DATA VISUALISATION & DASHBOARDS

Boosting Construction Site Performance with Real-time Project Dashboards

Ebony Middleton | Published on 18 November 2024

The construction industry is shedding its image as a technological laggard, rapidly adopting digital systems and leaving behind outdated legacy processes. For many organisations, this digital transformation is still hindered by the persistence of fragmented data, scattered across various platforms like apps, spreadsheets, emails, and paper documents, creating a significant obstacle to achieving true efficiency.

However, without a centralised platform where project information lives in a common data environment, contractors and developers are unable to get complete oversight of their projects. This makes it challenging to prioritise workloads, manage risk and compliance, stay on top of tasks and generate accurate reports.

Gif of a laptop scrolling through a Simpel project dashboard

How Dashboards increase visibility and control over construction operations

Project Dashboards streamline operations by transforming raw construction data into clear visual insights, providing an instant overview of a project's status.

Whether reviewing site access, safety, documents or quality, project dashboards cut the time taken to review project vitals.

An intuitive interface displays key metrics in charts, graphs, and trend lines, helping teams identify patterns, review changes over time, and understand where to focus their attention day-to-day.

From Insight to Action: Transforming operations on the worksite

Visualising and prioritising project data empowers teams to make faster, more informed decisions. They can quickly see critical information like overdue tasks, inductions requiring approval and expiring insurances – all displayed in a clear, concise way.

Here's some key benefits teams can experience after implementing Project Dashboards on a worksite...

Consolidated data in a single view

Centralising project information into a single dashboard provides a more comprehensive and trusted overview of a project’s status. Drawing data from a common data environment also eliminates the fear of missing information and uncertainty in construction data and supports faster and more confident decision making.

Rapid action through task prioritisation

Useful design features, like green/amber/red metrics and the ability to set custom compliance levels help teams quickly review, prioritise and take action, addressing issues or managing risk. It also ensures seamless collaboration as the whole team is viewing, actioning and collaborating on the same prioritised data set.

Improved compliance

Dashboards help teams proactively identify and mitigate risks early. Each dashboard can be configured to display a range of safety metrics including; worker or plant inductions with expired uploads, SWMS or safety plans requiring review, outstanding permits, expired insurances, and overdue tasks. Centralising these safety metrics in a single dashboard helps HSE teams stay on top of critical compliance responsibilities in real-time.

Accurate reporting

With just the click of a button, teams can generate and print accurate reports containing dashboard graphs and metrics. These help communicate progress, identify patterns, track KPIs and record performance. Additional options to set custom reporting periods and select specific tables/graphs also facilitates the timely communication of insights to management.

The dashboards have truly been a game changer for our organisation

They deliver:

Real-time reporting on compliance all in one convenient location
Significant time savings and resource efficiency
A single page view that delivers instant performance insights for reporting at an organisational level

Jessica Gough
HSE Manager

How Simpel helps teams unlock the power of connected construction

Simpel captures a comprehensive, 'high vis’ data trail that connects your entire project ecosystem in real-time. It breaks down data silos and unites your project ecosystem in a single, dynamic data stream.

Enhanced by powerful project and org intelligence dashboards, Simpel facilitates data driven decision making and reporting, helping teams prioritise work and eliminate unnecessary costs to deliver projects faster.

Say goodbye to silos and hello to enhanced collaboration and efficiency

Real-time project dashboards are transforming construction management by consolidating disparate data, streamlining decision-making, and boosting site performance. Simpel is leading the way by offering construction teams a tailored experience, giving them the autonomy to access and interact with their data whenever, wherever, and however they want. With this level of control, teams are transforming their operations, reducing risk, and improving collaboration across projects.

Ready to give up digging for data? Take the first step—schedule a demo with Simpel today.