With the world’s increasing population and subsequent growth in demand for urbanization, the global construction market is expected to grow to USD 17.2 trillion by 2030. In addition to growing in size, the sector has also continued to evolve across other aspects, with changing safety guidelines and modern designs completely reshaping the construction industry. However, while the infrastructure has transformed completely, some aspects of the construction process have not kept up with this transformation.
This inability to keep up has led to project costs spiraling out of control, deadlines not being met, and inefficiencies continuing to affect the bottom line of construction companies. To tackle these challenges, organizations worldwide are switching to using Digital Project Information Management (DPIM). Before we understand how DPIM is helping the construction industry keep up, let’s look at some of the areas of the industry that are holding it back from achieving much higher productivity.
Areas that hold the construction industry back
The infrastructure that we see today, whether it’s the glistening skyscrapers, or housing complexes built to modern safety standards, has all come a very long way. This transformation in infrastructure has only been possible thanks to the advancements in construction methods and technologies. However, some processes and areas in construction have not kept up. Because of this, the industry as a whole has struggled to achieve its complete potential, especially in terms of efficiency and productivity.
Costs
One of the direct rivals of efficiency, and high costs is an issue that has plagued the construction sector for the longest time. As construction methods have progressed, the cost efficiency of the industry has improved a lot, however, there are still many areas in construction projects that add to costs, but generally go unnoticed.
Communication and Collaboration
Construction projects involve a large number of departments, which need to be in complete sync at all stages to ensure that a project progresses as planned. However, keeping communication flowing between various departments, all located in different locations, and using different communication channels can be a very difficult task, holding back the productivity of the organization.
Transparency and Accountability
Whenever a project’s deadlines are not met, fixing accountability on a specific department can be extremely challenging with each department being dependent on another.
Lack of Efficiency
From how the material is ordered, to working processes, the construction industry suffers from a lack of efficiency that affects the industry’s productivity and profitability.
How DPIM helps overcome these challenges
Helps reduce costs
Digital Project Management Softwares are designed to help organizations reduce their administrative and overhead costs by reducing the scope for human errors and delays. This is made possible through the use of integrated budgeting systems, assisting with time management, and tracking of tools and equipment.
Provides a single channel for communication
Project teams have to generally provide updates on and communicate with other teams using various tools. This can quickly become a hassle, reducing the productivity of the workforce, and opening up room for lots of miscommunication and errors. Digital Project Information Management provides a single channel of communication for all the teams in a project, simplifying internal communication and reducing the chances of errors.
Keeps everyone on the same page
Coordinating the tasks of various teams in a project is a difficult and time-consuming task. DPIM provides a single source of truth and collaboration for all teams, helping ensure that all project stakeholders can stay on the same page irrespective of their time and location.
Increases transparency
With all communication and collaboration records accessible to everyone, fixing responsibility for all tasks becomes a breeze, allowing higher management to assign accountability and take corrective action as soon as required.
Finding the right solution for you
With a large number of enterprise vendors offering Digital Project management solutions, choosing the right solution is always challenging. Here are some key features that you should look out for in your next DPIM solution.
Scalability and Modularity
Going with a solution that can scale along with the requirements of your business helps you keep costs in check today, and spend wisely tomorrow. In addition to this, choosing a vendor that offers modules that integrate and work seamlessly with the solution allows you to add additional functionality down the road without much hassle.
Functionality
Choosing a tool that offers all the features you need for managing all aspects of your project is essential for a seamless experience and higher ROI.
Ease of use
The tools adopted for increased productivity can often end up reducing an organization’s productivity if they are not intuitive and easy to use. Hence, testing various tools with your team and choosing the one that they find easiest to use can help eliminate any reduction in productivity that occurs early in the adoption process.
Integration
Construction organizations use a variety of different tools for various use cases. DPIM solutions that can integrate with these existing applications help make workflows seamless for the workforce.
DPIM Solutions is poised to help the construction industry reach its full potential by dealing with all of the issues that it currently faces. Digile offers Engineering Collaboration systems, Digital Construction management systems, and, Project Performance analytics to add even more value to our DPIM solutions, which have helped our clients achieve phenomenal results.
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