In the age of “Internet of everything”, devices communicate, collect data, and offer new services. For the construction sector, this provides a phenomenal opportunity to make lasting changes to work methods and procedures.   

In the weeks before handover, there is an increase in site visits and inspections to correct as many defects as possible. Are you behind in your Operations Prior to Handover (OPH) and hoping to increase productivity? Here are five tips that will help you during this key phase of your project.  

It’s been on everyone’s lips for the past few years: a goal of “zero defects” at handover!
At the Defect Liability Period phase, how much time do you spendwarranty with defects
and redeploying your teams on the project? Too much time. No need to worry; there is a solution
to facilitate interactions in yourwarranty management. Ever more site supervisors are taking on the
challenge of replacing a software suite with a tablet. The result is that information is centralized
in a single tool, and you can move more quickly through your punch list. 

“Leapfrogging” is best known as a strategy of using advanced technology to enable developing countries to modernize rapidly and more sustainably than wealthy nations have done. But this concept is also applicable to the construction sector to enable it to catch up in terms of digitalization.