Three Growing Businesses, Three Project Management Success Stories
From specialist subcontractors to modular construction
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A good program can absolutely mean the difference between a well-coordinated, safe and profitable project completion and a poorly-executed project that involves stacks of manual reporting and contractor headaches.
Marlborough Brickwork, Middlesex Limited and Algeco utilised Trimble’s Viewpoint Field View and Viewpoint for Projects to share, control and collaborate on high-profile projects throughout the UK, mitigating risk and increasing productivity. Check out their stories below.
Marlborough Brickwork increases safety, mitigates risk
Marlborough Brickwork is a UK-based subcontractor specialising in brickwork and blockwork, stonework, cladding and other façade products. The company works throughout Northern England and the Midlands.
When Wilmott Dixon hired Marlborough Brickwork to work on the new headquarters project for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, which includes a new fire station and the Technical Rescue Training Centre, it was time to go digital.
“We used Viewpoint Field View primarily for the onsite QA and sign-offs with the main contractor, and also for the health and safety and planned procurement aspects,” said Beth Carter, business systems manager, Marlborough Brickwork.
She noted the company plans to convert Marlborough’s whole monitoring system to Viewpoint Field View, a major upgrade to the previous project management method, which involved boxes full of paper travelling back to the main office for archiving.
Listen to Marlborough Brickwork and Willmott Dixon leaders describe the project and benefits of digitalisation here.
Middlesex Ltd gains visibility via golden thread
Middlesex Ltd. utilises a collaborative approach and over a decade of experience to successfully deliver construction projects throughout the UK. The company’s expertise includes drylining, tiling and decorating, fire stopping, facades and carpentry.
Middlesex leveraged Viewpoint Field View to achieve a golden thread of information – gaining visibility into health & safety, photographic evidence, logistics and more for its projects. The immediate results are higher productivity, more eco-friendly practices and less stress for all employees.
Leveraging a golden thread of information also allows Middlesex to remain competitive in the UK’s bustling construction sector. Many contractors and customers see the value of digitalisation because of the vast benefits over manual project management practices.
“Previously, we’d print documents, manually sign them and then scan them back into our server, which took 4-5 hours weekly,” said Stuart Parkin, Health & Safety manager, Middlesex Limited. “That same process with Viewpoint Field View takes approximately 30 minutes per week.”
Nowadays, Middlesex stores a robust amount of evidence on its digital forms and efficiently distributes paperwork to relevant project stakeholders.
Listen to Middlesex Ltd.’s story here.
Algeco expands efficiency
Algeco supplies portable and modular buildings across the UK and Europe, serving nearly 50,000 customers globally. As the company grew and began a large project for DFA Schools, Algeco leaders realised the need for a formal electronic document management (EDM) system that offered a single source of truth for all project information. In fact, the customer required the contractor to have an EDM platform in place for the duration of the project.
Algeco turned to Trimble’s Viewpoint for Projects for the DFA Schools job. Algeco was so pleased with the increased efficiencies created, they adopted the platform for all work.
Jo Gibbs, Algeco’s document control officer shared that Viewpoint For Projects brings peace of mind to project information, assuring documents end up in the correct inbox. She also noted the system “speeds up the approvals and reviewing processes by efficiently distributing information across teams.”
Read more about Algeco and this project here.
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