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REAL-TIME PROGRESS AND RISK
REPORTING
FOR BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
FOR BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
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Minotro is the essence of
lean project control
The construction industry is
undergoing a fundamental paradigm shift towards lean project
control, following in the footsteps of manufacturing industries
such as automotive, where
lean project management
methods were introduced in the 1950s.
Minotro brings
lean project control
to the construction industry. Minotro is not just another
application thought up by software engineers in a Silicon Valley
cubicle, but was created by construction and engineering
industry experts with decades of project control experience in
multi-billion-dollar projects, ranging from oil and gas, mining,
infrastructure, utilities, transport etc.
The Minotro progress reporting
methodology was honed over many years as a manual exercise using
spreadsheets and data in many different formats.
Teaming up with his co-founder,
software guru Paul Smith, they created an
AI-based, elegant, progress-reporting solution that works
to any scale of project, in any discipline
. And it’s so simple to use, you don’t need a degree in
engineering, in-depth training, or project management experience
to get started.
Minotro is the
dynamic missing link
between current project management and scheduling solutions. It
works alongside popular scheduling software, such as Oracle
Primavera P6, and is a natural extension that gives you quick,
easy, real-time progress reporting with infinite flexibility.
Minotro lets you drill down to a granular level on any project
in the moment
.
Real-time progress reporting – why not?
Why Minotro
Your Minotro
We tailor Minotro to your project, not
the other way around. Minotro is not an ‘off-the-shelf’ product,
as no two multi-million dollar projects are ever the same. We
listen to your requirements and deliver a
bespoke solution uniquely designed
to work with your project requirements.
Minotro is YOUR Minotro
. We structure your project reporting solution so that it uses
familiar naming conventions, acronyms, and codes, which your
team will recognise instantly.
Why Minotro
Control your future
Late delivery of materials, manpower
issues, weather – the potential for large project delays
is immense and complex, posing a constant threat to profit
margins that are already squeezed. Minotro enables you to see
where possible dangers lie and correct them before they become a
threat, highlighting issues that our ground-breaking AI
identifies as red flags. Investing in Minotro means
peace of mind
and an almost instant ROI.
Why Minotro
Minotro’s professional partnerships help mitigate risk
From project controllers to quantity
surveyors, we can provide the professional you require via our
global network of industry partners. Independent experts ensure
risk is mitigated and costs are controlled, helping to ensure
your project is delivered on time and in budget.
How It Works
Task management
Minotro works alongside leading
industry scheduling solutions, such as Oracle Primavera P6,
providing the missing link that allows you to check progress at
a granular level. Within the schedule, the completed percentage
of an activity/task may tell you that you’re 80% complete. But,
which bits of the task are complete, in progress or not
started
?
For instance: the schedule data says
that a one-mile pipe is 95% complete. But which spool pieces are
incomplete? Most progress reports providing this information are
manually collated, and can often take days or weeks to deliver.
Minotro can tell you which bits of the pipe are placed,
connected, supported, tested, punched and in handover
.
How it works
Real-time progress
No current software solution can tell
you where you are
NOW
. Minotro is updated in the field, with the results refreshed in
real time
on screens monitored by stakeholders off-site, meaning all
reports and charts are relevant and can confidently be acted
upon as events are evolving.
How it works
Reports are uniquely flexible
Want to know what percentage of
structural steel is completed in area ABC, by sub-contractor
XYZ? Or which spool pieces of pipework are connected?
Groups and filters deliver whatever you need to know
, from project-wide reports to granular analysis of just one
interest, such as a sub-discipline. For instance: Concrete, or
Earthworks in the discipline of Civil Engineering. Lighting in
the discipline Electrical.
Being able to see what needs doing
NOW
, in such intricate detail, gives you a competitive edge and is
the very essence of lean project control.
You tell us how you want to group and
filter your data, and we deliver the format. And at the lowest
group hierarchy, we create a set of worksteps with weighted
percentages for each step to complete the task. As each workstep
is advanced, project progress is updated in real-time.
With Minotro, each task can be
assigned to a system as they evolve. A few clicks and a system
wide report covering
WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
is at your fingertips. Without the need for technical training
and by any authorised person in the field or back at HQ.
A system, and subsequent sub-systems,
can cover several disciplines and are very fluid during the
lifecycle of a project. Creating a system report that tells you
exactly where you are with, for instance, Fire Water, could take
a long time to create from the schedule data and requires expert
knowledge of the scheduling solution, as well as intricate
project involvement.
How it works
The Minotro mobile app
Minotro is available as an Android app
from Google Play, and we can also provide hardware solutions
specially adapted for the tough conditions of a construction
environment. This also includes an
offline capability for use in intrinsically safe
environments
. Data is uploaded as soon as the device is back online and
immediately visible to all stakeholders.
The easy-to-use, intuitive app means
that your team of, say, quantity surveyors require little more
than a few minutes’ instruction to begin. This means
stakeholders are quickly able to monitor progress of large-scale
projects
in real time and with the minimum of training
.
How it works
Predictive, flexible charts
From board presentations to
site-manager reports, Minotro’s flexible charts can be formatted
to show what you need to know, how you want to see them. Not
only will they tell you what is happening
NOW
, Mintoro learns your processes and predicts
WHERE YOU SHOULD BE NOW
.
The charts feature filtering options
much like the progress reports, but also include predictive
algorithms that tell you when your project or filtered task
category will be completed based on progress to date. It’s like
having a crystal ball.
Mitigating risk
Minotro benchmarks against where you
should be in order to mitigate risk. See at a glance if your
project is behind schedule, then drill down to discover
potential bottlenecks, or delayed tasks that are impeding
progress.
Minotro learns
. Our core machine-learning algorithms (or artificial
intelligence it is commonly known), have been taught to
recognise patterns, make in-depth comparisons based on aggregate
data, see abnormalities, and
predict potential problems
that could hold up progress. The more data the AI processes, the
more it produces increasingly accurate progress predictions and
optional warning alerts.