Data & analytics for construction
Data that finally joins projects, accounts and operations
Construction businesses generate huge amounts of data and use very little of it. Accounts, project controls, CDE, programme tools and timesheets each hold a different version of progress. A good data partner makes those numbers agree.
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Why it matters
Data & analytics in construction earns its keep when it joins the business together
Project margin, WIP, applications and forecasts all depend on the same data being trusted. When project controls, accounts and operations disagree, board meetings end up arguing about whose number is right instead of which projects need attention.
Data and analytics also underpins the work AI is starting to do in construction - programme risk, document search, estimating assistance. Without a clean foundation, those workloads stall.
What the work covers
What data and analytics looks like in a construction business
Accounts, project controls and ops joined up
Sage, COINS, Eque2 or similar joined to project controls and CDE, with definitions agreed across the business.
Reporting the board actually trusts
WIP, margin, cash position and project health in a Power BI pack leadership opens every Monday.
Programme and risk analytics
Programme slippage, risk and resource demand modelled from live data, not last week's spreadsheet.
Document and CDE search
Search across drawings, contracts, RFIs and correspondence, tied to project and matter.
What needs to be in place
The foundations a construction data partner expects to see
A platform that fits a project business
Microsoft Fabric or similar, designed around the project lifecycle and the mix of head office and site working.
Definitions agreed once across functions
Project margin, WIP and forecast defined with finance, commercial and operations in the room.
CDE and SharePoint governance
Matter-style structures, retention and access tightened so the data has a clean source to read from.
Reporting ownership inside the business
Finance and operations own the numbers, the partner builds and maintains the pipe.
What good looks like
A partner who has done this in construction before saves you the first year of learning
A construction-aware data partner starts with the project review, not the platform. They'll get accounts, project controls and ops joined up first, build the pack the board trusts, and then turn the foundation toward programme analytics and document search.
Project reviews get sharper because everyone is reading the same numbers. Bids get more disciplined because the historical data is finally usable. AI work has somewhere real to plug into.
Outcomes you should expect
- WIP, margin and cash agreed across functions
- A board pack leadership trusts and acts on
- Programme risk analytics tied to live project data
- A data foundation AI work can build on
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