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Workplace Strategy Summit 2018 Recap – Smart Work Environments

Operational Intelligence Team Members Daniel Wright and David Murray at Workplace Strategy Summit NSW 2018

The Latest in Achieving a Smart Workplace

Operational Intelligence would like to thank all those that attended the Workplace Strategy Summit 2018 on August 21-22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, hosted by Forefront Events.

The Workplace Strategy Summit 2018 tackled some of the biggest issues driving workplace development, growth and success. Operational Intelligence was proud to come together with the industry’s established and emerging leaders, thought leaders and trendsetters to refresh thinking about the workplace environment and connect with peers. The Summit involved two days of cutting-edge sessions, including headline keynotes, expert panels, case studies and networking events.

Key Takeaways from the Workplace Strategy Summit 2018:

  • The future of work – a continually evolving landscape
  • Long-term property strategy – unsustainable strategies will not succeed
  • Collaboration across a flexible workplace – ensure success and adaptability
  • Ensuring experience is always front of mind – determining key decisions with a key driver in place
  • Attracting and retaining millennials – inclusive strategies needed

Day 1 of the Workplace Strategy Summit 2018 saw our Customer Insights & Innovations Manager, David Murray, lead a roundtable discussion. This discussion highlighted the importance of designing and delivering smart workplace environments that increased workplace efficiencies to result in better-satisfied employees, who work smarter, happier and better.

Invest in a Smart Workplace to Achieve Top-Line Growth

With competition rife amongst all sectors, workplace operations are at a tipping point. Workplaces are experiencing staff turnover at a greater rate – an unsustainable long-term strategy.

To create a sustainable workplace strategy you must transform workplace operations by developing strength in technology, culture, workplace design, leadership, automation, efficiencies, and knowledge.

As employee expectations become harder to meet, your thinking must extend beyond the normal environment considerations. Aside from upskilling workforces, empowering them, and exploring new labour models, the shift must go beyond to the workplace environment.

To attract and maintain the right talent, focus on delivering the best workplace experience based on daily interactions and efficiencies. For talent in the workplace, ‘time’ is an ongoing challenge. Enterprises must reimagine their operations, with automation and digital efficiencies (eg. AI) at the centre of their strategy. As automation becomes faster, smarter and quicker over time, you can also uncover other new revenue streams to fundamentally transform operations. Ease, effectiveness, and emotion are key drivers of great talent. Make this a cornerstone of your workplace experience strategy.

A Smart Strategy Underpins Transformative Workplace Environments

Creating a great workplace environment does not have to involve high costs. Instead, it could start from a simple reinvention of established technology, data, and operations — leveraging automation, data, and employees together to make operations more efficient.
The workplace must be agile enough to react to employees changing expectation. They need to put ‘smart’ at the core of their operations to combat staff turnover and maintain their talent through insight and analysis.
Through targeted workplace improvement strategies you will be able to increase the level of employee satisfaction. Operational Intelligence is committed to helping our clients build flexible and successful workplaces. If you have a vision for a smart workplace personalised strategy, discuss it with us and we will endeavour to make it happen. Our experts will create a package that suits your company objectives, get in touch with us today to start working on a smart solution for your business

Workplace Strategy Summit NSW 2018 Attendees

The Workplace Strategy Summit 2018 session attendees


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Workplace Strategy Summit NSW 2018

Operational Intelligence Workplace Strategy Summit NSW 2018 sponsors

Harness smart technology to drive collaboration while improving productivity and efficiency across the workplace

Workplace Strategy Summit NSW 2018 | 21 – 22 August 2018 | NSW, Sydney

 

Operational Intelligence is proud to be sponsoring the Workplace Strategy Summit NSW 2018. A two-day conference that will cover the technology, culture, workplace design and leadership components to creating a workplace for success. The Workplace Strategy Summit will take place on 21 – 22 August at the Sydney Cricket Ground (Moore Park Rd, Moore Park NSW 2021, Get directions >)

Imagine being able to use your mobile to interact with your building, and make your day more efficient and effective as soon as you wake up. With Operational Intelligence’s smart workplace solutions, you can achieve this and more. We believe a strong digital foundation is essential to a smart workplace that increases workplace productivity and efficiency, as well as attracting and maintaining the right talent. To remain competitive in a changing landscape, it is a necessity to use smart workplace strategies to improve productivity and business outcomes.

