INTERVIEW
the solution , getting it out to the client and running it in a way that can benefit them can be costly and time consuming on these legacy products .”
It ’ s a challenge Barlow is well placed to take on . With over 20 years of experience in the industry , he was brought on board at Aconex to market and normalise its project controls solution Connected Cost . Though that solution has only been in market for less than a year , it has a great heritage . Barlow explains the IP was purchased from an existing project controls company and replatformed : “ When
“ We ’ re seeing a huge spend in countries like China - they ’ re building something like 75 new airports in the next decade ”
– Guy Barlow , Global Commercial Director we listened to our clients , they told us they wanted a document management solution that could weave in cost so they could capture all the financial data on projects . We brought over the whole engineering team with it and retained that core to service 28 clients around the world in a number of different industries where it can improve the performance on projects .”
The Aconex Connected Cost controls solution is a SaaS ( Software as a Service ) cloud-based offering which can be up and running in a few hours following a period of bespoke training tailored to meet a client ’ s needs . “ The advantage we have as a company that ’ s always been in the cloud , is the amazing data sets on the construction industry we can utilise to help our clients learn from previous projects around the world ,” says Barlow proudly . “ It ’ s a nice value add to them that we can provide these analytics on what makes for a successful project via such a highly intuitive platform .”
“ We ’ ve been building stuff for thousands of years – from the first pyramid to the Shard there have always been cost-overruns and delays , right ?” jokes Barlow . The
10 December 2017