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COMPETITIONS & NEW FUTURARC WEBSITE

BCI ASIA'S EVENTS 2019| JULY EDITION

BCI's MILESTONES

EMPLOYEE PROFILES & ACTIVITIESBCI Build & many more!

CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESS, INSPIRING OUR FUTURE

- BCI Asia Awards- BCI Equinox

- 4000 Subscribers- Bluprin (Archify) & SmartBuild Asia

Regional HR Officer Norasyikin (Nora) Binti MohammedSenior Marketing Executive Shalini KunjikananManaging Editor Candice LimSenior Editor Anton AdiantoAssistant Editor Carissa KwokGraphic Designer Yusaya Ratu Paksi

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INSIDE BCIWELCOME NOTES

Welcome to the first edition of the new INSIDE BCI – July 2019!

With the revamped theme of this new layout, we aim to provide a clear, sensible and minimalist design with informative insights, updates and activities across BCI Media Group.

Inside, you will find the latest news on our BCI Asia's events: BCI Asia Awards 2019 and BCI Equinox.

Celebrate our recent milestones with us! With the acquisition of Bluprin and SmartBuild Asia, we have hit 4000 subscribers.

Last but not least, as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, BCI Build was held from 19–26 January 2019, where our colleagues across BCI Media Group built a home in the community of Selopamioro, Indonesia.

I hope all of you enjoy the first edition of the new INSIDE BCI. Do let us know if there are any topics you’d like to see covered in the future.

Happy reading!Nora

03 BCI Asia Awards 2019CELEBRATING THE 15TH YEAR

05 BCI EquinoxACROSS 6 APAC COUNTRIES

06 CompetitionsBEHIND THE SCENES OF THE 2019 CYCLE OF FUTURARC PRIZE, FUTURARC GREEN LEADERSHIP AWARD & BCI ASIA INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS

07 NewsA BRAND NEW FUTURARC WEBSITE!

08-09 Milestones- BCI MEDIA GROUP ACQUIRES BLUPRIN- BCI MEDIA GROUP AND SMARTBUILD ASIA

JOIN FORCES

10 Activities- LEAD (Leadership Development & Exploration)- BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND’S VOLUNTEER

GUIDE DOGS DAY - ACTIVITIES IN NZ

11 ProfilesMARY ROSE TUPAZ & NICOLE BERRIS

12 BCI BuildBCI BUILD ROUND-UP

13 Interactive & QuizA PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE IN BCI! SHARE THE COOLEST PICTURE OF YOU OR YOUR TEAM!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CELEBRATING THE 15TH YEAR OF BCI ASIA AWARDSThe BCI Asia Top Ten Awards has grown over the years to become one of the highly coveted architectural awards in Asia. It is a prestigious label of excellence that recognises the ten leading design and development enterprises that have made the greatest contribution to the built environment in the prior year.

In 2013, the award was repositioned to take into consideration the degree of sustainability in developments. This year is the 15th year of the annual prestigious event and the award was held in seven different Asian territories, including Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

INDONESIA Date 23 April 2019Venue RAFFLES HOTEL JAKARTA

BCI Asia Awards 2019

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BCI Asia Awards 2019

Date 21 June 2019Venue JW MARRIOTT HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR

MALAYSIA

HONG KONG Date 17 May 2019Venue ROSEWOOD HONG KONG

Date 14 June 2019Venue GRAND HYATT MANILA

PHILIPPINES

Date 18 June 2019Venue CENTARA GRAND BANGKOK

THAILAND

Date 31 May 2019Venue SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL & TOWERS

VIETNAM

Date 7 June 2019Venue FAIRMONT SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE

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BCI EQUINOX

Thailand

Vietnam Hong Kong

Malaysia

Singapore

SINGAPOREDate: 29 March 2019Venue: Flower Field Hall, Gardens by the BayExhibitors: 37Attendees: 350

MALAYSIADate: 5 April 2019Venue: Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur HotelExhibitors: 33Attendees: 320

VIETNAMDate: 15 March 2019Venue: Gem CentreExhibitors: 16Attendees: 320

HONG KONGDate: 22 March 2019Venue: Haw Par MansionExhibitors: 15Attendees: 263

INDONESIADate: 16 November 2018Venue: THE HALL Senayan City Exhibitors: 45Attendees: 361

THAILANDDate: 14 March 2019Venue: Helix Garden, EmQuartierExhibitors: 25Attendees: 247

EVENT DETAILS

BCI Equinox

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Competitions

FuturArc Prize and FuturArc Green Leadership Award have celebrated the completion of their 12th cycle, and the BCI Asia Interior Design Awards its 3rd one this year, with the 2019 competitions receiving more entries than ever before, increasing by about 20% from the 2018 cycle. Through these awards, it has shown that we have covered a truly diverse spectrum; they have been extended to include architectural practices and design ideas from more than 10 different nations, and beyond BCI Asia countries.

