TECHNOLOGY
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Three Needs for New Solutions in Construction
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Data integration Imagine if you had all the information on a construction project easily accessible and correlated with a 3D model . The measurements for the formwork ? The amount and specification of concrete needed ? The post-pour floor flatness report ? All in one view . How much time and effort would be saved ? According to construction leaders surveyed by PlanGrid in 2018 , you would be looking at saving 14 hours each work week and the industry would potentially save about $ 178bn in labour costs .
Seamless workflows Construction is a slow process . How many times have you passed a construction site on a normal basis to only feel like nothing has changed week to week ? This is often due to waiting on the next link in the chain to be completed before work can progress . Over the past two decades , McKinsey Global Institute reports the industry has only seen a
1 % increase in productivity . It needs solutions that move each step of the construction lifecycle along efficiently and quickly , all the way from design to facility operation and maintenance .
Simple , user-specific solutions There ’ s a wide range of project and task management software available , but if it ’ s harder to use than the benefit it brings , it defeats the purpose . Construction professionals have much to accomplish in a day ’ s work , and the last thing to think about is inputting information into a complicated platform to suit someone ’ s needs back in the office . We can draw a lesson from trends in consumer software on mobile devices , where most tasks are accomplished in simple , task-specific “ apps ” rather than all-encompassing software . Construction solutions must be easy to use , simple to readand targeted to the user ’ s unique needs .
OCTOBER 2019