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can scale for the future , where we want to develop it into a contract management solution , for managing areas like our early warning agencies . We want to incorporate this with our estimates and bring in the Oracle Primavera P6 ( Enterprise Project Portfolio Management ) scheduling tool to develop a project controls environment .”
Murphy Group was awarded a multibillion-pound contract with Network Rail ’ s HS2 programme . Jones notes it ’ s now rare to receive a tender like this that doesn ’ t include digital requirements . “ We can ’ t risk losing rail infrastructure projects because we haven ’ t up-skilled and aren ’ t BIM-ready ,” he says . The company identified document control had become siloed but with Aconex solutions to control it , efficiencies are being found . “ We know of projects that have liquidated damages of £ 45k per week . Depending on their size , that might be big or small , but it ’ s unsustainable and outrageous ,” says Jones , outlining a scenario he ’ s encountered with a project running three weeks late : “ The actual facility is built
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