Balfour Beatty’s Strategic Design Partnership 2.0. (SDP 2.0.) has featured in Design & Build UK highlighting the recent Young People in Construction Hackathon – a collaborative event hosted with partners AtkinsRéalis, WSP, Jacobs and Mott MacDonald.
Held in March, the day-long event gave early-career professionals the chance to explore Balfour Beatty’s Digital Rehearsal Tool and develop ideas for how it could better support collaboration between design and construction teams. Working in cross-discipline teams, participants tackled real-world challenges before presenting their solutions to a judging panel.
Event organiser Tabitha Churchill, a graduate at Balfour Beatty, said: “We believe the event encouraged participants to consider how digital tools might influence their work in the future.”
Attendees praised the opportunity to learn from mentors and connect across businesses. Benjamin Bavington, a Graduate Civil Engineer at AtkinsRéalis, said: “It was a very positive experience to present ideas and have those ideas critiqued in a collaborative environment.” Mott MacDonald’s Jack Pickering added: “It’s increased my interest in digital tools – though it was already high!”
With plans underway for a second Hackathon later this year, the SDP continues to show its commitment to supporting the next generation of construction professionals.
Read the full article here.
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- Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with over 25,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
- We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
- Over the last 115 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at one of the busiest airports in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.
Image: One of the teams presenting at the hack event