Carissa, Vivian and the local coordinators like Anton, Jirapan, Loan, Theresa, Yennie, etc., have helped achieve better numbers than before. A big thank you to the team

2019 CYCLE OF FUTURARC PRIZE, FUTURARC GREEN LEADERSHIP AWARD & BCI ASIA INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS

for their concerted efforts—from contacting potential participants and converting them to registrants, to reminding entrants to submit and finally seeing the submissions through. We would not have gotten this far without dedicated local outreach. Yasir from BCI Australia IT played a crucial role in ensuring that the online judging process had been relatively painless.

Carissa and Vivian also contributed tremendously to a successful jury meeting for FuturArc Prize and FuturArc Green Leadership Award on 8 and 9 March 2019 in the Singapore office. The process saw close to 200 A2-sized panels printed and sorted for the judging process, and converting the Singapore conference room into a critique studio with panels covering almost every inch of the walls and table. With thoughtful preparation, plus an ingenious idea from Vivian, the jury meeting this year went more smoothly than before; the jurors were better able to focus on the task at hand.

What a difference these three competitions have made over the years for BCI Asia and FuturArc, and for design professionals and students, as well as the architectural world as a whole. We have pushed the boundaries of social responsibility, progressive ideas and sustainable designs, especially from emerging countries, such as Indonesia and Vietnam, and up-and-coming companies. Their lack of local resources and facilities had not stopped them, or limit their ability to imagine and inspire a better future, or douse their passion to contribute to a more liveable, harmonious tomorrow.

By Candice Lim

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A BRAND NEW FUTURARC WEBSITE!

FuturArc has launched our newly revamped website since April 2019. We have redesigned the layout with a strong focus on content delivery, offering quick and easy access to interviews, commentaries and projects—a stronger voice of Green architecture in Asia. We bring to our readers a fresh interface with simple and fuss-free navigation.

FuturArc homepage has been redesigned with the main sections of Latest Updates, Most Read Posts, Featured Stories, and Current Highlights. These components connect readers to the most recent news and events quickly, keeping them abreast of the latest developments and current affairs in the industry. In this section, we

can also easily link readers to our social media, such as Instagram, YouTube and Facebook accounts, where live updates happen instantaneously. Dedicated segments for FuturArc advertisers are also available, bringing leading product technologies in the market to our readers.

As such, the new FuturArc website has attracted more responses from our readers in the architecture and design industry. To date, we have successfully garnered 142 unique newsletter sign-ups via our website, 15 enquires about FuturArc magazine, and 75 new subscriptions to our FuturArc App.

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Milestones

marketplace In turn, this will contribute positively to the wider built environment.

Says Ricky Cahyadi, Founder of Bluprin, “We have always aimed to support the construction industry through providing accessible, candid information whilst simultaneously enabling key stakeholders to connect and make well-informed decisions. We are thrilled to join forces with BCI Media Group as both companies share the same long-term vision. We feel confident that BCI Media Group’s long history as the leading provider of construction information combined with the efforts of our passionate team will create further positive outcomes for the industry and its communities.”

Robert Krups, CEO of BCI Asia confirms, “The team at Bluprin has built a solid, smart and functionally advanced platform that will allow decision makers in the construction and design industry to make better specification choices. We are excited to start working together to boost the depth and reach of the platform as well as push into new areas of SaaS functions that will enhance collaboration and ease management of product information.”

The integration of the two organisations will take place throughout 2019, during which time the platform and network will be upscaled considerably before being launched within BCI markets. Both Bluprin (to be rebranded as Archify) and BCI clients will be able to take advantage of the combined value and performance offered by new marketing opportunities, championed by an unparalleled, expanding product portfolio.

JAKARTA and SYDNEY, 11 March 2019 – BCI Media Group, the leading construction information provider in Asia-Pacific is delighted to announce the recent acquisition of Bluprin, a Jakarta-based online architectural product, project and professional platform.

Bluprin allows Design Professionals to create profiles and showcase their projects. At the same time, it enables Building Product Manufacturers to upload digital product libraries and interact with other participants in the network. It creates a new platform for the design community to discover and specify construction products.

