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Construction

On a construction site, information is born in the field and gets lost on the way. The site manager's notebook and the management dashboard rarely describe the same reality.

Stakes

What weighs on the trade

  • Gap between budgeted and actual cost
  • Reliable progress tracking
  • Location and availability of equipment
  • Safety and compliance on site

Critical operations

What must not stop

  • Planning and progress tracking
  • Managing deliveries on site
  • Tracking equipment and machinery
  • Time recording for teams and subcontractors
  • Handover and closing of snags

Why digitalise

What technology changes here

Data entered on site, from a phone, with a photograph and a timestamp, replaces reports reconstructed in the evening. The quality of the data changes immediately.

What can be automated

  • Daily site report generated from field entries
  • Machinery servicing alerts on hour counters
  • Consumption tracked against the quantities used
  • Reminders on snags not yet closed
  • Consolidation of cost by work package and by site

Capabilities

What we put in place

Software

  • Mobile site-tracking application
  • Budget tracking by package and by line
  • Equipment management and assignment
  • Snag and handover management
  • Tracking portal for the client

Data

  • Budget versus actual by work package
  • Physical progress compared with financial progress
  • Equipment utilisation rate
  • Average time to close a snag

IoT

  • Geolocation of machinery and equipment
  • Hour counters for maintenance
  • Fuel consumption tracking
  • Access control and counting on site
  • Monitoring of concrete curing conditions (temperature, humidity)

Artificial intelligence

  • Progress estimated from site photographs
  • Detection of consumption deviating from the quantities used
  • Assistant that searches the contract documents

Integrations

  • Take-off and estimating software
  • ERP for purchasing and invoicing
  • Accounting systems

Security

  • Subcontractor access limited to their own work package
  • Timestamped, geolocated and tamper-evident photographs
  • Traceability of progress approvals
  • Protection of contractual documents

Our approach

A typical path in this sector

  1. Pilot site

    A live site, with observation of how information currently comes back.

  2. Field entry

    A mobile application for the daily report, photographs and quantities.

  3. Budget tracking

    Costs attached to work packages and compared with the forecast.

  4. Equipment

    Machinery tracked and servicing triggered by real usage.

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