Construction Digital Magazine August 2021 | Page 47

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

“ The Project Manager ’ s role will become one of enterprise coordination , organisational change management , and risk management and less a manager of SDLC processes ”

CHRIS DEBRUSK PARTNER , DIGITAL PRACTICE , OLIVER WYMAN
Project Controls , BIM , Risk Management , Document Management , Scheduling , Accounting , and Procurement , through desktop and mobile capabilities ) to deliver businesses with improved transparency and alignment , providing a single source of truth to enhance ease of user access , collaboration and security across Microsoft and InEight applications . Using the end-to-end , customisable platform , customers can now connect data and processes seamlessly and intuitively across systems to reduce errors , omissions and redundancies while improving the outcomes of complex long-term projects . Pål Christian Hustoft , CFO , at Veidekke Entreprenør AS , a joint customer of Microsoft and InEight and one of Scandinavia ’ s largest construction companies said it believes the Construction 365 solution will meet its business needs as a fully integrated digital transformation platform , providing transparency and control throughout the business . “ We expect the ongoing implementation will confirm our beliefs , making it possible for us with a greater ability to create great projects for our clients with our desired profitability and on schedule .”
Petter Merok , Industry Executive , Architecture , Engineering & Construction , Microsoft Norway , saic complex construction projects involve huge amounts of variables and many different cross-practice and company personnel .
“ This powerful Microsoft Dynamics 365 integration with InEight empowers teams with unified , real-time data across all processes to make smarter decisions that drive business progress . We are proud to be playing a role in supporting productivity and performance improvements in the construction industry , at a time when it has perhaps never been more important .”
Mike Paul , Managing Director for EMEA at InEight , said while the physical world is still seeing borders and restrictions on freedom of movement , the trend in the data world is the opposite . “ Connectivity is key . Through this integration with Microsoft Dynamics , InEight is creating interconnected workplaces to enhance collaboration and project outcomes in capital construction . It ’ s an important and timely step towards our goal of digitalising construction project management .”
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