Empowering Every User With Easy-to-Use Design
Here's how we’re seeking to empower even the least tech-savvy construction workers through the development of intuitive and customisable construction software.
Building is a profession where traditional methods or ‘doing things the old way’ can often stymie opportunities to innovate.
Over the past decade, this commitment to tried-and-true techniques has influenced a significant digital skills gap.
This gap isn't just about getting workers to use powerful digital tools like BuildPass, it’s about embracing a digital mindset more broadly.
As a business, we believe that digital adoption starts with easy-to-use design principles.
So, I thought I’d share my thoughts on how we’re seeking to empower even the least tech-savvy construction workers through the development of intuitive and customisable construction software.
The Impact of Slow Digital Adoption
According to the latest State of Digital Adoption in Construction report, which pulled insights from 933 construction firms across Australasia, a ‘lack of digital skills among employees’ was cited by 42 per cent of businesses as the leading preventer of uptake for digital tools.
When it comes to large-scale construction business, embracing digital transformation leads to many competitive advantages and can drive significant profitability gains.
Insights from the same report state that for a business with roughly $150 million in revenue and $30 million in profit, adopting an additional technology is associated with an increase in revenue of nearly $2.1 million and almost $300,000 in extra annual profit.
When considering these two findings, the importance of intuitive design and easy-to-use interfaces to drive uptake for productivity-boosting software cannot be understated.
Removing Barriers with Mobile-First Intuitive Design
When it comes to software utilisation, our experienced product and software development teams understand the problems facing Australian builders, and have designed our platform with them in mind.
Our mobile-first, intuitive design eliminates the need for incremental implementation and extensive training blocks. Instead, users are quickly brought up-to-speed by our local customer success team, ensuring that everyone, regardless of their tech proficiency, can benefit from our tools from the outset.
We recently caught up with some of our awesome customers to hear how they’ve been using the platform. You can learn about their experiences below:
If someone needs extra support or guidance when using our platform, they can access our Knowledge Base that features detailed articles and tutorial videos for assistance.
Elevating Our Platform with AI
Our increasing focus on artificial intelligence integrations is making BuildPass even easier to use. Earlier this year, we were pumped to take our first ever AI-powered features to market, including the:
- AI Image Tagger (here’s how it works)
- AI Site Diary Summary (here’s how it works)
- AI Checklist Assistant (here’s how it works)
This week, we widened our footprint in the space, launching our revolutionary new AI Voice Defects module, which has completely reimagined how busy builders can document, analyse, report and refer issues on site.
Using the AI Voice Defects feature is as easy as seeing a defect, taking a photo of it and adding a voice note outlining the details.
AI then does the work for you, from generating the description, flagging its priority and even assigning the task to the appropriate subcontractor to come and resolve the issue.
The Broader Benefits of Going Digital
Going digital offers vast benefits that extend beyond simple task management.
Digital tools like our site operations platform enhance project planning and budgeting, streamline general task efficiency, ensure compliance and promote sustainability.
By leveraging powerful building software like BuildPass, construction professionals can experience significant improvements across various aspects of their projects, which is fundamentally enabled through a simple mobile-friendly platform.
If you're ready to enhance your project efficiency, compliance and overall productivity, send us a message or book a trial to see how we can support your business on its digital journey.