On 6th June at 2pm on the Asset Management Stage I’ll be at Digital Construction Week at Excel London, speaking about a peer reviewed paper I wrote for RISCAuthority, the research scheme administered by the Fire Protection Association, which is funded by UK insurers.
The paper was commissioned to help RISCAuthority’s Regulation 38 project participants and insurers generally, to understand why the construction industry may not provide the information they require about the buildings they insure.
Property insurers are a frequently overlooked yet important recipient of construction information; they require this information to adequately assess risk. Confirmation of the as-built materials of construction and fixed fire protection design are key components of COPE (Construction, Occupation, Protection and Exposure) data used for the provision of Property insurance.
The paper explores the challenges of obtaining information about a building that is accurate, up to date and reliable, and why this information may not be routinely available. It suggests the components of an effective solution, the many disparate initiatives seeking to address the challenge, and how insurers might move closer to receiving the information they need.
At DCW I’ll be outlining the key findings of the paper and inviting your thoughts. I hope that the talk will be provocative; so much time is spent talking up our industry, but if we don’t face up to and own the practical issues we are having with information management we will never resolve them.
It has been refreshing to try look at these challenges with the strategic, risk focused eyes of an insurer. I hope you’ll be able to come along.
Add the talk to your calendar here and register to attend Digital Construction Week here.
Download the Paper
You can download the paper as it appeared in the Journal of Fire and Risk Management here:
If you want a longer version of the paper with citations, you can download this version:
Many thanks to all those who helped me produce this paper including Professor Jim Glockling, Ian Abley, Alex Small, Paul McSoley, Joe Cilia, Iain McIllwee and Patricia Massey.
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