E-Construction Portal Drawbacks

  • Not everyone is online
  • Computing on site, lack of access
  • Conservatism
  • Security concerns
  • Who establishes or owns the portal
  • Project size scalability ($1M to $10B projects)
  • Information rollups
  • Fragmentation in portals
    • Too many vendors
    • Any team member might be fragmented across multiple project portals
  • Links to back-office systems
  • New intermediaries
  • Legal issues of "signed" drawings
   
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