The digital control centre for your site

A digital control centre shows the current state of a construction site in one place: which works are registered or under way, where vehicles, equipment and personnel are, and which quantities have actually been installed. Instead of piecing progress together from lists, phone calls and separate systems, everyone involved sees the same, continuously updated picture. Construction management by BII GmbH is such a control centre: it brings existing planning data, sensors and the operating systems on site together.

On large sites, extra costs often arise where deviations are noticed too late: trades get in each other's way, deliveries back up, and there are no reliable figures for claims or delays. A digital control centre makes deviations visible early, brings coordination between trades into one place and records the quantities actually installed as a basis for measurement, billing and evidence. Real-time tracking of personnel and equipment also helps to avoid accidents and the delays they cause. At the Koralm Tunnel there were no further schedule delays after the platform was introduced.

Best through a shared platform on which every trade registers its works per construction section and sees what is planned when and where. A weekly plan based on lean construction principles, with an approval status per activity, shows overlaps between trades and time windows before they become a problem on site. Coordination then happens in one central place instead of by phone, email and separate meetings. For many contractors, coordinating subcontractors is the typical way into construction management.

With data that is captured continuously during execution, instead of reconstructing it afterwards from lists and emails. A digital control centre records which works were registered and carried out, which causes of delay occurred in each calendar week and which quantities were actually installed. The result is a traceable record over time that serves as a basis for notices of disruption, claims and billing towards the client.

Three routes, and they combine freely: manual capture through a phone app on site, automatic tracking via QR codes on prefabricated material and IoT sensors on site vehicles that also report load volume — or the middle ground, where each measure is decided on effort, value and the accuracy you actually need. In practice the middle ground is the norm: expensive or critical quantities are tracked automatically, everything else stays with the lean manual entry.

Yes. Construction management is modular: you can start with a single building block, for example logistics management or coordinating your subcontractors, and add further building blocks later. We work out which starting point brings the most together in the requirements analysis, ideally right on the project: in our experience, putting questions directly to the people involved pays off, especially when subcontractors are heavily involved. If you wish, we first test the building block as a pilot on an ongoing project.