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Not too long ago, software and data were
secondary concerns in heavy construction. Paper
and spreadsheet-based management tools put
competitors on equal footing. Winning bids
and earning profits hinged more on hands-on
experience, personal expertise, and gut feeling.
That's changing fast. Specialized software is
creating imperative opportunities to increase
accuracy, agility and efficiency across estimating
and operational workflows. Aggregating, analyzing
and acting on the vast amount of data available
can be the difference between profit and loss.
Companies that do not have a proactive and
cohesive software strategy are finding it increasingly
difficult to compete against the ones that do.
This guide looks at the options and approaches that
construction companies should consider in order
to stay on the winning side of this dividing line.
INTRODUCTION
SOFTWARE DRIVES
PROFITABILITY
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Introduction
Software Drives Profitability
Heavy Construction Outlook
Opportunity and Challenge
Software Evolution
Innovation and Market Requirements
Software Strategy
Four Basic Approaches
Unified Collaborative Data
Leveraging One Operational Database
Getting Buy-in
Current and Future Employees
Anytime & Anywhere
Mobile Strategies
Estimating & Bidding
Accuracy, Speed and Efficiency
Scheduling
Coordination and Collaboration
Field Tracking
Real-time Data and Analysis
Maintenance Management
Maximize Uptime and Cut Costs
Data Capture & Analysis
Unlock the Power of Data