Attend the Workplace Strategy Summit NSW 2018 to learn more about how businesses are using smart workplace to increase their productivity and profits. Uncover the many smart possibilities achievable for your business and workplace. Network with smart spaces leaders, and learn from smart workplace experts.
Operational Intelligence will be leading a roundtable discussion on Smart Building and the value of the User Journey.

Operational Intelligence User Journey

You’ll hear about how our amazing clients use Operational Intelligence smart workplace solutions to maximise their workplace efficiency with breakout technology and achieve something new that heightens the workplace experience. You can also find us in the Exhibition area after the roundtable for one-on-one conversations about your business.
Key topics to be discussed:

  • Business cases for Digital Workplace initiatives
  • Align digital workplace and business strategy
  • Getting the key stakeholders in place to support the transition
  • Aligning technology, people and property
  • Collaboration tools and platforms

View the detailed agenda here.

So come along and join in on the discussion to learn how to maximise the creative potential of your workforce and enable new ways of working that deliver better business outcomes.


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Operational Intelligence Team Awarded by Barangaroo JLL Contractors

Operational Intelligence Award Winning Team with Barangaroo JLL team

Barangaroo JLL Contractor Awards

We are very honoured to announce that Operational Intelligence have won a trio of awards at the Barangaroo JLL Contractor End of Financial Year Event. The awards recognise contractors, due to their service to, and collaboration with, the Barangaroo JLL team for Tower 1.

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is a global real estate services firm specialising in commercial property and investment management.

Operational Intelligence team members received awards for:

  • Rising Star – Mitchell Hurry, OI Project Engineer
  • Excellent Service – Taleah Derrick, OI Project Engineer
  • Service Support since PC – Farhang Irani, OI Project Engineer

We’re deeply grateful for this recognition and would like to thank the JLL team for this honour.

Operational Intelligence worked closely with Project Managers for the Barangaroo project to design and deliver a smart solution that would transform the buildings into interactive highly efficient towers that increase productivity and workplace efficiency. We delivered an Open Building System Integration (OBSI) that was powered by iViva. This integration platform tied together multiple silos systems across the Barangaroo South Precinct (including – One International Towers Sydney, Two International Towers Sydney, Three International Towers Sydney, and Shared Services (the Basement). These systems ranged between the precinct’s HVAC system, lighting, security, lifts, Energy Management System (EMS), hydraulics and more. The integration of these subsystems provides property management teams, tenants, contractors, and various stakeholders, varying levels of visualisation and control of these subsystems, as well as data analytics and the opportunities to integrate seamless multi-system workflows.

Operational Intelligence Team Awarded by Barangaroo JLL Contractors 2018

The Operational Intelligence team along with the JLL Property Managers of Barangaroo Tower 1.
From left to right: Martin Patel (OI Project Team Leader), Edward Linklater (Property Services Manager, Shared Services), Mitchell Hurry (OI Project Engineer), Fahrang Irani (OI Project Engineer), Taleah Derrick (OI Project Engineer), Alfina Volpato (General Manager – One International Towers), Ian Fell-Gordon (OI Engineering Manager) & Ted Yurka (Property Services Manager – One International Towers)

Operational Intelligence are consultant specialists in creating smart cities, buildings and workplaces to increase workplace efficiencies and productivity, through the intelligent integration of people, processes and systems. Contact us today to start working on a smart solution for your business.


