In the realm of construction, managing building systems and assets involves a multitude of tasks and stages. Traditionally, general contractors have leaned on spreadsheets to track them, resulting in a decentralized approach that poses a challenge in overseeing project health and performance and meeting milestones due to the sheer volume of documentation and tasks involved. While the market offers various construction management software solutions, few effectively monitor asset progression throughout the construction journey.

Revolutionizing the landscape of construction management, Facility Grid brings its operational readiness platform. This groundbreaking platform introduces a unified hub for overseeing and coordinating the diverse components of a project. It offers stakeholders centralized visibility into the project, from inception, design, and pre-construction evaluations through to installation, quality control, startup, commissioning, training, and warranty phases.

Acting as an ever-watchful guardian, the software facilitates a meticulously orchestrated transition through every facet of operational readiness within the construction lifecycle, marking a new era in project coordination.

“Our platform centralizes and establishes a singular source of truth for all components of MEP systems in buildings, providing crystal-clear visibility into their progress throughout the entire construction process,” says Eric Forman, CEO & president of Facility Grid.

Diligently tracking activities, quality control measures, and documentation, Facility Grid’s platform helps in the early identification of construction issues, which assists clients in sidestepping delays and achieving the highest standards of quality control.

One of its distinguishing factors is the incorporation of native mobile applications for a variety of devices and its support for QR codes, enabling quick and convenient access to MEP equipment records. The software’s distinct timeline tracking function overlays project schedules with real-time progress data, offering clients an effective means to monitor project milestones.

The platform’s Closeout Tracker, an asset-tracking dashboard, provides real-time insights into the status of quality control and commissioning activities, associated documents, and open issues, rendering spreadsheet tracking obsolete and allowing users to quickly understand what’s done and not done so they can focus their efforts. Advanced analytics empower clients to keep a watchful eye on project progress, glean valuable lessons, and establish a repository of issues for reference to avoid future problems.

Ingraining quality control activities into the initial project phases is a pivotal focus for Facility Grid. The platform empowers clients through comprehensive monitoring features, reducing the potential for rework and costly delays in later project phases. In addition, the software simplifies the turnover process by consolidating and structuring all asset data, facilitating the provision of comprehensive documentation for seamless integration with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and various facility management systems.

The impact of Facility Grid extends across a wide spectrum of projects, encompassing major hospitals, airports and other transportation hubs, data centers, electric battery plants, semiconductor and other manufacturing facilities.

Facility Grid is committed to enhancing clients’ existing processes rather than entirely upending them. The software offers a highly configurable solution tailored to replicate the client’s workflow, quality assurance program, and commissioning process. This ensures continuity and familiarity for clients’ project teams while significantly improving overall efficiency.

The onboarding process is tailored to each client’s requirements, skillfully guided by Facility Grid’s chief customer officer, who works closely with clients through a discovery phase. This phase outlines the client’s quality and commissioning programs, identifies the activities to track, categorizes issues and associated root causes, and configures the software to replicate their existing work plan. The result is a digitalized, mobile-ready version of the client’s workflow, eliminating the need for spreadsheets and manual tracking.

Security is paramount for Facility Grid, as reflected in its SOC-2 compliant status. This certification attests to its unwavering commitment to data security and the safeguarding of mission-critical projects.

The transformative journey from manual, decentralized processes to a centralized, digitized approach sets a new standard for construction and facility management in the digital age. Addressing the distinct challenges of asset tracking and operational readiness, Facility Grid empowers clients to transcend the limitations of spreadsheets and achieve a new level of efficiency in managing their construction projects.