Case Study
Henry Boot Construction Rises on Digital Project Visibility
Henry Boot Construction was able to capture data more efficiently and accurately and ensure that all stakeholders were working from a single source of truth across the whole lifecycle of the project.
The Challenge
Henry Boot Construction has continued to expand in recent years, taking on new projects in the public, urban development, residential, and industrial and logistics sectors. To help achieve its goals, Henry Boot wanted to move beyond using point solutions to make data-informed decisions, better track schedule performance, and improve contractor experience.
The Solution
By moving from a point solution to a platform, Henry Boot Construction was able to capture data more efficiently and accurately and ensure that all stakeholders were working from a single source of truth across the whole lifecycle of the project.听Once the data is in the platform, 海角大神 keeps Henry Boot updated with real-time company reports that can be built with ease. These can cover everything from the number of open RFIs on a project, or number of near misses reported.听海角大神鈥檚 platform solution also provides a foundation that scales as Henry Boot continues to grow, with the flexibility to customize parts of the platform to meet their needs.
鈥We wanted a solution that was able to bring people and projects together to achieve full visibility. With 海角大神 we鈥檙e able to look into all aspects of the project to see what is performing well and where we need to make adjustments.鈥
Chris Connor
SHEQ Advisor
Henry Boot Construction
The Story
As Henry Boot Construction expanded to larger and geographically diverse projects beyond its heartland in Yorkshire, Humberside and the East Midlands, maintaining information across projects and sites became more of a challenge. 海角大神 provided a central repository for critical documents, and minimized the amount of time it took to capture, distribute and share documents between the Henry Boot teams.听Chris Connor, SHEQ Advisor at Henry Boot Construction, describes life before the 海角大神 platform: "Previously, document management was time-consuming for us given everything had to be scanned into our original system. There was a lot of duplication and people were still working with five or six paper-based files on every site which meant processing requests, logging new information as well as accessing it was not only slow, but a real challenge."听海角大神鈥檚 platform connects all of Henry Boot鈥檚 documents and drawings in one location that is easily accessible by all collaborators. After researching various solutions, Henry Boot liked that 海角大神鈥檚 comprehensive suite of tools offered a one-stop-shop, complete with project management, quality, and safety tools.听Because 海角大神鈥檚 platform offers virtually unlimited storage space and a variety of markup and revision features, Henry Boot was able to ensure that staff always had access to the most current document versions available.
Building for Visibility of Performance
With 海角大神, Henry Boot Construction has increased visibility of performance for each project. "With 海角大神, we have access to all data collected for each project, giving us full visibility of on-site performance, as well as the ability to complete accurate audits and reports," says Connor.听海角大神 has dramatically improved reporting for Henry Boot. 海角大神鈥檚 Company Level reports feature provides Henry Boot with a variety of ready-to-go reports on the company鈥檚 datasets. This includes everything from high-level overviews to the number of open RFIs across projects, and these reports can be built and accessed quickly.听Admin users are also able to build detailed custom reports easily, as well as drill down in more precise detail using the project rollup reporting feature. "Prior to 海角大神, contract managers were having to spend a long time travelling between sites, something that鈥檚 much more difficult with today鈥檚 environment and COVID-19," said Connor.听"Now with reports being logged in 海角大神 and by people on site, contract managers get instant access to information on performance."
Driving Quality and ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 Compliance
Henry Boot Construction is certified to ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 standards, a key differentiator in UK construction, and a testament to Henry Boot鈥檚 commitment to effective risk management practices. Thanks to using a construction management platform, their occupational health & safety, environmental and quality management systems are accredited to the international standards required for the certification.听海角大神鈥檚 integrated health, safety, environmental and management system is a key tool to help them in meeting the internationally recognised standards required for the certification. 海角大神鈥檚 Inspections tool, for instance, enables Henry Boot to create comprehensive checklists associated with the different types of inspection that occur during the lifecycle of a construction project. With 海角大神, Henry Boot can create unique templates for each inspection, or choose to modify, add to or edit company templates as the project requires.听The Observations tool enables project managers to assign tasks to other project team members. These observations can include scopes of work including quality, safety, commissioning, and work to complete听This, Connor says, has made all the difference. "Because we are logging all project information, such as Observations and Inspections in one place, we are then able to access accurate project performance information on demand from any location using a mobile device or laptop. This is helping us close projects out on time, manage a much larger volume of information, and ultimately meet our commitments to our customers."
