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Procore – the most trusted partner in construction software. Tom Karemacher – Vice President of APAC Procore Technologies.
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elivering a construction project on time, within budget and to a high quality is not easy. So often, we read about projects running well over schedule, blowing budgets or having accidents on the jobsite.
safety, and construction finance.
This complexity has driven the construction businesses to look for efficiency gains wherever possible to reduce time, drive transparency and safety adoption as well as increase profits and value. Software technology is now seen as one of the main areas where construction companies can drive these gains.
The majority of software systems have worked to improve a certain aspect of the construction jobsite without taking the whole construction vertical into consideration. But singular software solutions have inherent limitations and without the free flow of data, the back-and-forth collaboration to manage time, cost and quality, construction teams cannot deliver quality projects on time and within budget.
With an increasing amount of funds being allocated to infrastructure and projects, technology is now being recognised as vitally important to success in Australia’s construction industry. Yet the construction industry is the third least-digitised sector in the world and the local industry is to date, yet to be properly served by technology vendors. Construction has never been slow to adopt technology, but rather technology vendors have been slow to meet the needs of the industry, specifically in the areas of project management, quality and
Various software solutions have been used by construction companies to help meet these critical demands, but most have delivered only mixed success.
At Procore, we have developed a software solution that manages the entire construction process and that puts real-time information at the fingertips of those who need it most. Where previously a single delay could backlog an entire project, real-time updates allow users to carefully manage the entire construction process, giving project managers and developers the opportunity to jump in as soon as an issue is identified, and solve it as quickly as possible.
This access to real-time data brings agility to the sector and increasingly, project managers need to invest in the right digital solutions to streamline their reporting processes, and embrace the right tools that can ensure all information relevant to a project is accessible immediately, in one place and available to the full team. Choosing the right construction software solution is a critically important decision. A substantial investment in terms of cost, time, and resources; the software selected will also define the daily work culture and communication environment of construction teams. Procore has launched in Australia and New Zealand to bring a world-class construction management software to the market, with over 150,000 users already in Australia and New Zealand. Procore is investing heavily into the region to meet the large demand for a construction software system that delivers real value to the jobsite and has the customer and continued innovation at the core of the business. Issue Two | April/May 2018 | MBA NSW
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