Prof. Tuan Ngo

Research Program Leader – Building Transformation, Building 4.0 CRC and Program Leader, University of Melbourne

Prof Tuan Ngo is the Research Director of the Building 4.0 CRC, a $130m initiative to transform the building industry in Australia. He is also the Research Director of the ARC Centre for Prefabricated Modular Housing. Prof Ngo has been named the best in the world in the field of Composite Materials in 2022. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). He is a member of the ARC College of Experts and a member of the European Research Council (ERC) Expert Panel for Physical Sciences and Engineering. He also received Scopus Research Award in 2022 and the Award for Excellence in Concrete by the Concrete Institute of Australia-Vic Branch in 2017 and 2023. He is the two-time winner of the University of Melbourne Excellence Award for Industry-engaged Research in 2017 and 2020.

FCON-Tech 2024 Agenda

INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS:

Access Coins

Access COINS is cloud-based construction management software that provides a sophisticated central system for construction businesses to manage every step of the construction lifecycle.

Our ERP system has been developed by experts within the industry to provide a range of features and functionalities specifically designed to meet the challenges and dynamics of the Australian construction industry.

Access COINS is part of The Access Group. Access has over 30 years of experience, 7,000 staff, 100,000+ global customers, and partners with more than 1,000 leading construction businesses.

www.theaccessgroup.com/en-au/construction

Project On Track

www.projectontrack.net

Project On Track is a cutting-edge Construction ERP platform designed to streamline project management, accounting, payroll, and document management for the construction industry. Our integrated, cloud-based solution empowers businesses to track progress, costs, earned Value, and performance in real time, improving collaboration across teams, and productivity and enhancing decision-making. With features like centralized document management including digital templates and forms, vendor invoice management, scope of work integration from project Estimate, Schedules integration from Primavera P6 and real-time earned value tracking, Project On Track helps construction companies mitigate risks and achieve timely project delivery. Trusted by industry leaders, our platform is built to handle projects of all scales, globally, ensuring seamless operations across multiple currencies and time zones.

1Breadcrumb

The app for managing subcontractor safety across all your projects. 1Breadcrumb streamlines and automates site safety, creating a central data hub for site and office teams. 1Breadcrumb makes safety simple, efficient, collaborative and accessible. With customisable workflows, construction companies can streamline the process of collecting, reviewing, storing and updating critical safety documentation. The best part – it all integrates with Procore.

1breadcrumb.com

Cupix

Cupix is a Spatial Digital Twin software company on a mission to enable the construction industry to maximise project outcomes by mirroring construction sites into virtual spaces in minutes.

Combining AI and BIM technologies, Cupix’s flagship product, CupixWorks, is a SaaS platform which transforms 360 photos taken by off-the-shelf 360 cameras into virtual Spatial Digital twins and provides a cloud based unified platform for industry data formats. CupixWorks leverages AI to provide construction progress insights to customers.

CupixWorks is used by Building and Infrastructure clients spanning across projects such as high rise buildings, data centres, processing plants, railway stations and tunnels, and more. Our customers rely on CupixWorks to enhance collaboration, speed up decision-making, reduce risk, and improve overall project outcomes. Headquartered in San Francisco, and located in Korea, Australia and UK. Cupix was founded in 2015.

For more information visit https://www.cupix.com/

Bridgit

Bridgit is #1 workforce planning software for construction. Bridgit’s mission is simple — help contractors streamline operations and navigate workforce planning complexities by taking a people-first approach.

Bridgit’s workforce planning solutions transform data into actionable insights that inform an organization’s strategic and tactical business decisions. With the ability to think about your workforce intelligently, contractors can attract, grow, and retain top talent.

www.bridgit.com.au

Build Australia

Build Australia is a quarterly magazine distributed in print and online, focused on the Australian construction industry.

The magazine is distributed to readers in Australia and globally, with the primary audience including builders, architects, and industry organisations.

A comprehensive resource for its target audience, it provides news, in-depth analysis, and specialised content.

buildaustralia.com.au

HammerTech

Built for construction, HammerTech’s safety intelligence software platform was created to improve worker safety and solve site efficiency challenges. Launched in 2013, the breadth, deep insights and expertise of HammerTech is now trusted by over 20,000 projects led by some of construction’s best contractors – including ADCO, Icon, Hutchinson, Kane, and Mirvac – to make their jobsites among the safest in the world.

www.hammertech.com

ACUITE

acuitehq.com

Save 80% of your time and effort spent on analytics and reporting with Acuite, and gain control to protect your profits and stay compliant.

