Cost savings is one, if not the, primary project drivers of today’s Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) clients. Constantly on the hunt for new cost saving measures, AEC clients are increasingly looking to new data technology solutions to drive greater efficiency and accuracy across a project’s total lifecycle. Asset-centric technologies, focused on maximizing performance and efficiency of physical assets, are among the most alluring for today’s AEC clients. For AEC firms vying for projects with these savvy clients, embracing and meeting these demands for new technology translates into a greater competitive advantage.
4 Key Data Performance Areas
There are several key areas where AEC clients are expecting performance from their project technology. These include:
Real-Time Collaboration
The global nature of many of today’s projects means it’s not always possible for teams to regularly meet in person. In these remote work situations, technology solutions that provide real-time collaboration opportunities between team members is imperative. Increasingly, clients are showing preference towards cloud-based solutions that can provide greater total-team access to data, regardless of location.
Technology on the Go
In today’s mobile-obsessed world, it’s no surprise that clients are also expecting high-performance and mobile data solutions from their AEC firms. Data mobility is especially gaining popularity on job sites, with clients now expecting mobile technology tools that allow them to easily understand job progress supported by in-field data and digital photos of the job site. Facilitated workflows, versatility of process and information efficiency with the ability to solve the myriad challenges encountered are highly desirable features of this new mobile technology.
Live Project Feedback Through Data
To further control costs, clients are looking to project data management tools that offer live project feedback to uncover opportunities for greater efficiencies and cost savings at every stage of a project lifecycle. New technology solutions that provide standardized, reliable data, and flexible lifecycle costing models are enabling AEC firms to gain traction on the competition in both performance and cost efficiency.
Increased Team Productivity
As it typically goes, anything that saves time usually also saves money. Therefore, the more productive teams can be the higher the cost savings to a project. Given new technologies are designed to increase efficiency, it’s no wonder AEC clients are turning to these solutions to benefit their projects and bottom lines. Embedded software tools, such as quality assurance reviews and one-click deliverable reports—synthesizing text and data into polished reports—are just a few ways new technologies are helping teams save time and save clients a great deal of money.
More and more AEC firms are seeking to become knowledge leaders in new data and project management technologies. By demonstrating the ability and expertise to meet the changing performance and cost expectations of clients, these firms will find themselves catching the eyes —and winning the projects—of today’s leading clients.
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