Kurt Brissett is Chief Digital and Information Officer at Built, one of Australia’s leading construction firms. He drives the company’s digital transformation agenda, embedding data and technology into core delivery. Kurt oversees innovation in digital engineering, AI, and automation to improve project outcomes. His focus is on aligning technology with Built’s strategic vision for growth and resilience. Previously, he held senior roles leading digital initiatives across infrastructure and government sectors. Kurt is recognised for building high-performing teams and delivering enterprise-scale change. He is passionate about harnessing digital tools to enhance collaboration and efficiency across the supply chain. At DBWS26, Kurt shares how Built is leveraging digital and data to redefine modern construction delivery.
WATERLINE IS TAILOR-MADE TO SUPPORT THE RESOURCES INDUSTRY
With a team of site-experienced engineers and more than 90% of our clients in the mining sector, we have streamlined processes keeping your projects, operations and people supported and safe. Whether you need assistance with studies, infrastructure & capital projects or operational engineering support – we’ve got you covered.
Terria makes spatial data accessible through browser-based digital twin technology. Born from CSIRO research and built on an open-source core, we help government agencies, infrastructure consultants, and smart city teams turn complex geospatial data into interactive experiences that anyone can explore. No installs, no GIS expertise required. Since 2014, Terria has powered platforms like Australia’s NationalMap, NSW Spatial Digital Twin, and Tokyo’s Digital Twin, making over 10,000 datasets accessible to millions of users worldwide. Our platform federates 2D maps, 3D models, and live IoT data into unified digital twins that work in any browser. With unlimited user access and support for 60+ data formats, we help organisations unlock ROI from expensive spatial datasets while enabling cross-department collaboration at scale. Industries we serve: Government & public sector | Infrastructure & construction | Renewable energy | Smart cities
At Digital Enginuiti, we offer specialised digital engineering services and consultancy for the AEC industry, focusing specifically on civil infrastructure, surveying, geospatial solutions, and information management. We understand the unique challenges faced by businesses in this sector and provide expert guidance to help streamline processes and integrate systems for maximum efficiency.
Unlike general consultants who may not fully understand the intricacies of civil infrastructure, we have surveyors, civil designers, and geospatial experts on our team. We are deeply embedded in the industry and specialise in providing practical, industry-specific solutions to help businesses optimise and improve their digital capabilities.
Aptella is Position Partners, redefined. At Aptella, we are innovative thinkers ready to collaborate with our customers and enable them with automation and positioning technology that provides real value. As a team of diverse specialists, we work together to provide advanced solutions that enable real efficiencies for business. We are solutions-led and customer-focused, understanding our customer’s business first, ready to solve their needs with the right innovative positioning technology. We advise our customers on the best solution for their project, enable them with the right technology products and systems, and support them as their long-term partner. Our team of more than 400 employees is tapped into the latest innovations from around the world, which we source, tailor and deploy to meet the local needs of our customers.
Consult Australia, for over 70 years, has been the sole association dedicated to the success of consulting businesses in design, advisory and engineering. As a not-for-profit association we deliver value to our members operating in the built and natural environment. We represent industry interests and lead through collaboration, education, support and advocacy. Our members, ranging from Australia’s most innovative small and medium sized firms to global corporations, deliver the solutions to the nation’s most complex challenges helping shape, create and sustain our built and natural environment. Services offered by our members include design, architecture, technology, engineering and surveying.
Leveraging cutting-edge 3D scanning technology, we empower industries across Australia to redefine how they plan, design, and build. We deliver the complete package teams need – advanced technology backed by local expertise, training and ongoing support. At Onsite Scanning Solutions, precision isn’t just a goal -it’s our standard.
Multimedia Technology is one of Australia’s premier national IT distributors, representing the leading IT/AV/Software and Communications vendors from around the globe. Established in 1990, the Company has experienced exceptional growth and is now a major player in the Australian IT industry. Head Office is located in Melbourne, with regional offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. We currently employ over 95 people across Australia.
Multimedia sales staff are skilled, helpful and demonstrate a high degree of product knowledge. We offer a level of customer service seldom seen in the industry. The company slogan ‘…ask Multimedia’ represents our comprehensive product knowledge and customer focused philosophy, where automated phone queues are non-existent and everyone is accessible and accountable.
By closely monitoring industry trends we are able to maintain a product range that meets current market requirements at all times. A combination of astute purchasing and efficient distribution means Multimedia can offer our channel partners the latest products at very competitive prices.
Founded by a team of AI scientists and Construction industry experts, BIMLOGIQ stands at the intersection of technology and construction, driving innovation and efficiency across the sector.
Our mission is to use the transformative power of AI to deliver cutting-edge solutions that address the complex challenges of the construction industry. Our innovative tools and technologies are designed to streamline workflows in the design phase of projects.
By bridging the gap between AI and BIM, BIMLOGIQ empowers AEC professionals with smarter, faster, and more scalable solutions for the ever-evolving challenges of the built environment.
Certus Digital transforms Enterprise Asset Operations into Intelligent Asset Management Systems. As the only Platinum IBM Partner in ANZ and with over 20 years of expertise, we’re trusted by more than 50 Maximo users across the region. Our tailored solutions and proven methodologies maximise asset value and drive digital transformation. By prioritising intelligence and fostering an ecosystem of specialised platforms and partnerships, Certus Digital empowers you to lead the future of asset management.
