Transforming Your Construction Company for Growth
Leverage construction data to automate processes, extract insights, and build better
Construction is a high-risk, low-margin business. There are many factors you can’t predict that can drive cost and schedule overruns, yet margins for contractors in the industry hover around 3-5%. To meet growing demand, experts estimate that we need to build roughly 13,000 buildings a day. How can we change our processes to meet this growing demand while driving greater success and sustainability? The answer lies in digitization, according to Sunil Dorairajan, senior director of construction strategy at Autodesk. He shares insights on how to transform your construction company by leveraging the data you’re already collecting and using it to automate processes and extract insights that can inform you decision making. The key is moving to a shared platform for your entire technology stack that can function as a single source of truth, supporting interoperability between solutions. He also suggests looking at alternate business models that can allow you to diversify revenue, building resilience against unexpected global trends. Ultimately, Dorairajan says, the need for better construction is clear, the only question is what you’ll do to transform to better meet the demands of a changing world.
About the speaker
Sunil Dorairajan is the senior director of construction strategy at Autodesk, and an industry thought leader and expert in automating construction workflows with machine learning. He helps the Autodesk Construction Solutions team in M&A, investments, and shaping product strategy. Dorairajan co-founded Pype, a software startup which was acquired by Autodesk in 2020.
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