BIM & DIGITAL
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BIM & Digital While activities in most work sectors around the world have continued to be under varying degrees of lockdown, the construction industry, for the most part, has been allowed to continue to operate under strict health and safety protocols. Looking beyond the pandemic, with an ever-rising number and complexity of projects on the go, constructionrelated companies will continue to be at risk of not keeping to strict schedules and budgets due in part to outmoded workflow practices and processes. Solving these construction challenges is now a critical necessity. The industry must embrace new workflow best practices and online technology to survive and thrive in a covid world and beyond.
COVID-19 SIGNALS NEED FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO IMPACT BUSINESSES IN EVERY SECTOR, THIS ARTICLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH MONDAY.COM EXAMINES WHY THE NEED FOR CONSTRUCTION TO RETHINK HOW IT MANAGES PROJECTS IS STRONGER THAN EVER The covid-19 pandemic has forced the engineering and construction industry to rethink how it manages and tracks projects. Despite the world’s drastic shift to digital solutions, construction is still one of the world’s least digitised sectors. Productivity in the construction industry has been steadily declining over the last 50 years, and the pandemic
has only made it more apparent how far behind some companies are lagging. Manual paper-based processes run rampant in the industry, making it difficult for teams in the office and on site to operate and exchange information at maximum speed and efficiency, especially now with social distancing regulations and a reduced workforce in the field.
Having everything stored on one system online gives field workers the ability to track in real time changes made elsewhere
Meeting demands to execute faster With a gradual shift of the construction industry as a whole moving to adopt state-of-the-art digital solutions to manage and track projects and processes, developers, construction companies, suppliers and trades are all increasingly under pressure to evolve and adapt or die. Soon, there will come the point where companies that resist change and in adopting new industrywide project management norms will no longer be able to keep up and compete. To stay competitive, construction companies must gain better visibility into their projects from ideation through to execution. Having greater oversight requires all project information to live in one central place so leaders can track progress and remove bottlenecks at any stage to keep things moving forward. There is also a need to increase efficiency, with many construction companies looking into automation tools for repetitive tasks. With automation, companies can reduce human error, avoid missing deadlines, streamline
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