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Okana has welcomed four new partners, further expanding its reach and expertise. Okana’s portfolio of partners and expertise now has a presence in Dubai and Ukraine, as well as two further locations within the UK thanks to new partnerships with LDesign | Landscape Architecture & Design, Growth Incorporated, Urban Col.labs. and Future Places Studio Read more https://lnkd.in/eKAvCEGr #Okana #LetsShapeTomorrow #GlobalExpansion

How do we blend sport, retail and hospitality in a city to create the ultimate destination? 🏟️🌳 Join our expert panel as they discuss how we can make our cities more socially and environmentally sustainable and how to truly make a place into a destination. Plus, hear about the recent findings of the 'Sport and the City' research from Future Places Studio and Okana, which highlights how sports stadiums and other destination magnets can be brought together to make cities more desirable and accessible, plus cleaner and greener. Book your spot 👇 #LetsShapeTomorrow #Placeshaping #Placemaking #Sustainability #Okana

Join Dr Dean Douglas and Dr Melanie Robinson at Digital Construction Week North for a session covering the importance of breaking down digitalisation concepts to gain stakeholder buy in. During this interactive presentation, Dean and Melanie will explore how to simply convey the value of digital twins to clients, plus how to effectively communicate this expertise to ensure its relates to challenges, and opportunities. Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/3A8MMw5 #LetsShapeTomorrow #DigitalTwins #DCN2024

Global built environment consultancy, Okana has welcomed four new partners to its line up of experts, as the firm seeks to expand its reach and expertise. #construction #consultancy #builtenvironment Graham Kelly Future Places Studio Jack Sallabank Helen Puddefoot Tony Danker LDesign | Landscape Architecture & Design Leyla Saadi Urban Col.labs

🚀 Exciting news! We recently welcomed four new partners to the Okana community. LDesign | Landscape Architecture & Design, Growth Incorporated, Urban Col.labs., Future Places Studio The new partnerships not only further expand our reach and expertise, but also reinforce our commitment to driving positive change in the built environment and making a real impact in communities worldwide. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/40jdixy #Okana #LetsShapeTomorrow #GlobalExpansion

Join me at Smart Construction 2024, a conference and exhibition to raise awareness of best practice of innovation in products, processes and digital tools within the region, nationally and beyond. I’ll be discussing the how large scale manufacturing plants can benefit from holistic BIM management. https://lnkd.in/gAwmQksU Constructing Excellence in the North East #Innovation #Digital #ConstructionTechnology #SmartConstruction2024 #LetsShapeTomorrow

Episode three of The Okana Podcast is out now 🎧 Host Dr Graham Kelly is joined by futurist Sally Dominguez to talk personal and professional resilience, and discuss what drives her to empower people to improve their confidence. Sally and Graham talk about continuous growth and productive optimism, personal and professional resilience and what the future of AI might look like. Listen now 👉 https://bit.ly/4dXF05P #LetsShapeTomorrow #AI

See the work of Okana partners Ryder Architecture and UrbanPlaceNetwork Ltd., presented at Sustainable Liverpool 2024🌿 #LetsShapeTomorrow #Sustainabilty #PlaceShaping

The dinner-time slot on the digital construction stage at UK Construction Week, saw a panel discussion entitled; "The Road Ahead: The future of learning and the challenges facing the digital construction workforce". Graham Kelly from Okana chaired this session to discuss the digital skills gap with fellow leaders in the construction sector; Lucy Wright, Jenna Helleur and James Bishop CMgr from different professions within the AEC industry. Which is a hot topic right now amongst those in digital construction. Jenna started the conversation by introducing the idea that you need to keep learning, whether you have 2 years' experience or 22 years, a digital skills gap can occur at any time as there is always something new to get up to speed on. Lucy picked up on the government involvement in education also, and that this is an issue that needs to be addressed from the top down in the wider aspect of the economy, but also, in each company the leadership team needs to be aware from the top down that training is always required, and that it generally requires a transformative and sometimes cultural change. James picked up on this and said that you need train your staff, to actually use digitisation in the right way. Good leadership is a great start of course and with a large organisaton the idea of using super-users as mentors is a good way of starting to tackle the skills gap head on. Graham, as chair, asked the question about adoption of digital tools in the various companies on the stage, and that there are certain challenges in the way, to make the adoption of digital tools company-wide. Lucy summarised this point, and said that 'the skill and the will' are different. You need to 'want' to adopt the technologies in your company, to even start to develop the digital skills, which then will close the gap with the will to proceed. The panel then led on to the different tools that are used and James said that the people who make the decision to use a certain platform, SHOULD be the ones that use it, and gave a warning that a great sales pitch isn't always the answer. Graham talked about driving forces, and actual discussing why you use what. The whole panel agreed that these driving forces are not always discussed enough, and in the right way to the right teams, which is something we all need to get better at. Jenna moved the conversation then to the idea of design silos - is there an urgent need to get people out of their silos? - and with the BSA and other standardisation governance, it MAY help to bridge the digital skill gap, through technology and digitisation. James also talked about cross-learning in the AEC industry and even outside of the sector, to encourage collaboration and learning from other sectors to share best practice. It was agreed by all that we are moving in the right direction, but leaders should always be thinking, what more can we do to keep this continuous growth going? #digital #ukcw #ukconstruction #skillsgap