We are delighted to introduce and welcome Robert Klaschka onto the Build London Live judging panel.

Robert, founding director of Studio Klaschka since 2001 acquired his professional experience through leading projects from conception through to delivery with a range of experience with various building types including sports buildings, cultural centres, private and developer housing, retail and high end office fit-out. His recent experience includes a new 5,500m2 extension to the East London Mosque which is currently on site, and a series of developer led residential schemes.

Robert also leads the development of the practice’s use of design technology and its direct application to efficient innovative construction, design exploration and sustainability. His work has extended outside the bounds of the practice and has led to collaborations with all the consultant disciplines and several large main contractors. He has lectured on the application of the BIM in the construction industry in the UK and the US.

The entire event team are excited to have Robert join us to support Build London Live and make it a great event for everyone.

We are delighted to introduce and welcome Andrew Bellerby onto the Build London Live judging panel.

With 25 years in the construction industry, Andrew Bellerby spent the last 20 years on the software side supplying 3D modelling software to a global market. Andrew has been an advocate of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for many years. He is currently the Managing Director of Tekla (UK) Ltd responsible for all their operations in the UK, a position that allows him to continue his passion to educate all aspects of the construction industry on the benefits of adopting model based collaborative processes throughout the design and construction process.

The entire event team are excited to have Andrew join us to support Build London Live and make it a great event for everyone.

We are delighted to introduce and welcome Martyn Horne onto the Build London Live judging panel.

Martyn Horne has been working across design industries for twenty years with a broad experience in both the architectural and product design sectors.  As Development Manager for Nemetschek Vectorworks’ exclusive UK distributors Computers Unlimited, he is responsible for BIM implementation strategies in the UK. He recently chaired two of the “Better Through BIM – Implications on Processes” seminars at Ecobuild 2012  and also presented ‘BIM – Your Next Step’ at the RIBA Bitesize seminar series.

Martyn is an active member of BuildSMART, the International Alliance for Interoperability and has also been involved in the development of the National BIM Library, the first stage of which was launched recently.

The entire event team are excited to have Martyn join us to support Build London Live and make it a great event for everyone.

We are delighted to introduce and welcome John Razzell onto the Build London Live judging panel. Jon will join the judges to identify the winning teams for the Build London Live 2012 awards on May 23rd.

John started his construction career as a Mechanical Engineer when he joined BOC Medishield Pipelines as Design Manager and later as Project Manager overseeing the design and installation of “Pipe Medical Gas systems” for hospitals, in the UK and Middle East while running the company’s Dubai office. John took his career to the next level and joined a major AutoCAD dealership as Regional Manager. Then in the early 2000s moved to Asite where his industry skills and experience were leveraged during this dynamic period of technology adoption throughout the industry.

As Professional Services Manager at Asite, John developed strong relationships with key players of the UK construction industry while overseeing the implementation of mission critical systems at some of the largest UK contractors. In 2009, John then joined Synchro to spearhead the sales and implementation as the market adoption is beginning to ramp up 4D project management capabilities.

John now has a wealth of experience and knowledge of the challenges of continuous process improvement faced by the construction industry in the service of the built environment and has become a valued resource on how technology can help the construction industry.

The entire event team are excited to have John join us to support Build London Live and make it a great event for everyone.

We are delighted to introduce and welcome James Anwyl onto the Build London Live judging panel. James will work with the judges to identify the winning teams for the Build London Live 2012 awards on May 23rd. James join us as the Project Director at Eurobuild who designed and delivered the first certified PassivHaus educational building in the UK at Hadlow College. This was shortlisted for Building’s Sustainable Project of the Year 2010 (under £10M) and recently won Environmental Project of the Year 2011 in the Construction Computing awards for innovative and comprehensive use of BIM.

Awarded the Happold Scholarship in 2009 by the CIOB and Buro Happold for his design and research for one of the first Code Level 6 Sustainable Homes. James is trained as an assessor in the PassivHaus Planning Package (PHPP) and as a BREEAM assessor, he is also a beta tester and customer advisor to Graphisoft on the development of building performance software and BIM.

