The transition from paper document management to an electronic trend, thanks to which the business is getting rid of the routine, long coordination and extra costs. As part of the construction, it becomes an additional advantage. Make changes to the drawings, evaluate the project's readiness, calculate savings - all this is very labor-intensive and at the same time the necessary actions that is usually spent a lot of time. In electronic form, everything is much easier - any task can be solved quickly and right on the spot.

It is no coincidence of startups offering similar solutions that are consistently in demand. The stronger the digitalization penetrates the construction scope, the more active the developers implement the "smart" systems on their facilities.

One such example is Plangrid Startup from San Francisco. This software that simplifies work with drawings and any documents. The project is founded in 2011. It allows you to store all files in the cloud and "together" to use them. If someone makes changes, then all the participants in the process are selected.

In 2021, the startup announced a new project management tool - Autodesk Build.

This is a comprehensive software designed to work in the fields. With it, you can track the work of work and control the schedule, promptly make changes and reduce costs, improve safety on the site and receive full access to information offline, view 3D models and quickly find the necessary documents, fill all reports, save and add tags To photos.

Total control

Another project is the Austrian startup planradar. He appeared in 2013. Simply put, this is a digital platform for managing projects in real estate.

Startup allows you to fully control all stages of construction, improves labor productivity, simplifies work with documents, automates actions with drawings and BIM models, makes it possible to fix various defects and leave comments in any way (and text and voice). With it, you can optimize any real estate operations and transform a company's business model using data.

The application is Russified and works on all browsers. In 2020, the project attracted 30 million euros of investments, and in 2022 - 60 million euros.

The most adult from the listed startups is the ProCore project from carpinteria. It was founded in 2003 and since then attracted $ 650 million - 150 of them in 2020. The project covers all stages of construction - simplifies organizational, financial, labor, analytical work.

Startup provides costs of costs, manages rates, helps to make decisions on the basis of data, opens access to the BIM model, combines the office and the construction site, controls the costs, bills accounts, maintains accounting, tracks performance, is engaged in the preparation of high-quality analytics - reveals risks and all sorts of Disadvantages, allows you to create your own training center.

In my opinion, the idea of ​​keeping drawings and documents in the cloud is very good in itself. It allows you to immediately see the changes and take them into account in further processes. Nuance, in essence, only one - go to work with electronic files will have to all participants in the construction. And it can cause discontent. Still, on a large sheet of paper, everything seems clearer and clearer than on a tablet or smartphone. But here, again, the issue of habit.

The presence of a copy electronically is an obvious advantage. With the help of one press, you can see additional information that cannot be accommodated in a sheet of paper. This is a trend that will sooner or later come to all construction companies. As usual, everything begins with the West and gradually comes to Russia. Another question is how much employees are ready for such changes and whether they have enough competencies for permanent work with gadgets.

In this blog I will tell about foreign Proptech startups. I will explain why some ideas are "shooting", while others - go into non-existence, show how technological startups abroad are growing and ladies forecasts in the Russian market.

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