Digital transformation of capital projects
Groundbreaking innovation for the engineering and construction industry.
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You’re not alone. The construction of today’s capital projects looks very similar to how it did 50 years ago. The difference is, today’s project costs twice as much. That’s in part because, despite accounting for the 13% of global gross domestic product (GDP), the construction industry ranks among the least digitally enabled. This lag has resulted in a lack of transparency across the value chain, which in turn causes a lag in productivity, and puts budgets, schedules and asset performance at risk.
Only 25%
of capital projects come within 10% of original deadlines.
Just 31%
of them come within 10% of their cost baselines.
Over 95%
of major projects (over $1bn) are delayed or over budget.
Accenture has helped clients from a wide variety of industries improve their portfolios, projects, and capital asset performance. Client success examples include:
Technology businesses struggling to reliably deliver and start-up new data centers on time and budget.
Public agencies unable to modernize transit and other infrastructure to drive regional GDP growth.
Utility companies under pressure to build new capacity in order to meet growing demand.
Manufacturers seeking to increase both the safety and remote serviceability of sites during the COVID-19 crisis.
We’ve already built the platforms, tools, and digitally-enabled processes you’ll need to improve your next project. Reduce costs and improve performance with any of these:
This survey-based piece explains how both project “owner-operators” (e.g. industrial companies) and engineering, procurement and construction firms (the companies building the projects) can make more of the digital capabilities and data they already have.
The report also introduces a new management framework, called “CAPSTONE”, which can help owner-operators and engineering, procurement and construction companies to improve returns on capital expenditures and margins, respectively.
Drive higher returns through digitization and with data-driven insights.
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