ALEC reduces communication response times by 50% with Aconex
The Concourse A expansion project at Dubai International Airport (DBX) includes 20 new gates and 528,000 square meters of shops, lounges and hotels, increasing the airport’s passenger-handling capacity to 68 million annually.
“One of our first priorities upon winning a new project is—getting Aconex up and running.”
Business challenges
- Reviews of various project documents by different reviewers
- Flow of project information and communications across multiple organizations
- Potentially costly delays due to required inspection approvals and notifications
- Need to accelerate the process of performing and documenting site inspections
Results
- Automated review routing of project documents using customizable lists of reviewers
- Configurable workflow capabilities allowing all project processes to be managed on one platform
- Aconex Field enabling inspectors to sign off on completed inspections while on site
- Efficient documentation of defects on tablets
- 1-3 days saved by immediate uploading and availability of completed third-party inspection records
- Time and cost savings from on-site capture, logging, managing, and resolution of defects
- Reduction of 3-7 days in average review cycles by using Aconex workflows
- Reduction of mail response times by 50% through training and process optimization
Published:June 1, 2018