See how Interserve discovered significant benefits in terms of time with Site Progress Mobile

Managing a multi-site build is always a significant challenge, requiring the tightest of project management both individually, and in terms of oversight and co-ordination between projects. Interserve uses Powerproject planning software for that purpose on many of its projects.

As the project approached the fitout stage, it was clear that the number of activities would increase exponentially, and that tracking project progress in the critical final phase would become challenging. With seven schools, of broadly similar configuration, size and shape, with fitout sometimes happening on multiple storeys or in separate classroom blocks, it was evident that tracking progress accurately through each location was imperative.

With a vast number of activities to manage across seven geographically separate sites, Interserve decided to use the Site Progress Mobile app, a companion tool for Powerproject programmes that is specifically designed to help track progress on the move and out on site.

Peter Farmer, one of the Senior Planning Engineers at Interserve Construction’s Strategic Projects division, explained that: “Before Site progress Mobile, capturing progress updates was time consuming. By the time you had walked the site, gone top to bottom of the building, input the data into the programme, assessed progress achieved, and spoken to the construction team, it would take the best part of a day. Following that, we still had to format progress reports to be issued. With Site Progress Mobile, it took us between a third, to a half, of the original time.”