Cost modelling can be key at the early business case stage. For this episode we have invited our very own Roger Barkley, Senior Commercial Manager at KOSMOS, to help us understand Cost Modelling, and why you should consider implementing it in your process. What you'll learn from today's episode:- Who is Roger Barkley?- What is Cost Modelling?- When is Cost Modelling relevant?- How useful is Cost Modelling for your clients?- The cost and returns of doing Cost ModellingWe would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/Roger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-barkley-58230450/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

More data means better decision-making. But that data needs to be collected and structured properly. That’s what we’ll be discussing in today’s episode: the Power of Cost Data, and the challenges we face in collecting, structuring and using it, on a global scale.What you'll learn from today's episode:- What is Cost Data?- What can Global Standards do for us?- How we use Cost Data to locate major cost drivers on projects- What having proper Cost Data can mean for your clients- Why sharing information is vital for this new process to take placeWe would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

Today we are discussing Quantity Surveyors and BIM - advantages and challenges. How do we as Quantity Surveyors help define the future of our own discipline? This new Digital Construction Industry is requiring us to adapt. In this episode we’ll be discussing how we at KOSMOS are moving into the future, and what challenges we face as Quantity Surveyors working within BIM.What you'll learn from today's episode: - Is traditional quantity surveying possible with BIM?- Why we are now relying more on other stakeholders than ever before- Why we as Quantity Surveyors are no longer the bearers of bad news- Why proper communication is now a top-priority- How we risk being written out of the Industry, if we don’t actWe would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

The traditional process of quantity surveying is slowly being phased out, and perhaps giving rise to a new Digital Quantity Surveyor. Today we are having a conversation with Andrew Knight from the RICS, about the future of quantity surveying. What will it look like? And what changes have already taken place?What you'll learn from today's episode:- What is Digital Quantity Surveying?- Why we as Quantity Surveyors need to work more proactively. - The relationship between technology and our profession going forward- Why working digitally is about much more than having the right softwareWe would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

BIM is the future of Construction. But what actually is BIM? And how do we best work together with BIM as our baseline? This episode is all about BIM.What you'll learn from today's episode:- Why BIM is a process, not a technology- What is 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D and 7D? And how are they interconnected?- How BIM is all about information- Why building information will become a sellable asset in the future- Why BIM requires more understanding between stakeholdersWe would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

A larger standardization of how we work in Construction offers a tremendous amount of value. But what would it look like? And why hasn’t it happened already? What are actual standards? And what can you, as an individual, do to start being more efficient and standardize your processes? Having global standards would be extremely valuable for both society and our environment. But how? That’s what we’ll be discussing in this episode.What you'll learn from today's episode:- What is the real value in standardizing? - Why the Traditional Way of Construction is quite bizarre- Why information is useless, unless it is standardized- How government can help our Industry become more efficient- What you, as an individual, can do to start standardizing- Why your company’s standards, aren’t actual standardsWe would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

How would a completely digitalized Construction Industry look? What does it even mean to digitize? Or even digitalize? There is no doubt that the amount of work we do digitally will only increase, but what does it all entail? And where can we, as an Industry get the most value from it?What you'll learn from today's episode:- What exactly is digitisation and digitalization? - How do you move from digitisation into digitalizing?- What a digital transformation of your company actually means.- A KOSMOS example of what digitalization can do.- How digitalization will change how we work together.We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

A change in mindset is required in all of us, before the Construction Industry can move properly into the future. But how can we collectively change how we work and think? This is one of the major challenges that the Construction Industry is facing right now. In today’s episode, we will take a close look at this challenge.What you'll learn from today's episode:- Why we need a mindset change in the Construction Industry.- How mixed teams can lead to a better Industry.- Why a hierarchical company structure can be bad.- How you as an individual can help change our way of working.- Why the construction process is actually circular, not linear.We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!

In this first episode of Inventing Construction, we will be discussing the overall changes in the Construction Industry as we see them. What we can expect from the future and the challenges we as an Industry face which might be preventing these changes from taking place. What you'll learn from today's episode:- Are your Industry traditions preventing progress? - Why your internal standards are of no use to your clients.- Why standard processes actually increase your freedom.- Why we can’t work completely digitally, until the entire Industry does.- Why the Construction Industry has never been more exciting.We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dkThanks for listening!