Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) has launched a data & AI transformation academy, designed to digitally upskill its team and make the most of data solutions.
The academy is intended to offer a continuous learning programme to RLB employees across the UK and Europe. RLB plans to launch additional academy cohorts every six months. Multiverse, the data skills startup, will deliver personalised, on-the-job learning for RLB’s staff.
Courses include the 13-month ‘AI for Business Value’, and the ‘Data Fellowship’, a level 4 apprenticeship programme. Learners will gain hands-on training in AI implementation and business intelligence tools, fostering a “future-ready, data-fluent culture”. Apprentices from divisions such as cost management, sustainability, built asset consultancy and project management will take part.
RLB chief digital officer, Matt Sharp, said: “As our business, projects, clients and industry undergo significant digital and data transformation, it is crucial that we equip our people with the necessary digital and data skills. With more data at our disposal, RLB needs individuals who can unlock its potential and tell compelling stories through data.”
RLB digital change and adoption manager Susan Nelson added: “By launching this programme, we’re building a data-fluent culture. This will drive digital innovation and agility, preparing our team to shape the future of construction and property management consultancy.”
Multiverse is delivering similar academies for Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Kier, Multiplex, Wilson James and Laing O’Rourke.
Multiverse chief learning officer, Gary Eimerman, said: “Our research shows that the construction industry struggles with a data skills gap. Closing this will have a profound impact, accelerating project timelines and reducing errors, even helping to better measure and improve the sustainability of building projects.”
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