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Improve profitability and efficiency with technology collaboration tools

December 4, 2015 / 2 min read

Collaboration has always been a vital pillar for success in the construction industry. Just as technology permeates other aspects of life, the same is true for construction. The past few years have seen a growing trend in the use of technology collaboration tools. With multiple stakeholders involved on a given project – from the general contractor and subcontractors, to project owners, engineers, and architects – it’s important to have a transparent, and efficient, mode of communication.

Technology collaboration tools, hosted on the cloud, provide greater visibility, accuracy, and efficiency than pen and paper, or even email. With electronic workflows and applications, all information is housed in one place, with one set of data. All project stakeholders know they’re working with the latest information with no questions or concerns on version control. This increased efficiency, seamless collaboration, and transparency can greatly aide in your company’s project execution and eventual profits.

Cloud-based project management applications provide an efficient, collaborative approach to managing RFIs, submittals, meeting minutes, contracts and commitments, budgets, pay applications, change orders, and more. Field data collection applications allow for accuracy and transparency with labor and equipment hours, receipts, and notes and photos from the jobsite on a daily basis. If there’s an issue on a project, it can be quickly identified and remedied.

As we know, the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a collaborative tool has had a strong impact on the industry. By virtualizing the different layers of a construction project, potential problems are identified and mitigated before actual construction begins. Of course, the use of BIM clash detection has already saved the industry countless hours and dollars on the construction site.

While all of these technology tools can greatly aid in collaboration, it’s important to ensure successful implementation. The following are three action items you should consider:

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