How many times have you felt frustrated because you couldn't find the right document when you needed it or because of all the emails you had to send and receive to validate the latest version of your program?
Not to mention the stress of not knowing if your on-premises teams are working based on the latest version. Even when you were able to contact them and share the latest PDF with them via email or WhatsApp, there was still no way of knowing whether all team members had seen the document and taken action.
How could you change this and prevent your teams from working in silos? The answer is simple. Transferring all project documents to the cloud in a centralized data source. This way, you would be able to give everyone on your project full visibility into what's coming up and what's required of them. At the same time, excessive administrative workload and endless emails would no longer be a constant nightmare for you. All critical information and documents would be accessible to everyone in a single source of truth, making monitoring progress and communicating around the program much easier and less time-consuming.
This way, planning can once again be the central point of your project. Why would you want to do this? Simply because planning is the heart of every construction project. It's like running a race: if you want to run, you need to keep your pace under control. If you start too slow, you won't be able to catch up; If you run too fast, you'll probably be exhausted before the end. It's about finding the right balance. And you'll only achieve this if you seamlessly share your schedule with your entire team, getting everyone pulling in the same direction.
Because at the end of the day, that's what matters most. Build a strong culture around planning and a deep understanding that if you deliver on time, you will also likely keep your project on budget. It is the safest proxy to avoid additional costs.
