Project management and collaboration
This blog series discusses the six most common Architects, Engineers, Construction, Operation (AECO) industry's pain points, in 2021 in the United Kingdom, and how digital transformation can help overcome these challenges. The following blogs are published as follows:
- Shortage of skilled construction labour. Monday 8/02/2021.
- Poor communication and lack of information. Friday 12/02/2021.
- Project management and collaboration. Friday 19/02/2021.
- Low productivity. Friday 26/02/2021.
- Inefficient data collection and handling. Friday 6/03/2021.
- Building future-proof processes. Friday 13/03/2021.
3) Project management and collaboration
Changes in construction projects occur all the time when the construction of the asset progresses.
Construction projects involve multi-discipline, multi-actor collaboration during the project lifecycle, including building maintenance actors. Despite this:
- only 42% of contractors report that they update schedules daily or weekly.
- of which only 20% say that they update the schedule within 1-2 days of becoming aware of a situation requiring schedule modification. This number is extremely low, considering the importance of capturing schedule changes, in a timely manner, allowing for a clearer understanding of the status of the project to confirm what aspects has been completed and which are still evolving.
- The problem is well demonstrated in the fact that 66% of general contractors report they carry added costs through working overtime on at least three quarters of their projects due to schedule slippage, with 50% of them needing to extend the project end date .
What could be automated?
- Planning and managing processes, at various stages design, construction, handover, and maintenance.
- Modelling and visualisation
- Collaboration, Data management, training
What solutions Driving Vision could propose to help you?
Driving Vision will analyse your current operation to propose a solution that:
- introduces new technologies that fit with your current workflow,
- institutes the basics required before fully embracing BIM and automation,
- allows your people to work collaboratively and interdependently whilst integrating your processes through automated systems that are transparent and seamless.
Here are some examples of what we look at to improve your communication and optimise your information flow:
How will these solutions help you to mitigate the risks?
BIM execution planning, scoping, assigning tasks, scheduling, budgeting, verifying, and managing changes and issues that occur through the project's lifecycle are appropriately documented and communicated to:
- Reduce the risk of errors,
- Reduce clashes,
- Reduce lengthy reworks,
- Reduce costly material wastes
- Boostin profitability and
- Ease cash flow.
- Be compliant with ISO 19650 (BIM)
Data management improves:
- The organisation of data from different projects with tracking in real-time.
- The reusability of data to speed up the pre- design process and budget estimate accuracy.
- Interoperability to facilitate data transmission and data integrity.
- Data errors and inconsistency to boost projects’ profitability.
- Project delivery and documentation
- Costs and legal disputes are reduced.
- Building sustainability assets in compliance with ISO 14001 (environment)
- Cashflow management is easy, speedy, and accurate.
- Identify and optimize any unnecessary spending leading to better profitability and cash management.
If you want to digitalise your business painlessly, see what Driving Vision can do for you.
Implementing BIM can be daunting, but Driving Vision is here to help you at the pace you are comfortable with. Get started by getting in touch now