James’s areas of expertise include:

• Detail design for Tender and Construction documentation
• Commercial Project Management
• PassivHaus Design and energy assessment (PHPP)
• UK Planning Knowledge
• Renewable Energy
• Client requirements’ mapping and fulfilment

Previous Project Experience:

• £12M EM Research Institute laboratory (RIBA Stage C-) – Design Team Lead
• £8M BSF Hammersmith & Fulham SEN Bridge Academy (RIBA Stage C-) – Senior Design & Build Manager
• £1M Plumpton Pavilion & Nursery (RIBA Stage C-) – Design Team Lead
• £0.5M Rural Regeneration Centre – Design & Build Team Lead

The entire event team are excited to have James join us to support Build London Live and make it a great event for everyone.

We would like to welcome Studio Klaschka as Build London Live 2012’s Design Partner. Robert Klaschka, director at Studio Klaschka will work alongside Nick Nisbet from AEC3 to design both the Build London Live site context and design brief which will be used by all of the participants in next week’s event. The design brief will be announced to everyone including all of the participants at the start of the competition.

Robert Klaschka, a founding director of Studio Klaschka since 2001 acquired his professional experience through leading projects from conception through to delivery with a range of experience with various building types including sports buildings, cultural centres, private and developer housing, retail and high end office fit-out. His recent experience includes a new 5,500m2 extension to the East London Mosque which is currently on site, and a series of developer led residential schemes.

Robert also leads the development of the practice’s use of design technology and its direct application to efficient innovative construction, design exploration and sustainability. His work has extended outside the bounds of the practice and has led to collaborations with all the consultant disciplines and several large main contractors. He has lectured on the application of the BIM in the construction industry in the UK and the US.

About Studio Klaschka

Studio Klaschka Architecture & Design work on projects in London and throughout the South East of England. We work across a variety of sectors including community buildings, education and developer and private residential. Many of our sites are in high density areas and the range from £0.3m-£10M construction cost. We work directly for commercial and private clients and also frequently as part of the main contractor’s team. We are at the forefront in the market in the use of innovative design technologies working almost exclusively in three dimensions through the life of a project.

We are delighted to introduce and welcome Lars C. Christensen back onto the Build London Live judging panel. Lars was a judge for Build London Live 2008 & 2009 and will now be joining us again for 2012. He offers this piece of advice to the entrants: 

“If you are a serious player in the AEC industry, Build London Live 2012 is the global BIM arena for you to showcase your performance. I really hope the innovative owners, architectural, design and construction companies take the challenge. If you have ambitions but not much experience with BIM projects, this is a superb setting where you and your team can learn a lot and test your abilities with the best”

Lars is well-known as a leading buildingSMART evangelist in Norway. As the senior advisor for Virtual Design, Construction and FM at multiBIM and the co-CEO of buildingSMART International (former IAI International); Lars advises on the efficient use of openBIM in projects. Prior to that, Lars was the Technical Programme Manager for the Norwegian buildingSMART project including working for a variety of AEC companies where he gained his professional expertise. A graduate from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NUST), Lars has worked with engineering, ICT development & deployment and property development in the AEC industry for more than 20 years covering real projects and academic research.

For the last 3 years, Lars has helped owners, design teams, construction and FM companies deploy openBIM in more than 90 projects. Lars recognises that the industry faces a huge educational challenge to truly utilize BIM and that currently the “I” is missing from most projects. In order for the industry to understand the potential of BIM and openBIM, Lars has been involved in many health care projects which have demonstrated that if BIM and openBIM can be utilized in such complex projects, it will also work in simpler and smaller projects. A breakthrough achievement was his participation in a large hospital development project - Prosjekt Nytt Østfoldsykehus to develop an 86000m2 cross disciplinary openBIM based coordination model in 2010.

Currently, Lars is focusing on what he calls “BIM 2.0”, which is the more advanced use of BIM in areas such as laser scanning, 4D-time, 5D-cost, life-cycle-assessment (LCA), climate gas analysis and greenBIM. He is also involved in several IPD or “integrated project delivery” projects utilizing BIM as a collaboration accelerant. Lars was also a judge at Build London Live 2008 & 2009 and Singapore 2011.

The entire event team are excited to have Lars join us again to support Build London Live and make it a great event for everyone. If you think you have what it takes to join the Build London Live judging panel, please get in touch by contacting Sophie Lam at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or calling 0207 749 7880.