Vaughan Harris
Vaughan Harris – Smart Cities (aka ‘The Baron of BIM’) has a wealth of experience working in the leadership development arena within the built environment. His shamelessly strong opinions and in-depth construction and digitisation expertise successfully positioned him as the Founder and President of the BIM Institute. Not satisfied with this lobbying and consulting role, he also founded the BIM Academy Africa to train the professionals working in the various sectors of the built environment.
Since graduating as a Quantity Surveyor in 1994, his 27 years of industry contribution gave him the opportunity to work with various professional teams on numerous small and large construction projects. In 2000, he specialised in construction technology systems to better coordinate the design, construction and operational processes on projects. Book Vaughan now through Conference Speakers
He has since worked in Australia and the UK on various private and public projects. Seven years at one of Africa’s largest construction software development companies saw him working with industry parastatals to better understand their challenges and needs.
Vaughan Harris has lectured at the Department of Construction and Economics Management at the University of Cape Town South Africa, transferring knowledge learnt on new generation technology for the construction industry.
Vaughan has featured in many South African industry related magazines where he is known for his passion: promoting advancing construction technologies in the industry. His high impact on the industry education sector has inspired and empowered hundreds of professionals and students to pursue their professional passion and move beyond the traditional way of working in the construction industry.
Vaughan Harris – Smart Cities has been instrumental in assisting countries such as Canada and Saudi Arabia in understanding their current status of Building Information Modelling and recently steered the Ethiopian government Building Information Modelling implementation program.
He is currently consulting with the Western Cape government on their Asset management digital roadmap implementation strategy.
SPEAKING TOPICS:
- The future of technology in construction on the African continent.
- What benefits construction technology brings to the Facility Management sector.
- The impact 4th Industrial revolution has on the construction sector.
- Securing a company’s future assets through Building Information Modelling.
- The art of sales in the new construction era.