THE FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
move towards mobility and use of mobile devices , which have quickly become omnipresent in all walks of life . The construction site is no exception , and Aconex has taken advantage of this proliferation and created solutions based around tablets and smartphones .
Jasper said : “ When we saw people starting to adopt the iPhone , we invested in our applications for that device , and later the iPad and Android devices , so every piece of information can be accessed wherever you are on site , in the trailer , in the site shed or back at head office .”
A good example is an Aconex client , a Project Manager , who reported that he was able to save half his time every day by being able to access important information regardless of location .
If a piece of equipment arrived on site or he needed to approve something , he needn ’ t walk to the site shed , which potentially cost him 20 minutes on a large site each time after he had logged on and approved it .
Jasper continued : “ If you see a problem on site you can immediately log that as an issue . If you have to close a level because there ’ s a safety issue , that stops work , but if you ’ re
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DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONCOURSE 3
The new Concourse 3 will be over 640 meters long and include 20 aircraft gates , 18 of which will be able to accommodate the Airbus A380 . With a built up area of 528,000 square meters , it comprises Duty Free Shopping , lounges and hotels . When complete , it will increase the passenger handling capacity of the airport to 68 million passengers annually .
“ We required a best-in-class system that could support our project .”
Sean Hart , ALEC Contracts Manager
HOW ACONEX HELPED Sean Hart , ALEC Contracts Manager , said : “ Managing the large volume of information on projects of this scale can be extremely challenging . Using Aconex will ensure that all project information is held in one place and we can instantly retrieve what we ’ re looking for . The new concourse is a significant addition to Dubai Airport and we knew we required a best-in-class system that could support our project through every stage of development .”
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