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Smart BIM Launch 2018 Recap – Digital Transformation for Businesses

Smart BIM Launch Speakers for Digital Transformations for Businesses

Bringing digital transformation for businesses to the forefront.

On Wednesday May 9th, Operational Intelligence, alongside Eutech, Certis & CohnReznick was honored to launch the new iViva Smart Building Information Modeling (BIM) Platform, which offers a completely optimal way to undertake digital transformation for businesses. The new iViva platform is the one source solution for digital twin and operational BIM, leading digital transformation for businesses.

Thank you to all those that joined us for the iViva Smart BIM Launch!

The launch was attended by over 60 industry guests, who gathered at the Sofitel Sydney in Darling Harbour to find out about the new iViva Smart BIM. Guests heard about the digital transformations taking place in the building industry. The launch also covered the importance of digital transformation for businesses and the value and benefit of lifecycle BIM for smart spaces.

For those who weren’t able to attend:

  • David Murray (Operational Intelligence, Customer Insights & Innovations Manager) introduced Smart Buildings and the move beyond SCADA level integration to intuitive virtual models.
  • Ross Miller (NOI CEO) spoke about focusing on the value of Smart Buildings.
  • Dr Hari (Eutech CEO) covered Digital Transformation, going forward with Digital Twin and the Commission to Operate Process.
  • Poey Choon Poh & Qian Yun (Certis Cisco Representatives) discussed a complete IOT and Digital Twin live project implementing powerful insights across an entire building. The project demonstrated FM management, People Management, Environmental Management, Security & Incident Management, Smart Office Management.
  • Lakshan Weerasekera (Eutech Pacific BDM) then treated the audience to a special demonstration of the new iViva smart BIM platform.

You can watch a demonstration here:

Smart BIM virtual reality internal

Smart BIM virtual reality Building

Praise for the iViva Smart BIM Launch 2018:

“I was impressed by the quality of iViva and the related features that were presented on the day. The tool addresses some of the key data-analytics and visualisation, and management functions that will become increasingly relevant in the construction and property industries.”
– Dominik Holzer Owner of AEC Connect Consulting

In the coming years, building technologies is a space that will see major changes. As the building experience continues to change, digital transformation is imperative for all. Get all the information required to make smarter decisions and drive better business outcomes by harnessing the latest digital technologies. These leverage off BIM and real-time data so you can get all the information required to make smarter decisions and drive better business outcomes. If you want to know how to stay ahead of the game, contact us to discuss the digital transformation of your buildings.

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The iViva Smart BIM Launch attendees


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Smart BIM Launch 2018

Smart BIM Launch

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018,
SYDNEY, NSW

Smarten up your Spaces

Smart Buildings have never been smarter..

With technology advances happening faster than ever – it’s time to stop managing buildings in the traditional fashion, and start doing things drastically different.

Technological advances now represent an opportunity for workplaces, buildings and cities to create more efficiencies, reduce wasted time and grow higher margins. The Smart BIM Launch is the place to learn about this.

Integrated buildings have moved beyond simple SCADA level integration where extra low voltage systems’ (ELVS) such as Building Automation, Energy Management, Security andLighting are integrated on a common user interface. Nowadays, Smart Buildings don’t focus on brands and protocols and are vendor neutral at the system level.
True Smart Buildings interconnect people, processes and systems to optimise how a building is used and occupied. They move past simply managing maintenance, energy, comfort control, access control and EWIS, they automate human processes, they manage space utilisation, they intuitively reduce the operational waste within that building. Join us at our free “Smart BIM Launch” Seminar at Sofitel Sydney Darling Habour (right next door to the ARBS Exhibition) on Wednesday 9th May to learn how.

Discover how to enhance building performance, better manage portfolio risk and liquidity, transform the tenant and user experience and create new revenue streams through BIM.

Understand the right tools to better plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure.

Learn how to access and analyse the right data to save on building energy consumption, time and money, through open platform systems that remove the common headaches aligned with integrating new systems with existing ones.

