry. James is a graduate from Manchester University with a BSc (Hons) degree in civil engineering, a Chartered Engineer, a Member of ICE and sits on the Geospatial and IT Advisory panels. |
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Tony Sudworth – Business Consultant (Corresponding Member)
Tony has worked in IT for 28 years, first with IBM and then for software companies in the US and Germany. He is a Chartered IT Practitioner (CITP) with the British Computer Society and a member of the Institute of Business Consulting (CMC). He is currently a Senior Business Consultant for Companies House in Cardiff developing an Information Management strategy and Target Operational Model to support the long term corporate strategy.
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Karl Williams (Corresponding Member) -Asite
Karl joined Asite in July 2008 as Marketing Manager and is responsible for promoting Asite´s Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to the construction industry and to the wider business and industrial community sectors. He is responsible for raising the profile of the company through the press, the Asite website and promotional events and other opportunities. Karl was previously employed by Constructing Excellence in April 2004 and was responsible for The IT Construction Forum, upkeep of the helpdesk, website content management services, and production of e-newsletter communications from Constructing Excellence. Prior to that, Karl worked for the Building Research Establishment (BRE) on secondment to the Construction Best Practice Programme (CBPP). In 1997, Karl was employed as a CAD technician for Entec Plc working predominantly on site CAD renderings for the refurbishment of UK RAF and Canadian Military sites. He has 11 years of working in the construction industry.
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Dr Jennifer Whyte - Reader in Innovation and Design School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, UK
Jennifer is a Reader in Innovation and Design at the University of Reading. Her contribution to the IS Panel, based of her research trajectory and experience in this area, contributes academic expertise and addresses the panel's objectives. In her research, she addresses the role of information systems in the design, co-ordination and governance of infrastructure and building projects. She leads a project on 'Infrastructure through Life: Technology Use in Global Projects'. Collaborates with a number of groups nationally and internationally (e.g. in Europe and the USA) and also work in close collaboration in industry, working with many leading firms and attending events and conferences such as FIATECH.
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Mark Eaden - Principal Engineer with Mott MacDonald Railways.
Mark is a Chartered Civil Engineer with a broad experience of the design and implementation of the railway as a system, taking into consideration all discipline requirements from signalling to operations, to asset management and maintenance. Proven track record of innovation and free-thinking which has resulted in tangible savings in time and money at all levels of project involvement covering design process, design deliverables and project implementation. Recently developing design techniques to take advantage of technological advances in the field of 3D modelling and simulation to achieve significant cost savings and risk reduction |
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