Make sense of the jigsaw
Most people think of construction and engineering as a linear process starting with a planning application and ending with a structure. We see it differently.
The sector is part of a more complicated jigsaw involving multiple parties working across many disciplines, against a backdrop of change, improvement and innovation. That means a different kind of planning – and lots of it.
Throw into the mix the trend towards extending the scope of construction and development from advice and building to the long-term provision of managed services. At the same time, the economic structure of the sector has shifted from a focus on profit per project to profit on total contract length.
These new factors apply whether you’re involved in the public or private sectors, in property, commercial or industrial development, transport or utility infrastructure, schools or hospitals – or in any combination of them.
As a result, there’s a pressing need for a clear and consistent focus on business issues, underpinned by world-class systems to maximise efficiency, cost-effectiveness and competitiveness.
With comprehensive services that range from process and systems design and IT, HR and payroll outsourcing to collaborative and knowledge management systems, mobility and asset management systems and innovation and technology assessments, we have long experience of the issues facing the construction industry.
Our global team has more than 40 years of expertise in systems integration, which is key to realising the benefits of the recent spate of mergers and acquisitions that are giving construction companies the scale and resources to address global opportunities.
Among our recent projects are:
• The strategy and design for a new road toll system on behalf of a civil engineering company
• An asset and workforce management solution for a major infrastructure project
• Complete IT outsourcing for a leading house builder
• The IT infrastructure for a joint venture construction company
• IT support for a new PFI hospital
• Outsourced payroll services for one of the UK’s largest construction companies
• Application management – including support of finance, HR, procurement, asset management, document management and Geographic Information Systems – for a London Underground PPP contract
