London Build Expo: Shaping Digital Twin Dialogue
Connecting BIM & Smart: exploring digital twins as process vs. platform, highlighting collaboration in digital construction.
Connecting BIM & Smart: exploring digital twins as process vs. platform, highlighting collaboration in digital construction.
At London Build Expo, experts defined the project-operations gap, identifying data challenges & solutions for optimal smart building operations.
A Realcomm panel explored challenges (slow adoption, ROI, data) and key lessons for practical smart building evolution.
Rethinking smart building ROI: curated panel & article explore holistic value, bridging gaps & fostering collaboration.
How strategic partnerships led to the DBC’s working groups, tackling the critical Project-Operations Gap in digital buildings.
Moderated panel on smart building ROI, exploring holistic value, quantifying benefits & bridging construction-operations gap.
Explore how I helped bridge the digital construction-operations gap by coordinating insights from DBC members for a key industry article and event.
Documenting my role in the DBC’s internal and external communications, leveraging a podcast to introduce executives and promote member engagement.
Key event partnerships amplified the DBC’s content and shaped industry insights by bridging internal initiatives with external dialogue.
Explore how I coordinated diverse industry voices for a PBC Today article on BIM-IoT integration, showcasing collaborative thought leadership and advancing key industry discussions.
Justin Kirby is a leading industry commentator, connector, and facilitator with over two decades of experience in catalysing stakeholder engagement and business transformation. He is a passionate advocate for bridging the persistent gap between the design-and-build phase and the long-term operational life of a building. This is the central mission of Start With Smart Group, a community he recently launched to bring together a global network of forward-thinking professionals.
Justin’s work applies the same strategic and entrepreneurial drive he used as the Executive Director of the Digital Buildings Council (DBC), where he helped to establish a collaborative platform for industry leaders and facilitate key initiatives, including the crucial Review of The RIBA Smart Buildings Overlay.
A respected voice in the field, Justin has been appointed to the Editorial Guidance Panel for Build in Digital magazine, and was nominated to the prestigious Digital Construction Power Players 2025 list by Digital Construction Plus, which he contributes to and helps judge their Digital Construction Awards partnership with Digital Construction Week. He is adept at turning complex industry challenges into clear, actionable conversations and initiatives.
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