Recent Posts by Corie Cheeseman

In Part I of this month's "Trailblazers" series, Jasna Sims, group head of innovation culture at Lendlease, shared her company's approach to improving project delivery through innovation. In Part II, Sims reviews how developing technologies such as sensors, lidar, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) are helping the construction and engineering industry improve. Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu, executive director and innovation officer at Oracle Construction and...

In this month's "Trailblazers" interview, we speak with Jasna Sims, group head of innovation culture at Lendlease. Sims discusses how her career background, including her training as an architect, informs her work as well as how Lendlease fosters a culture of innovation to accelerate the pace of new ideas. Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu, executive director, innovation officer at Oracle Construction and Engineering, leads the conversation. BK: Can you explain your current role and how...

In Part I of this month's "Trailblazers" series, Jennifer Suerth, vice president of technical services at Pepper Construction, discusses how her organization is evolving its culture to increase technology adoption.. In Part II, Suerth speaks about how leveraging data is the largest opportunity—as well as the biggest challenge—to sparking digitization in engineering and construction. Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu, executive director and innovation officer at Oracle Construction and...

In this month's "Trailblazers" interview, we speak with Jennifer Suerth, vice president of technical services at Pepper Construction. Suerth speaks about her career and how she's merging her design background with her role in virtual design and construction. She also discusses Pepper's biggest innovation challenge to-date: embarking on a cultural shift and encouraging employees to embrace new technology. Suerth knows that employee buy-in is a key element to digital...

New frontiers in construction data science, next-gen project delivery technology, best practices in cloud-powered collaboration, the future of model-driven scheduling. These are just a few of the agenda topics for the Oracle Construction and Engineering program at Oracle OpenWorld 2019 in September. Our program at Oracle OpenWorld is centered around inspiring insights and ideas that you can implement at your own organization, including a host of thought-provoking sessions led...

In this month's "Trailblazers" interview, we speak with Dr. Srinivas Veeramasuneni, senior vice president and chief technology officer at USG Corporation. Veeramasuneni discusses his career and how USG is addressing the mega trends driving innovation in the construction industry. He also shares how USG fosters a culture of innovation by focusing on people, processes, and the environment, as well as exploring which emerging technologies are poised to deliver the most value in the...

The world of tomorrow is defined by the creative thinking of today, so it’s no surprise that the topic of innovation was central to discussions at Oracle Future of Projects, held last month in Washington, D.C. During a panel discussion at Oracle Future of Projects, leaders from Mortenson, Bechtel, and Walbridge sat down with Burcin Kaplanoglu, executive director, innovation officer, Oracle Construction and Engineering, to share their views on the state of innovation in...

In the latest interview in our “Trailblazers” series highlighting innovation leaders in engineering and construction, we sit down with Tomislav Zigo, vice president, virtual design and construction, for Clayco.Zigo shares his professional background, how the 2008 economic downturn impacted innovation within construction, and several large innovation challenges the industry faces. He also discusses how organizations can cultivate innovation in E&C, as well as how artificial...

For the hundreds of project delivery professionals who gathered recently at the Oracle Future of Projects event, one topic clearly was top of mind: the role of digital transformation in driving significant gains in productivity for construction and engineering organizations. At the event, held April 24 in Washington, D.C., Oracle Construction and Engineering customers and numerous thought leaders gathered to hear views into ways to improve outcomes in project delivery – as...