Construction companies vary in size and in specialty.  However, one common theme among these companies is the need to complete a project on time, within the budget, with zero safety incidents and most of all… to make a profit.  Given the current economic climate, these firms are forced to operate more efficiently to remain profitable, and begin building up their project backlog again by submitting more competitive bids.  To make matters worse, perpetual challenges facing the construction industry – tight budgets, slim profit margins, and increasing costs – only intensify during an economic downturn.

• Today, Information Technology ends at the trailer city.
• This location is often far away from the actual receiving, storage and construction sites.
• Paper, pencil and two-way radios rule past trailer city which lead to increased labor costs and risks to project schedules.

Put down the pencil and improve construction productivity and management of project resources using present day construction project intelligence derived from field information collected automatically throughout the construction process.

Construction companies within the industry constantly need to seek improvements in productivity to stay competitive and profitable.  However, construction companies tend to be very risk averse, and not early adopters of technology.  As a result, construction productivity has grown at a much slower rate than in other industries over the last 40 years.

Among the many aspects critical to achieving better productivity is a company’s ability to manage its assets, resources and labor successfully. The knowledge regarding the whereabouts of important tools and equipment on projects can affect productivity. Risks to project schedule durations and budgets can be reduced by gaining better management and control of material prior to the material being onsite, during receiving, throughout yard inventory life and material issue to craft.