Only two weeks ago, I had the privilege of chairing the first ever BILT ANZ 2017. It has been something of a whirlwind, in that despite it being a three-day event, it came and went so quickly. From the feedback we have received so far, it was well-received and ran very smoothly.
While there’s plenty of room for growth in the new streams (being construction and estimation), numbers were a definite improvement on last year at our last-ever RTC AUS in NSW Hunter Valley. It’s been interesting looking back at what we’d set out to achieve (as flagged in the RTC AUS 2016 event wrap-up), compared to what we did achieve. Overall numbers were good, and it was great to finally host the event in Adelaide, at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Apart from a few issues with the A/C, the venue performed well; the first time we’ve held the event at a Convention Centre rather than a hotel. There was a difference to past events that many remarked upon, despite it being early…