Stop, Collaborate, and Listen

Description

Key Learnings

• Identify and implement new digital ways of working
• Define what tools may help in the short and medium term to achieve quick wins to maintain momentum.
• Implement Revit in electrical infrastructure projects in a phased approach, allow existing 2d CAD users to upskill gradually
• How to implement Autodesk Construction Cloud in a large infrastructure organisation while delivering projects.

Speakers

• MM

  Michael Milligan

  I’m an Engineering Manager with a background in project management, asset engineering and project engineering at client-based infrastructure organisations. Digital for me started at when moving from the drawing board to AutoCAD, at school I undertook an advanced higher in Graphical communication, and was the first year to work on AutoCAD 3D modelling and rendering. This early introduction shaped shaped how I approached education and my career. Working at Scottish Canals as project manager/asset engineer I was within a team developing from a largely paper/spreadsheet based asset management system in to one with digital GIS at its core, I gave a talk hosted by the Institute of Civil Engineers on digital asset engineering on the canals, and ever since I’ve been pushing digital improvement in each role I have undertaken. My role as senior civil engineer at Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks SSEN, responsible for the technical improvement of the civil project engineering team, gave me the remit to lead real change within a discipline. That’s where I started to seriously develop digital practices, my first major win was to work with the CAD team in-house civil 3D capabilities. This brought instant benefit to the engineering development and risk reduction however we wanted more, multi-discipline collaboration was where the real value lay. That brought me working closer with the other engineering disciplines, IT and CAD to develop tools and practices for project wide collaboration and decision making, I have helped to implement a philosophy of digital improvement through in-flight projects, successfully implementing a wide range of design tools to support large scale infrastructure development.
• CM

  Clare Montgomery

  I studied CAD Drafting techniques, 3D modelling and visualisations as a mature student in 2007 and was the only UK finalist in Autodesk Worldwide Student Community 'build something' in my first year. After completing my studies, I worked for a consultancy creating AutoCAD libraries, and standards while doing detail design for High Voltage substations. From there, I joined SSEN Transmission where I have worked since 2014. I was heavily involved in driving the growth & evolution of the team from 2D AutoCAD designs through to 3D collaborative working in Autodesk Construction Cloud, making plenty of mistakes and learning lots along the way. Outside of work, I attended night-classes from 2017 – 2019 to complete a Batchelors Degree in Engineering Management. I was awarded the court medal by the university for the best overall student performance. Later, I attended night-classes from 2019-2020 and achieved a professional development award in BIM from NCL - whos program won best BIM training program in the UK.