Seamlessly integrate data from your favorite construction tools.
Monitor every project detail in one centralized location (Financials, R&O, HSEQ, Program…).
Create project monthly reports and company dashboards in minutes.
Easily capture comments, tasks, and additional information as required.
Benchmark and evaluate your supply chain efficiency easily.

Sablono

www.sablono.com

Sablono is a construction quality management software designed to foster seamless collaboration among principal contractors, subcontractors, and both onsite and offsite teams. By integrating quality and compliance into an interconnected workflow, Sablono replaces reactive defect documentation with proactive quality and progress management. Plan detailed activities, attach QA checklists, and track everyone’s work status in real-time to ensure you get it right the first time. Trusted by the world’s leading contractors and organisations, including Richard Crookes on the City Tattersalls Club Redevelopment and Lendlease on the iconic One Sydney Harbour project, Sablono delivers a smarter solution to construction’s toughest challenges.

SureWorx

Sureworx is a comprehensive, one-stop construction technology platform that caters to the needs of Head Contractors, Sub-contractors & Asset Owners alike. We’re aggregating various point solutions into an easy-to-use, secure cloud-based platform, serving as the fourth digital pillar in the construction company solution stack. Other three pillars being ERP software, Projects Control Software and domain specific Engineering Software.

Our modular design comprises of crucial capabilities like Quality Management, Health & Safety, End-to-End Asset Lifecycle, Document and Resource Management, Subcontractor & Supplier Management – each crafted to address specific construction management needs while offering a seamless and integrated experience.

SureWorx specialises in Nation Building Projects, Renewable Projects and builds that require co-ordination, collaboration and role-based access across complex multi-party scenarios.

With Sureworx, you’re not just adopting a technology solution; you’re embracing a holistic approach to construction management that’s designed for the future. Our powerful platform converts real-time data into actionable insights, helping you build better, safer, and more efficiently.

sureworx.io

Cadgroup

www.cadgroup.com.au

ACIF

The Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) is the trusted voice of the Australian construction industry. ACIF facilitates and supports an active dialogue between key players in residential and non-residential building, and engineering construction, other industry groups, and government agencies. ACIF’s focus is on innovation, collaboration, equity and sustainability for the industry. ACIF Members are among the most significant associations in the industry, spanning the entire asset creation process from feasibility through design, cost planning, construction, building and management. ACIF harnesses the resources of its members to research and develop initiatives that benefit businesses of all sizes, from the largest of construction companies to small consultancies. More information on ACIF is available from www.acif.com.au.

Our members can be viewed here: www.acif.com.au/aboutus/about-acif/acif-members

Women in BIM

Women in BIM are a not for profit entity aimed at supporting and growing the number of women in BIM and digital related roles. Our key objectives are to enable a future construction industry where diversity is no longer an issue. Our work focuses on drawing young women into BIM and digital related careers, helping to support women working on BIM projects today, and championing and drawing visibility to female leaders in the BIM and digital space in order to grow a more diverse industry. Now in our 11th year we have members and regional representation located all over the world driving this agenda. Our database of women who work in BIM and digital are aimed to support industry events in enabling more female representation. We also aim to provide information and practical advice to support industry and governments to address diversity issues as well as promoting how diversity can support the growth and digitisation of the construction industry.

womeninbim.org

12d Synergy

12d Synergy is the leading ISO 19650 compliant Common Data Environment for the Engineering and Construction Industry.

We are a well established Australian owned business that specialises in providing a smarter, faster way to work for our clients by our solution led software that provides a streamlined common data environment for engineering & construction professionals. Nationally, and internationally, we are dedicated to providing a more collaborative, less chaotic way for work data to be managed.

www.12dsynergy.com

Workato

www.workato.com

Steadfast

www.steadfast.com.au

Converge

Converge makes construction more efficient, safe, and sustainable by digitising the physical reality. Its AI-based platform, ConcreteDNA, digitises concrete using embedded sensors and software to automate monitoring and generate actionable insights, empowering the industry to better manage cost, carbon and programme risks. We aim to reduce the cement content in concrete by approximately 15%, an estimated 26 megatons of CO2e per year saving by 2030.