At the ‘Smart BIM Launch’ Sessions for building and facility managers, developers, consultants at all levels, you’ll hear:

WHY conventional building management may be sabotaging your efficiency, success and profitability

WHAT Smart Building Information Modelling (BIM) means for your building and operations and how to use it to better your building and those tenants that work or live within it

HOW BIM has already worked to successfully advance others with a different strategy approach

WHO IT’S FOR

The Smart BIM Launch is the event for everyone wanting to learn how to use and generate value from building spaces through digital technologies and real-time data.

Smarten up your Spaces

With technology advances happening faster than ever – it’s time to stop managing buildings in the traditional fashion, and start doing things drastically different.

Technological advances now represent an opportunity for workplaces, buildings and cities to create more efficiencies, reduce wasted time and grow higher margins. The Smart BIM Launch is the place to learn about this.

Integrated buildings have moved beyond simple SCADA level integration where extra low voltage systems’ (ELVS) such as Building Automation, Energy Management, Security andLighting are integrated on a common user interface. Nowadays, Smart Buildings don’t focus on brands and protocols and are vendor neutral at the system level.
True Smart Buildings interconnect people, processes and systems to optimise how a building is used and occupied. They move past simply managing maintenance, energy, comfort control, access control and EWIS, they automate human processes, they manage space utilisation, they intuitively reduce the operational waste within that building. Join us at our free “Smart BIM Launch” Seminar at Sofitel Sydney Darling Habour (right next door to the ARBS Exhibition) on Wednesday 9th May to learn how.

Discover how to enhance building performance, better manage portfolio risk and liquidity, transform the tenant and user experience and create new revenue streams through BIM.

Understand the right tools to better plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure.

Learn how to access and analyse the right data to save on building energy consumption, time and money, through open platform systems that remove the common headaches aligned with integrating new systems with existing ones.

At the ‘Smart BIM Launch’ Sessions for building and facility managers, developers, consultants at all levels, you’ll hear:

WHY conventional building management may be sabotaging your efficiency, success and profitability

WHAT Smart Building Information Modelling (BIM) means for your building and operations and how to use it to better your building and those tenants that work or live within it

HOW BIM has already worked to successfully advance others with a different strategy approach

WHO IT’S FOR

The Smart BIM Launch is the event for everyone wanting to learn how to use and generate value from building spaces through digital technologies and real-time data.

SPEAKERS

  • David Murray OI – MC
  • Poey Choon Poh, LEE Certis
  • Qian Yun, KEK Certis
  • Ross Miller, NOI
  • Hari Gunasingham, Eutech
  • Lakshan Weerasekera, Eutech
  • Dominik Holzer, AEC
  • Connect consulting

LOCATION

Murphy Room, Sofitel, Sydney Darling Harbour, 12 Darling Dr, Sydney NSW 2000
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AGENDA

3:00PM

Welcome drinks and canapes

4:00PM

Welcome
Opening speech
Value Proposition
Value Proposition
Smart BIM for Ops
Live Examples
Q&A

6:00PM

Drinks, Canapes and Networking

Download the smart BIM Launch Invitation here.


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Operational Intelligence Proudly Sponsor the TEFMA Strategic Asset Management Workshop

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Develop best practice strategic asset management in the Australasian Tertiary Education Sector

 

TEFMA Strategic Asset Management Workshop | 20 -21 February 2018 | Hobart, Tasmania

 

Operational Intelligence is proud to be sponsoring the TEFMA Strategic Asset Management Workshop. A two-day workshop that will provide the information and contextual understanding to develop best practice strategic asset management in the Australasian Tertiary Education Sector.  20-21 February at the University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay campus, Hobart, Tasmania.