Capitalising on clear synergies in relation to dynamic growth and innovative solutions, the acquisition enables both organisations to expand and develop their relationship with the extended Asia-Pacific design community. Combined, the organisations will create more effective and purpose-driven product specification processes in the

BCI MEDIA GROUP ACQUIRES BLUPRIN

We have achieved 4,000 Project Lead customers in January 2019, and it's an incredible milestone in BCI Asia's history! A massive thank you to all the customers and our staff who have helped along the way. This is no easy feat, as it's the result of much hard work. Our growth is due to the transformation to a more consultative approach and putting the customer first.

BCI ASIA ACHIEVES 4,000 PROJECT LEAD CUSTOMERS

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Industry leaders BCI Media Group and SmartBuild Asia has joined forces to fuel international growth and advance big data and artificial intelligence solutions throughout the construction information industry.

SINGAPORE, 7 June 2019 — BCI Media Group (BCI), the leading provider of pre-construction information solutions throughout the Asia-Pacific region, announced today that it has acquired Singapore-based SmartBuild Asia (SBA), a leader in machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data solutions for the region’s construction industry.

“BCI, as the leading pre-construction information service in the region, has always focused on delivering high-quality information to companies in the construction industry,” said Robert Krups, CEO of BCI.

“We see SBA as one of the world’s most machine learning-savvy construction tech start-ups, a perfect partner for BCI. By combining its cutting-edge technology and our dedicated team of construction intelligence specialists throughout the Asia and Pacific regions, we will be able to provide unique AI and big data solutions along with unmatched construction insights for our clients in the region.”

Expanding beyond SingaporeSBA has been seeking an industry partner to help fuel innovation and enhance its industry-leading big data products. With its 20+ year history of reporting on the region’s construction activities, BCI can provide for SBA the much-needed data to feed its AI algorithms.

BCI MEDIA GROUP AND SMARTBUILD ASIA JOIN FORCES

“SBA has always been dedicated to using cutting-edge technology to help construction companies in Singapore increase their market presence and awareness,” said Maxime Lemiere, CEO of SBA.

“Our goal is to use the latest technology to give companies operating in the construction industry unique and valuable real-world market insights to help them improve their organisations. BCI’s focus on providing quality pre-construction information perfectly aligns with our focus and together, we can transform the construction information industry”.

Transforming the industry together“We are thrilled to partner with SBA, a like-minded company that shares similar goals and visions for the future. We look forward to working together to bring digital innovation to the construction industry,” Krups said.

SBA’s founders Maxime Lemiere and Nicolas Marchand will lead a new division embedded within BCI called BCI Smart Data Solutions; Lemiere will also serve as BCI’s Chief AI Officer, while Marchand will serve as BCI’s Chief Data Analytics Officer.

About SmartBuild AsiaFounded by Lemiere and Marchand in 2015, SmartBuild Asia provides the latest big data and AI technologies to the construction industry. Their products are tailor-made for construction professionals across various company functions, including sales and marketing, procurement, operations and finance.

SBA was created with one goal in mind—to make the construction industry more efficient. This is accomplished by providing accurate and up-to-date information, helping businesses make informed decisions to grow faster and smarter.

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Activities

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND’S VOLUNTEER GUIDE DOGS DAY – ACTIVITIES IN NZ

A few weeks ago, a few of the Brisbane team used one of our charity days to volunteer at Guide Dogs Queensland. We spent the day rotating around different jobs, which included painting a fence (a horrible shade of green), folding newsletters, as well as cleaning and re-colouring the donation dogs (you can see the team holding them in the photo).

We were then treated to a presentation from a guide dog trainer on the breeding and training programmes. It was a really insightful day, especially learning about the types of guide dogs and that they are not always Golden Retrievers (some past guide dogs included Poodles and Sausage Dogs).

Not all dogs and pups are suited to the Guide Dog programme; they can follow different career paths such as becoming a companion dog, or rehomed with loving families to bring happiness to people in a number of ways. We were lucky enough to meet one of their therapy dogs – a new programme designed to provide dogs (who didn’t make the Guide Dogs programme) to members of the public who suffer non-eye problems. As the programme was brand new, we met the first therapy dog fully trained and ready to be re-homed. As she was a therapy dog, we were able to pet and play with her, but if she were to be a guide dog, we would have had to let her be.

LEAD (Leadership Development & Exploration)

Lead Training Programme kick-started in Indonesia on 24 & 25 April 2019. The programme aims to develop selected staff of BCI Asia. It will be hands-on learning experience for an intensive period of 12 months. These colleagues will gain a better understanding of current issues, challenges and opportunities to fill the competency void in each country, so that they can help shape the company into a dynamic business entity.

Team members of 2019 programme are: Ronal and Yunita from Indonesia; Bac and Hieu from Vietnam; Lex, Aiden and Frank from Malaysia; Margaret from Hong Kong; Christopher from the Philippines; as well as Kim and Carissa from Singapore.