At Aptella, we are innovative thinkers ready to collaborate with our customers and enable them with automation and positioning technology that provides real value. As a team of diverse specialists, we work together to provide advanced solutions that enable real efficiencies for civil construction, mining, building and geospatial projects. We are solutions-led and customer-focused, understanding our customer’s business first, ready to solve their needs with the right innovative positioning technology.
We advise our customers on the best solution for their project, enable them with the right technology products and systems, and support them as their long-term partner. Our team of more than 400 employees is tapped into the latest innovations from around the world, which we source, tailor and deploy to meet the local needs of our customers.
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The NZ Institute of Building is a pan-industry membership organisation for individuals in New Zealand’s building industry to connect, belong and give back. We are focused on innovation in the industry, inclusion of a range of roles and people, and encouraging the next generation.
We are here for our members as their career grows and evolves through different roles and organisations.
Our members come from all over Aotearoa and include Construction Managers, Project Managers, Site Managers, Design Managers, Sustainability Managers, Digital Managers, Property Managers (just about any role with manager at the end of it), Architects, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Suppliers, Academics, and Students.
Smart Cities Council is dedicated to building cross-sector capability, capacity and collaboration.
With Regional Leads on the ground in over 30 countries, our unique Global Thought Leaders Program and a global network of over 400,000, SCC delivers positive, self-sustaining social, environmental, and economic outcomes for people, place and planet.
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The Nemetschek Group is a forerunner of digital transformation in the AEC/O industry and covers the entire life cycle of construction and infrastructure projects. With intelligent software solutions, we lead our customers into the future of digitalization.
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The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is the oldest, largest and most diverse national retail body. We represent a $420 billion sector that employs more than 1.4 million Australians and is the largest private sector employer in the country. As Australia’s peak retail body, representing more than 120,000 retail shop fronts and online stores, the ARA informs, advocates, educates, protects and unifies our independent, national and international retail community.
Learn more: https://www.retail.org.au/
Birdi is a scalable aerial intelligence platform that’s easy to use for everyone. We enable organisations everywhere to make better business decisions through complete aerial visibility via drones – from safety on-site, to asset maintenance, to tracking the progress of a site or build.Fly your own drones or have our pilots fly for you, then process and visualise the drone-captured data on a map within Birdi’s cloud platform for insights.
Position Partners is Australia’s premier provider of positioning and machine control solutions for surveying, civil contracting, earthmoving, mining and building activities. At Position Partners, we are committed to increasing productivity for our customers and building lasting business relationships around high caliber positioning activities.
We build business relationships by providing machine control and positioning solutions to enhance our customers’
productivity.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. For over 16 years, AWS has been delivering cloud services to millions of customers around the world running a wide variety of use cases. AWS has the most operational experience, at greater scale, of any cloud provider.
Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.
AWS has significantly more services, and more features within those services, than any other cloud provider–from infrastructure technologies like compute, storage, end user computing and databases–to emerging technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, data lakes and analytics, and Internet of Things. This makes it faster, easier, and more cost effective to move your existing applications to the cloud and build nearly anything you can imagine.
With AWS, you can leverage the latest technologies to experiment and innovate more quickly. We are continually accelerating our pace of innovation to invent entirely new technologies you can use to transform your business.
To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com
A global leader in Location Master Data Management software, 1Spatial‘s pioneering solutions in data governance, cleansing and validation deliver significant cost-savings and efficiencies. Our technology integrates multiple data sets into a single view, assessing and validating large, dynamic data sets against pre-defined criteria while auto-correcting logical errors. Our clients include providers of utilities, transportation, mapping, land management and mining operations.
CONNECTED CONSTRUCTION.
Autodesk Construction Cloud combines connected technology, a robust network of builders and powerful predictive analytics to help your business thrive across all phases of construction.
Hexagon is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. Our solutions free our customers to harness the rapidly-increasing amounts of data, putting it to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector and mobility applications.
Willow is the “digital twin” for the built world. Through its software, Willow creates a digital replica of a built asset, that collects and aggregates data into a “twin”. Through this approach, Willow helps customers achieve operational efficiency and cost reductions, streamline sustainability management, along with improving IoT and Operational Technology security. For more information head to Willow’s website.
Cupix is a Spatial Digital Twin software company on a mission to enable the construction industry to maximise project outcomes by mirroring construction sites into virtual spaces in minutes.
Combining AI and BIM technologies, Cupix’s flagship product, CupixWorks, is a SaaS platform which transforms 360 photos taken by off-the-shelf 360 cameras into a virtual 3D space and provides a cloud based unified platform for industry data formats.
Many of Australia’s largest construction companies rely on CupixWorks to enhance collaboration, speed up decision-making, reduce risk, and improve overall project outcomes.
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Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people.
United by our passion for creating a sustainable future in energy and the built environment, we lead the charge, our actions transform challenges into solutions, and our curiosity keeps us pushing, innovating, making the impossible… possible.
We have the size and scale to create competitive advantage and assure our customers that we can take on the largest and most complex projects.
Established in 1998, Glodon Company Limited was listed on the A-share market in May 2010 (abbreviated as Glodon, Stock Code: 002410) in China, being the first listed company in the field of construction engineering information in China. Glodon provides more than 100 “Terminal + Cloud + Big Data” based products/services, industry big data, industry new finance, and other value-added services as the provider of a digital building platform, which centres on the entire life cycle of construction projects with the professional applications of construction engineering as the core support. With more than 8,000 employees, currently, Glodon has established more than 80 branches around the world, providing services to customers in over 100 countries and regions. Its sales and service network covers more than 200 cities worldwide, providing professional applications and services to over 310,000 professional clients globally.