If you are looking for vital strategic and operational infrastructure and services support in the tertiary education in the Australasian region, this is the workshop for you.
The Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association (TEFMA) is an independent association of facilities managers operating in the tertiary education sector of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. TEFMA assists facilities managers in universities, colleges and other educational institutions in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting excellence in the planning, construction, maintenance, operations and administration of educational facilities.
The TEFMA Strategic Asset Management Workshop will feature a range of industry experts and professional speakers presenting on best practice strategic asset management with sessions on:

  • The Importance of Strategic Asset Management to the Institutional Strategic Plan
  • Benchmarking and the use of ‘big data’
  • Contemporary standards for delivering all aspects of asset management
  • Systems to support good Strategic Asset Management

Each theme will be followed by a panel Q & A giving all participants the opportunity to discuss and challenge ideas on these very relevant topics.

View the full program here.

You’ll also be able to find Smart Workplace expert David Murray at the Operational Intelligence Table, who will be giving a brief presentation on The Future of Asset Management and Smart BIM Integrations. 


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Operational Intelligence Nominated as Finalist for 2017 ControlTrends Awards

Operational Intelligence Finalist in ControlTrends Awards CTA

Operational Intelligent’s, David Murray, smart building expert, has been nominated as a finalist for the 2017 ControlTrends (CTA) Awards

 

CTA Awards Dinner | Hard Rock Cafe | 21 January 2018 | Chicago

 

Operational Intelligence is proud to have been nominated as a finalists for the 2017 ControlTrends Awards.

ControlTrends and the ControlTrends Academy were created to provide HVAC and industrial controls professionals with a place to learn and share information about the rapidly changing world of commercial and industrial controls.

We are delighted to announce that our smart cities, buildings and workplace expert David Murray has made it into the finalist category for Progressive Consulting Engineer of the Year (Demonstrated Industry Leadership in Advancing the Smart Building).

David is the Customer Insights & Innovations Manager for Operational Intelligence. He has a strong background in Automotive, HVAC, BMS and Integration software solutions, developed over 20+ years in the building services and automation industry.

Throughout his career, Murray has worked with many customers on numerous projects and solutions. His current focus is working with building owners, developers and portfolio managers to help them achieve the best outcomes for asset performance and human productivity in the race for digital transformation of buildings, cities and workspaces.

The ControlTrends Awards voting process is not only open to controls professionals but the whole industry, so everyone is also welcome to participate and place their vote. You can only vote once, but feel free to send the link and share this ballot with your co-workers and colleagues! Click here to start the nomination process.

Thank you – we appreciate your support!

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Smart Buildings Expert, David Murray


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Operational Intelligence Exhibiting Smart Buildings Summit 2017

Smart Buildings Summit 2017 Operational Intelligence Booth 8

Explore the Opportunities of the Internet of Things (IoT)

 

Smart Buildings Summit 2017 | 28 -29 November 2017, Sydney

 

Are you interested in enabling dramatically more efficient building operations and growing your margins? Do you want to enhance your tenant relationships and generate new revenue opportunities?

The Smart Buildings Summit is the IoT event for everyone wanting to learn how to use and generate value from building spaces through digital technologies and real-time data. 28-29 November at The Holme Building, The University of Sydney.

Technological advances now represents an opportunity for workplaces, buildings and cities to create more efficiencies, reduce wasted time and grow higher margins. The Summit is the place to learn about this.

The Smart Building Summit will feature leading local and international expert speakers who will demonstrate how IoT can be leveraged. Discover how to enhance building performance, better manage portfolio risk and liquidity, transform the tenant and user experience and create new revenue streams through IoT.

The Smart Building Summit will connect you with senior executives from Commercial Real Estate, Facilities Management, developers and construction companies, architecture and design firms. Gain industry insights, discover new strategies & source innovative trends supporting smart buildings and IoT.

Visit us at Booth #8 to see how we can provide the insight and tools to better plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure. Learn how to access and analyse the right data to save on building energy consumption, time and money, through open platform systems that remove the common headaches aligned with integrating new systems with existing ones.

