New technology is dramatically changing the way Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) firms are managing their project assets and communicating with their stakeholders. From the computerized facilitation of workflows to new mobility capabilities, the tech shake-up is offering exciting new possibilities in the way AEC teams think and collaborate on their projects—the result of which provides huge project savings and time efficiencies.
Here are four of the biggest tech trends hitting the AEC industry today:
Facilitated Data Collection
Efficiency of data collection is one of the biggest AEC shifts that is impacted by new technology. Through automation, teams are now able to collect data, such as asset inventory, lifecycle information, field assessments and reports with greater efficiency and accuracy. This is accomplished by guided workflows and automated field validation, which means engineers not only are guided through required data points with smart templates, but also are able to verify their work prior to leaving the field. This affords teams enormous opportunities to provide their clients with up-to-date project coverage and eliminates the typical “lag time” and data errors of “old-school” manual report development and filing.
Mobility
The mobile deployment of today’s best-in-class technologies are causing huge changes in the way teams are able to communicate between the field and the office. These cloud-based mobile solutions offer a variety of tools to streamline remote team collaboration. In-field data capturing and validation, digital photo uploading and asset barcoding are just a few of the many features now made possible through mobility.
Embedded Intelligence
Today’s new AEC technologies often offer a robust suite of embedded software intelligence and features that match the real needs of the industry. Tools such as quality assurance reviews and one-click deliverable professional reports provide increased team capacity, project scalability and profit margins.
Project Visualization
Driven by increasingly restrictive cost parameters, today’s AEC clients are under pressure to be more competitive AND maximize the return on their project investment. By being able to provide total visualization of a project’s assets and its performance throughout its lifecycle, new AEC technology helps project teams provide their clients real-time understanding of their investment and how best to optimize its performance today and in the future.
We’ve incorporated all four key trends into our iPlan™ platform for AEC firms, which we’ve seen drive efficiencies for assessment services and report deliverables by up to 65%. We help AEC firms create a central data repository from assessments that remain with the asset throughout its lifecycle and capitalizes on these tech trends to positively affect the bottom line for portfolio owners and operators.
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