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Build smarter with digitalisation The construction industry is tool-based – there are different tools for different jobs. This creates silos of information and work that are unstructured and uncollated. Andrew Skudder, CEO of RIB CCS, talks about a solution-based collaborative platform and one central database. This digital platform approach empowers the sector to use the increasingly important asset of data to make better decisions and ensure projects are delivered more efficiently, on time and within budget. What value does RIB CCS bring to the construction sector? AS Our mission as a business is to digitally transform the construction and engineering industry into a more sustainable, advanced industry. Digital transformation increases collaboration,
productivity and efficiency, which results in greater profitability and sustainability for companies. By assisting construction companies to build more with fewer resources, we then benefit society. Those saved resources can be directed to other projects. An effective built environment
Andrew Skudder, CEO of RIB CCS
(and the associated infrastructure) is key for people’s quality of life and prosperity.
What is MTWO Complete Construction Cloud? This is a cloud platform that provides end-to-end management across the
WHO IS RIB CCS? A STORY OF TWO SOUTH AFRICAN PETERS AND 1982 A GERMAN SOFTWARE A project manager COMPANY called Peter Reynolds, frustrated with repeatedly 2000 – 2008 generating estimates on a piece of
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paper, decided to digitalise his estimating CCS and BuildSmart Schneider Electric buys activity. He developed the Candy estimating merge and expand their shares into RIB Software. software solution and established CCS. footprint into India and From there, Peter further developed Australia. Candy into a project planning and control solution and CCS offices opened in Portugal and the UK. Peter Cheney started BuildSmart, where he developed a financial management CCS joins RIB Software – a solution (including procurement, payroll German multinational construction and accounting) specifically for the software company that has been construction industry. It is introduced operating since 1951, leading to into other Southern African the rebranding of CCS as neighbouring countries. RIB CCS in 2020. Candy expands into Dubai and New Zealand.
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