There are two days of discussions focused on how the IoT is fundamentally changing the way buildings are designed, built and operated, and the advantages to you.

You’ll also be able to find Smart Workplace expert David Murray on Day 1 at Round Table 5 between 2.25pm –  3.40pm discussing Building Information Modelling (BIM) for smart built environments and how you can apply it to really make your spaces smart.


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Future of HVAC 2017 Recap – Intelligent Buildings

The Premier Learning and Network Event

Operational Intelligence would like to thank all those that attended the AIRAH Future of HVAC Conference 2017 on September 13-14 at Doltone House in Pyrmont. Being the premier learning and networking event in AIRAH’s calendar, it was a great opportunity for industry members to come together and contemplate the technology, challenges and new approaches confronting the industry. The presentations by industry speakers covered everything from intelligent buildings through to big data, passive-house applications, transcritical CO2 refrigeration systems, and indoor environment quality, among other topics. Operational Intelligence speaker David Murray delivered a presentation focused on intelligent buildings and the current advancements of Building Information Modelling (BIM), particularly related to increasing energy efficiency, cost effectiveness and productivity and time savings for cities, buildings and workplaces.

Buildings and HVAC systems waste huge amounts of energy on a daily basis. Inefficient heating and air conditioning operating in silos are easy targets for cost reduction. Water use and lighting are others. By modeling utility and energy use systems, FMs can better understand where inefficiencies occur and then implement conservation measures and provide cost saving opportunities.

Smart buildings promise to improve efficiency by connecting these systems to reduce operating costs and increase the safety, productivity and quality of life of tenants and employees.

Operational Intelligence are consultant specialists in the intelligent integration of people, processes and systems to reduce energy intake and increase efficiencies, contact us to start working on a smart solution for you. We look forward to seeing you at the next event!

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Attendees at the Conference

David Murray presenting at the Future of HVAC 2017
David Murray presenting at Future of HVAC Conference 2017
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Operational Intelligence presenting BIM at Future of HVAC Conference 2017

Explore the advances, ideas, and innovations driving the future of HVAC.

Future of HVAC 2017 | 13 -14 September 2017, Sydney

 

Are you interested in finding out about the new technologies and materials driving the HVAC industry? Do you want to find out about what new innovative ideas the industry is drumming up? Interested in exploring the advances of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and how it can benefit your HVAC systems?

Now in its fifth year, the Future of HVAC Conference is the event for everyone wanting to see what opportunities are available in the HVAC industry’s future. It is the event to contemplate the challenges, technology, and bright new ideas that await. 13-14 November at the Doltone House Darling Island Wharf. 

Industry leaders will explore the advances, ideas, and innovations that are driving the HVAC industry’s future. The discussion will encompass not only new HVAC technologies and materials, but advances in future design processes, HVAC and smart grids, net-zero buildings, big data, and several other topics.

There are two days of discussions focused on the advances coming up in the HVAC industry, the advantages and how you can apply them.

Operational Intelligence, smart workplace expert David Murray will be presenting at the conference, speaking about Building Information Modeling (BIM), what is it and the opportunities that are available now because of this technological advance.

The problem that cities, buildings and workplaces currently face is that integrated buildings have moved beyond simple SCADA level integration, where extra-low voltage systems (ELVS) such as building automation, energy management, security and lighting are integrated on a common user interface.

Smart Buildings have the benefit of integrating building system data into a real-time 3D-rendered virtual model that allow the user to “walk” through their virtual building, clicking on assets and equipment as they go. This 3D model is built from the BIM file and is a single storage point for technical data, service information, commissioning records, and any relevant information associated with that asset. This data and document management benefits the construction teams and is tied to that asset for the life of the building, also benefiting the facility managers through the buildings lifecycle.

If you are struggling with multiple processes, systems and technologies and want to remove the headaches that comes along with this, come along and speak to Dave at the Future of HVAC conference, or contact us now.


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