The AEC industry is a unique breed. Unlike many organizations where the focus is on driving a product, AEC firms are in the business of selling ideas and assets (and the people behind both). In order to provide real benefit to AEC firms, software solutions today must therefore align with the specific asset-based needs of the industry.
Enter asset-centric technology. Focused on maximizing a project’s assets over its entire lifecycle, these new technologies are revolutionizing industry workflows and asset-management practices—and reaping measurable efficiencies and cost-savings as a result.
The Rise of Asset-Centric Technology
Asset-centric technology is creating enormous shifts in the industry’s approach to asset management and client collaboration. Designed for AEC professionals in charge of developing and executing high-quality portfolio assessments, asset-centric software is arming pros with solutions to maximize value for both the firm and client.
A few primary areas where this software is causing major advancements within AEC include:
- Automated Workflows: This new software typically provides standardized templates to collect data consistently—such as daily reports from field surveyors—and efficiently with fewer errors. By moving towards automation, AEC firms can enjoy not only greater efficiency and accuracy in data collection, but enormous cost savings as well. collection, but enormous cost savings as well.
- Mobile Deployment: Typically cloud-based, this software is revolutionizing on-site data collection and collaboration by virtue of its mobile nature. In-field data capturing, digital photo uploading, and asset barcoding are just a few of the capabilities offered by this software. This new ability to provide real-time field results is also affording teams shorter response times and improved collaboration between clients, the firm and trades personnel.
- Increased Capacity: Time saving measures are one of the greatest benefits of the new asset-centric technology paradigm. Embedded software tools, such as quality assurance reviews and one-click deliverable reports, afford teams with enormous time (and cost) savings resulting in increased team capacity and project scalability.
- Enhanced Productivity: Lastly, through total project visualization of all assets, this software is helping teams through project design facilitation and resource allocation by giving them a clearer real-time understanding of the project and areas for better asset optimization. The result of which enhances productivity and ultimately translates into positive efficiency and cost savings for both firms and their clients.
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