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Reimagine | Reinvent | Grow

Impact of COVID-19 on Construction ensure higher efficiency and efficacy of construction activities,
decreasing dependence on physical records and increasing
COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted commercial activities and TM
industries worldwide and includes the construction industry, safety in the post-COVID-19 scenario. TCE SmartSite was
representing 13 per cent of global GDP. The Pandemic resulted made hygiene across all Sites, leading to more robustness and
in an execution slowdown in construction projects and transparency in data-driven decision-making. And, we continue
created workforce-related issues, especially the shortage of our aspirations to join the global leaders in ensuring adoption of
migrant workers forced by the situation to return to their native Digital Mechanism for improving productivity, making Industry
countries and towns. more data-driven, efficient tracking and intermediate planning
of Projects, etc.
Firms in the construction industry were faced with a plethora
of financial problems, including, but not limited to, liquidity
crisis, pressure on cash flows and profitability, debt servicing KEY TRENDS SHAPING THE INDUSTRY
challenges, etc. Many companies faced legal issues and found it Different industries and markets are following different trends
extremely difficult to deliver as per contractual commitments. for their optimal growth, often at varying speeds. However,

As a PMC, we faced our own set of problems such as lower in a post-COVID-19 scenario, all the industries, including
revenue realisation and increased costs due to work stoppages Construction, are finding it apt to make their businesses well-
at sites, poor progress on lumpsum jobs, revenue leakages connected in a more digitised way. Hence, Digitalisation finds
due to restricted mobility of engineers, ensuring proper its place at the top in the present scenario of the Construction
Safety standards for restarting Site operations, understanding industry.
and supporting Contractual implications of both Client and Following the trend, PMCBU has pledged itself towards digital
Contractor sides and suggesting measures in the best interest workflows ranging from the adoption of SmartSite to drone-
TM
of the Projects, etc. All these challenges were reviewed by the powered scanning and getting friendly with prefabricated
cross-functional periodic meetings to ensure agile planning technologies and its automation to embracing BIM.
and implementation of appropriate action points. These Acknowledging that the future of Construction lies in digital
cross-functional taskforces helped in the mobility of our tools and automated workflows, the BU is putting continual
Engineers across States and Countries (approx. an average of 45 efforts into training and adopting technology-enabled tools
Engineers were working in Africa and South-East Asia out of a to improve efficiency, productivity, and collaboration at
total average of 800 Engineers), tracked workforce at Sites and Construction sites.
ensured the implementation of COVID-19 guidelines and SOP
for Health & Safety of every Stakeholder, understood Project The above shift requires the support of remote worksites
Risks and suggested mitigation measures and catch up plans in through Mobile access to real-time data, real-time inspections,
the best interest of Projects. onsite accountability, including approval workflows and
accurate measurements taken from a mobile phone camera.
Amidst all this, TCE also understood the importance and The post-COVID-19 scenario has mandated that teams continue
increased its thrust in accelerating adoption of digital and other to collaborate without physical access to materials, spaces, or
innovative technologies like 5-D BIM, Rapid Digital Mapping, even other teammates.
Digital Collaboration & Mobility, IIoT, Modular Construction,
etc. and enhanced its pace to make these more relevant to

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