What makes a successful project? Finishing on time, staying within budget and keeping customers happy are the main aims of most construction companies. But to deliver on these goals, you need another ingredient: a great project management software
The way you structure schedules and react to challenges can make or break the cost and quality of your construction programmes. Cloud-based software like Asta Vision can help you to deliver project management excellence, time after time.
What are the benefits of cloud-based project management software?
According to KPMG, 83% of building companies have already adopted integrated project management information systems (PMIS) on some or all of their projects.
While any digital software is better than manual processes, there are specific advantages to choosing cloud technology over traditional, server-based construction project management software. These include:
Central access to project documentation
There’s nothing more frustrating than avoidable mistakes caused by team members using outdated information. Yet too many construction programmes veer off course because people can’t find the correct file.
From blueprints to compliance certificates, you must ensure every stakeholder can access the documentation they need to do their job properly.
Establishing a centralised document repository reduces the time spent searching for files and ensures everyone looks at the latest version of each document.
Asta Vision securely stores all project information in the cloud, so teams know where to find critical information and instructions. Asta Powerproject integration enables you to upload your plans at the start of each new project.
Interoperable systems and data
Asta Vision can also integrate with your company’s other software to give project stakeholders better information. For example, it integrates with CAD software and budgeting tools, ensuring data flows seamlessly between the two platforms.
If you’re a senior planner, system interoperability is critical to generating reports using data from multiple sources. Integrating information streams will enhance the accuracy of your reports and uncover valuable insights for strategic planning.
Real-time information updates
Speed of response is critical to project management excellence. You don’t want your colleagues making decisions based on old data or waiting for the latest updates to upload.
With cloud-based project management software like Asta Vision, any updates to project timelines or documentation are instantly available to all stakeholders across all their devices.
Unlike server-based project management software, cloud technology stores all documentation centrally, so you only need to update projects once to share the latest files to multiple locations.
Remote collaboration capabilities
One of the biggest challenges of running construction projects is coordinating people in multiple locations. Not only are you managing people on-site but also there’s a high chance that some of your strategic team members will work from home rather than in the office.
If you’re not sharing a physical workspace, sharing a digital workplace is the next best step. Asta Vision’s automated alerts and notifications ensure stakeholders are up to speed with milestones and deadlines, keeping the entire team aligned.
Asta Vision is also a collaborative cloud software platform, meaning any team member can make notes or adjustments directly in the project plan, which are immediately visible to all team members.
Encouraging people to add direct feedback facilitates more dynamic and proactive discussions, helping you make smarter and quicker decisions and drive project progress.
Cost-saving potential
Time is money in construction, yet a staggering 91.5% of large-scale projects go over schedule and budget, according to PwC.
Cloud-based project management software can help you introduce efficiencies and identify cost savings.
For example, Asta Vision gives every member of your team detailed, real-time visibility into every aspect of each project they’re working on. Your planners and managers can use this visibility to optimise resource allocation – and if a particular resource is underutilised or overburdened, you can quickly address the balance.
Fairly distributing workload will cut back on overtime costs without compromising delivery deadlines.
You can also use Asta Vision’s predictive analytics to model potential delays or cost overruns based on historical data and current project metrics. If you’re a senior planner, you can use this information to make pre-emptive schedule adjustments or reconfigure resource allocation to minimise the financial impact of project changes.
Smarter decision-making
Predictive analytics are just one example of how construction project management software supports intelligent decision-making.
The best-run building projects respond quickly to the inevitable, often unplanned, changes and setbacks that occur during construction.
With a tool like Asta Vision, your company can create customisable dashboards for strategic team members to take a high-level view of the project status, resources and other performance indicators.
There’s no longer a need to dive deep into raw data to make decisions as projects change and evolve. The insights you view can be easily extracted and shared with colleagues, board members and customers so everyone knows what’s happening at any given moment.
Deliver project management excellence with Asta Vision
Project management excellence begins with effective planning and execution – and investing in cloud-based software can empower your company to integrate data seamlessly, enable real-time collaboration and gain new efficiencies.
Construction firms already using Asta Vision report reduced downtime, greater cost efficiencies, increased compliance and fewer overruns.
Book your Asta Vision demo to see how cloud-based software can elevate your construction project management.
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