www.converge.io

Procore

Procore is a leading provider of construction management software. Over 1 million projects and more than $1 trillion USD in construction volume have run on Procore’s platform. Our platform connects every project stakeholder to solutions we’ve built specifically for the construction industry — for developers, head contractors, and subcontractors. Procore’s Marketplace has a multitude of partner solutions that integrate seamlessly with our platform, giving construction professionals the freedom to connect with what works best for them. Headquartered in Carpinteria, California, Procore has offices in Australia and around the globe.

www.procore.com

Timescapes

Timescapes is a leading timelapse and site analytics technology for busy construction managers. Our robust construction cameras take high-resolution timelapse images that allow you to see exactly what’s happening on your job site. Having this visual information, along with powerful job site analytics, lets you stay connected to your project and make more-informed decisions.

www.timescapes.co

Buildpass

www.buildpass.com.au

Inside Construction

Inside Construction is a news service produced exclusively for those working in the Australian construction sector. Providing the latest in news, views and insights, it is a valuable and essential resource for the civil engineering and commercial construction industries. Produced by a team of leading journalists at Prime Creative Media, Inside Construction regularly engages with key influencers in the construction sector to provide compelling, topical content on issues and current trends.

www.insideconstruction.com.au

Scratchie

www.scratchie.com

Sensat

https://www.sensat.co/

Sensat is a digital twin platform that allows infrastructure teams to bring together their project information into a 2D and 3D environment.

By leveraging existing software ecosystems and data sets, Sensat presents project files in the context of the real-world, to give teams enhanced understanding of plans and the ability to spot clashes early.

Today over $200bn of complex and critical Infrastructure projects are using Sensat to bring information from different tools together, better understand and communicate their project constraints and make sure everybody is on the same page.

Payapps

Payapps is a cloud-based collaboration tool for the construction industry. It helps main contractors and subcontractors simplify and expedite project progress claim approvals, including variations and retentions. A simpler and faster digital process ensures greater transparency, increased accuracy, improved compliance, reduced financial risk, fewer disputes and fairer outcomes. Payapps significantly cuts progress payment processing time, helping to meet regulatory requirements. Compliance is improved and made easier with documentation verification integrated with the approval process. Seamless integration with a wide range of project, construction and financial management software helps provide real-time data on all project payment requests and approvals.

www.payapps.com

Visibuild

Visibuild is a field first, real time, quality focused Project Management platform. It provides complete oversight of project activities, improves productivity, and ensures items captured in the field are actioned.

visibuild.com.au

IDD TECH

www.iddtech.com.au

Deswik

Deswik’s powerful and fully integrated planning solution introduces advanced capabilities for large-scale, complex infrastructure projects. Our visualization and scenario planning tools combined with automated schedule generation, improves operational efficiency, enabling Tier 1 contractors to make informed and optimal decisions about project investments.

Deswik’s integrated approach to planning has proven results in the mining industry, servicing over 900 underground and open pit operations. Our software frees up time, and gives you the tools and resources to engineer better plans, examine more scenarios and consequently drive lower costs.

deswik.com

ProcurePro

ProcurePro is proven to reduce procurement time >50%, and we’re on a mission to save 1 billion hours in construction administration. Traditional procurement involves 15+ fragmented processes which are highly manual, uncontrolled, lack visibility and leak revenue.

The new way of procuring, with ProcurePro, means procurement is consolidated, visible, efficient and consistent. Save time, improve performance & your bottom line.

procurepro.co

Simpel

Simpel is an Australian construction software and technology company developed to prioritise safety, increase collaboration and productivity, and reduce costs by centralising operational systems needed to manage construction projects of all sizes.

Simpel’s software encompasses a document management and communications system, HSE and quality management, site safety, and site logistics. Simpel’s award-winning access gates also work seamlessly with the platform to provide the highest level of safety compliance.

Developers, Contractors, PMs and Subcontractors use Simpel to centralise data and connect users in real-time, enabling end-to-end management of operations across the project lifecycle. Our innovative approach sets a new benchmark for how the industry will build in the future.

projectsimpel.com

VinZero – A2K Technologies

For over 20 years the brands under VinZero, including A2K Technologies, have been providing software solutions and professional services to the Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing industries helping them to understand the role of digitalization for the built environment. Businesses both large and small utilize VinZero’s dedicated industry experts to help navigate technologies as the emerge, driving efficiency and improving workflows.

As one of the world’s largest Autodesk partners, VinZero A2K Technologies leverages its global scale, capacity and capability to deliver a robust local service and support experience for its customers, helping them to maximize the use of purchased products to deliver improved project outcomes.

Learn more: www.anz.vinzero.com

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Prof. Tuan Ngo

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