A common data disconnect plaguing project teams is the one between site engineers in the construction yard and project managers at the head office. Both have roles involving the juggling of multiple supervisory projects—site engineers are responsible for multiple moving parts on a site, PMs are responsible for the project as a whole.
But both work on different time scales: site engineers work on day-to-day timelines whereas PMs often focus on the larger picture which can often have timelines in weeks or even quarters. This, combined with the highly manual nature of progress reporting from site to PMs (often error-prone spreadsheets buried in convoluted email threads or group chat messages), results in a data disconnect between site and PM that could prove costly down the line. Geometrid has spoken to contractors and found that this disconnect contributes to a 3-4 day delay between an event occurring on-site and the relevant PM becoming aware of it. This leads to outdated information erroneously being used in project decision-making.
Before it upgraded its processes with Geometrid, this was an issue faced by Lindner. With delayed and error-prone information, information flow is not real-time but instead staggered. Sometimes, Lindner received updates of an on-site event 3-4 days after this event had transpired, making the information unhelpful for decision-making. This information is crucial for site planning––such as arranging for palettes and equipment, requesting suppliers to release the next batch of materials, or seeking additional manpower from subcontractors.
Read more about how Lindner navigated the site-PM disconnect with Geometrid here.
With Geometrid, the site engineer at Lindner’s 6 Battery Road project could more easily produce automatically generated and formatted progress reports across multiple filters and cross-sections. This made it much easier to service information requests from multiple stakeholders and the site engineer was able to evens end simple screenshots of generated reports to accurately and quickly address data requests from the client and Lindner PMs.
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