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Viewpoint’s Business Continuity Toolkit (registration required) helps contractors prepare their businesses for unexpected disruptions. It covers finding a path forward, making changes and learning from others.

The world has become largely digitized over the past few years, and more reliant on technology than ever. In 2018, Forbes wrote that humans created 2.5 quintillion bytes (2.5M Terabytes) of data every day, and 90% of the world’s entire data was created within just the previous two to three years. That same year, Cisco noted in a report that 94% of all workloads would be run in some form of cloud environment by 2021.

Moving to the cloud enables a connected construction operation with a fluid flow of data and collaborative communication between the field, office and project teams.

Over the past few years, Viewpoint has honored several of its client companies that have overcome significant project challenges, showcased innovative building or operational practices, leveraged modern technologies to create success stories and more. Each year, dozens of companies submit their own stories for consideration for the Viewpoint Construction Awards.

In this GroundBreakers episode, Anne Hunt, director of data and analytics at Viewpoint, shares the features and benefits of cloud-based project management software for construction companies of all sizes, along with tips to help you effectively manage the data generated to ensure you get maximum ROI from these programs.

For time and materials (T&M) contractors in the oil and gas pipeline industry, accurately capturing and controlling data in the field that informs billing process is paramount to success. Yet, many industry professionals struggle with a noticeable disconnect between the jobsite and the back office, especially when it comes to collecting and processing data.

Over the past few years, Viewpoint has honored several of its client companies that have overcome significant project challenges, showcased innovative building or operational practices, leveraged modern technologies to create success stories and more. Each year, dozens of companies submit their own stories for consideration for the Viewpoint Construction Awards.

large portion of the construction industry is still operating on software that has been in use since the 1990s and early 2000s—software that locks information on somebody's desktop, in somebody's personal file structure or maybe inside a company, which makes it difficult to share or access remotely.

Most contractors work with building models to aid the design and installation of construction projects. As the systems being installed become more complex, so too do the tools to model them. One of the newest software solutions is the digital twin, which offers a way to track the construction and maintenance of a system that can grow with the building, and can be shared by multiple parties.

COVID-19 has forced many contractors to adopt construction technology faster than they might have under normal circumstances. Technology that enables remote collaboration, agility, machine automation, and better decision making has helped contractors survive 2020.