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PhilippinesMARY ROSE TUPAZ How would you describe your current role?As Senior HR Executive, I’m primarily responsible in overseeing benefits administration, timekeeping and personnel records management for our employees here in the Philippines. I am also a liaison with the various government agencies that we interface with (Social Security, Phil. Health Insurance, etc.) and assist our staff in cases where they would need to avail their mandated benefits from said agencies.

What do you enjoy the most in your career in BCI? I love that I work full-time on a flexible schedule, both in and out of office, and that the Management (both local and HQ) trusts me to produce high-quality work and results. I

AustraliaNICOLE BERRISHow would you describe your current role?A mix of intensity and fun. Between managing the QLD and TAS portfolios, overseeing our in-house Brisbane researchers and assisting with CEs, I get a lot of diversity.

What do you enjoy the most in your career in BCI? The interaction with so many different personalities and cultures (including within the Australian offices).

How do you see yourself & BCI in future? Both myself and the company benefitting from the sharing of knowledge and ideas throughout the departments to develop and grow.

What’s your favourite quote? “Sometimes, we have to look beyond what we want and do what’s best.” — Piccolo

What’s your favourite movie & dream holiday?Movie: Dazed and Confused. Dream holiday: Always New Orleans, no matter how many times I’ve been there.

If you can choose or do one thing, what would that be? To one day learn to fire twirl flawlessly.

work hard to maintain that level of trust, which keeps me engaged and excited. I also love that my job enables me to enjoy my other passions in life.

How do you see yourself & BCI in the future? I am really determined to achieve my personal goals in life, and also help the company achieve its own goals. I'd like to deliver to the best of my abilities while learning from the best. I see myself growing into a senior leadership position as a manager in the future and be able to demonstrate my capabilities in a larger role. I think the company will continue to grow and I see us expanding even further in the near future.

What’s your favourite quote?“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still gently allows you to grow." — William Shakespeare

What’s your a favourite movie & dream holiday?I don't have a favourite movie, but I enjoy watching love stories and movies that touch my heart. My dream holiday is to be able to travel overseas with my family.

If you can choose or do one thing, what would that be?To travel around the world with my family.

“One day I want to…...”Be able to say that “I made it"—in both my personal and professional life.

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The BCI Build team met each other for the first time and clicked instantly. After first chats and breakfast, they spent a day meeting the local Habitat for Humanity – Indonesia team, and seeing some local sights including Borobudur Temple and the surrounding markets. Climbing the many steep and narrow stairs to the top of the temple was tiring but well worth for the views and smiles from locals they met along the way. After the tour, the team reconvened for dinner, where local Habitat for Humanity staff gave a thorough orientation for the week ahead, including construction safety and building tips.

Everyone was extremely excited on their first day when they visited the village, the site, and most importantly, Tumijah and her four family members (spanning across three generations) who will be living in the house once completed. This was what they had spent months preparing for! After a quick briefing, they began digging and shovelling the ground to start on the foundations. It was after this first day when reality set in—they were going to build a house from scratch. It was going to be an emotional yet worthwhile journey.

Heavy rain put a hold on their progress for half a day. After a site-safety inspection when the rain had stopped, it was

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decided they could continue, much to everyone’s delight! Even though the previously dug holes were filled with water, this didn’t deter the team. They started with wiring for the foundation, which then lead to cement mixing. Despite the rain, the team made a lot of progress.

Before heading to the site, the team visited a kindergarten briefly. Everyone enjoyed meeting the children and giving small gifts for the school to distribute. This was a highlight for many in the team, especially for those who are parents themselves. After their visit, the team headed to the house to start their day on-site. The jobs were to wire the rebars, install them into the ground and then fill in with concrete. The team enjoyed singing and dancing together to make the hard work just that little bit easier.

The last day of the construction set everyone’s emotions on high. The team got to work straight away to finish as much as they could. There was much anticipation in the air, as the brick walls slowly started to get higher. The team could finally see four walls coming together. The highlight of the day was when the team gave the keys to the family, and handed over the worksite to the capable local workers who would be finishing the home in the team’s absence.

After months of preparation, the week has ended all too soon. The BCI Build team had made a tangible, life-changing impact to a family in need.

For a week in January 2019, 10 BCI team members flew to Indonesia to build a house for a deserving family. Each day brought its own challenges, however, that didn’t dampen the team’s spirit, in fact, it made the trip all the better.

“We may have changed the homeowners’ lives and futures, but they have changed our lives too.” — Maddy Davies

BCI Build

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