{"id":256191,"date":"2024-09-01T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T23:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grahambuilds.com\/?post_type=articles&p=256191"},"modified":"2024-11-10T20:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T02:38:58","slug":"a-single-source-of-the-truth-turning-raw-data-into-actionable-information","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/grahambuilds.com\/articles\/a-single-source-of-the-truth-turning-raw-data-into-actionable-information\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Single Source of the Truth\u201d: Turning Raw Data into Actionable Information"},"content":{"rendered":"
Construction is a complex industry requiring interactions among diverse participants to plan and execute a project. As the industry\u2019s information handling transitioned away from paper, the amount of raw data in digital form exploded. A mixer-load of concrete or a shipment of structural steel still was just one material item. But where in the past it would simply generate a line-item in a project management file, now every step in the material\u2019s journey through the construction cycle \u2013 as well as its cost and how much a company might be using and paying at its various operating locations \u2013 left a digital trail. Construction providers had difficulty figuring out how to transform the growing data torrent from a problem to be managed into an opportunity to improve their business. The concurrent proliferation of task-oriented software worsened data fragmentation and incompatibility.<\/p>\n