While no one can predict the future with 100% accuracy, we can make an educated guess on what will happen in 2025 in the construction industry.
For the next year and beyond, we anticipate that construction project complexity will continue to increase, especially with the on-going labor crunch and supply chain uncertainty. Furthermore, teams are faced with more exact and demanding project schedules that leave them with less time to plan during preconstruction. And thanks to a recent KPMG survey, we also know that the majority of owners (87%) report that their projects are coming under greater scrutiny.
So, what’s the key to managing increased stakeholder involvement and logistical challenges? It starts with efficient project management processes.
Think of yourself as an orchestra conductor who brings together various moving parts and ensures everything works in perfect harmony. If one thing falls out of alignment, it can disrupt the entire project and lead to delays, increased costs, potential safety hazards, and increased pressure from clients.
With this in mind, let's shed light on best practices and tools that can help you keep all the balls in the air as well as level up your project management game in 2025 and beyond. These strategies and resources will enable you to more proactively manage project complexity and potential issues, ensuring the successful completion of your construction projects.
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Teams that coordinate projects across various communication channels (e.g., email, phone conversations, chat, and sticky notes on desks) are not setting themselves up for success in 2025. When your communication is all over the place, it’s easy for critical information to be overlooked or lost. Without a shared place to store and access communication, you risk losing historical records completely after project completion or if someone leaves the company.
Not to mention, the growing emphasis on remote and hybrid work means stakeholders need a central and accessible platform to collaborate.
That’s why the first step to successful project management is ensuring all communications occur in a centralized platform. Doing so speeds up the flow and frequency of information, enhances transparency between team members, and improves decision-making.
Additionally, a centralized system enables you to maintain a record of all communications so teams can retrieve information and track decision-making processes throughout a project—and beyond.
With Correspondence in Autodesk Build and BIM Collaborate, teams have a dedicated tool to manage all project communication. Correspondence allows you to:
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Construction project schedules are notoriously complex. From milestone due dates to material deliveries, each element has its own timeline that must be coordinated and integrated into the overall schedule.
Projects involve multiple events and activities—many of which may take place at the same time. Without proper planning, you can run into delays, safety issues, or contractual issues.
As such, you need to have a central source of key dates, deadlines, and more. This is where Schedule in Autodesk Build comes in. This tool gives you and your teams a central source for the project schedule so you can:
Project teams consist of different stakeholders, each with their own responsibilities. Delivering a quality project on time and within budget means keeping everyone working towards the same end goal – and adjusting based on changes along the way. This is why high-performing teams have frequent and impactful check-ins to ensure everyone stays aligned.
That’s all well and good, but not all construction meetings are created equal. To maximize meeting productivity, attendees need to know what tasks they are responsible for to keep the project moving.
Meetings in Autodesk Build and BIM Collaboration makes this easy. It keeps project teams aligned before, during, and after your meetings so you can:
Construction project success requires you to make the right decisions at the right time. Numerous choices must be made throughout the project, and to make the right call, you need to have all relevant information available.
The traditional RFI process can be time-consuming and cumbersome. Communication through RFIs can be disjointed, with queries and responses passing through various channels, ultimately slowing down decision-making.
Enter RFIs in Autodesk Build, which allows teams to clarify uncertainties and make informed decisions faster. With RFIs, teams can:
Quality is the foundation of a safe, reliable, and successful project; sourcing and delivering top-notch work leads to less rework, repair, and early replacements. Moreover, firms known for quality work attract better clients and higher-value contracts, and are thus more likely to thrive in any economic environment.
One of the ways to ensure quality control is to implement solid review processes for all project materials and methods.
With Submittals in Autodesk Build, construction teams drive quality by ensuring the project is built according to specifications. This capability lets you:
Make 2025 your year to improve construction project management processes by adopting the right tools. Whether you’re looking to improve team collaboration, make better decisions, enhance the quality of projects—or all of the above—Autodesk can help.
Our construction solution solutions enable you to build faster and smarter so you can focus on delivering top-notch projects and keep stakeholders happy.
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