Top 10: Site Monitoring Platforms

Construction sites are becoming increasingly complex, as technology becomes a key feature and organisations need to consider their environmental impacts.

To effectively monitor an active site in order to have a thorough understanding of operations at any given time, businesses are turning to site monitoring platforms.

These products are combining project management with specialised hardware such as sensors and cameras, allowing for real-time visibility and more secure management.

Today, Construction Digital explores the top 10 leading site monitoring platforms which are helping transform sites into more efficient and technologically advanced projects and spaces.

10. FARO Sphere XG

Founded: 2016
CEO: Mostafa Akbari-Hochberg

FARO Sphere XG (previously HoloBuilder) is a cloud-based digitally reality platform that offers strong insights into any construction site. It provides a centralised and collaborative experience for the company, as well as 3D modelling applications. From anywhere in the world, users can gain fast 3D data capture, processing and project management.

It is an intuitive platform, allowing for the better organisation of 3D scans, 360° photos and 3D models. It offers de-siloed data, greater ease and more unified and accurate progress documentation.

9. Doxel

Founded: 2015
CEO: Saurabh Ladha

With Doxel, users can catch incomplete work before it leads to delays, being able to quickly compare the plan with current progress. It breaks down both by component, system and schedule, allowing for easier tracking to spot where issues have risen.

It takes into consideration historic production rates to help forecast delays and progress plan adjustments. This can all be managed from a single and unified view, meaning that a portfolio can be taken care of from anywhere without fragmentation.

8. Bridgit

Founded: 2012
CEO: Mallorie Brodie

Bridgit acts as a purpose-built for construction workforce planning assistant, transforming data into insights to help develop a cohesive image of the company oversight across the workforce. Through this, it helps bring together the right people for each project, using rich data and insights to give an an accurate picture of everyone's skillsets and abilities.

With Bridgit, leaders can benchmark workforce strategy against real data to help ensure workforce retention and successful completion of projects. 

7. DroneDeploy

Founded: 2013
CEO: Mike Winn

DroneDeploy offers accurate earthworks analysis and automated schedule tracking. Leaders can get instant visual defect detection on issues like rust and leaks, helping with asset protection. It can also help with automated safety risk detection, protecting staff from harm.

It uses a blend of robotics and AI to capture each site, providing companies with a complete visual record of its sites. With DroneDeploy, businesses can gain a record of 2D maps, 3D models and all lifecycle visual data.

6. Buildots

Founded: 2018
CEO: Roy Danon

Buildots offers an accurate, intelligent and objective system for all construction site needs. By taking designs and schedules, the platform combines this into a 4D modelling engine. Through this, leaders can gain a detailed execution plan, whether the project is small-scale one or works across an entire complex.

Connect reality to the platform by sending a video of the active site and run it through Buildots' data, which then takes all the data to the right people, whether in planning, project management or site operations. 

5. Hexagon

Founded: 1975
CEO: Anders Svensson

Hexagon offers a range of surveying and construction solutions to help ensure projects can take off without a hitch. It offers laser scanning to help capture, prepare and manage cloud data seamlessly, using software to transfer design data into real solutions.

Its machine control solutions increase efficiency and productivity, whereas its digital realities platform delivers a cloud-based storage, visualisation and collaborative space for all geospatial data. With a range of sensors and software, Hexagon helps bring together fragmented data to provide a real-time image of each site.

4. Fieldwire

Founded: 2013
CEO: Puneet Raj

Fieldwire by Hilti is developed to help the sharing of information across teams, with real-time coordination and collaboration. Workers can stay organised on site, from a phone or tablet, making it easier and more accessible for everyone. 

Using up-to-date construction drawings, submittals and change orders, workers can access all of the latest information to stay on schedule at all times. It offers simplistic site management, helping leaders plan the site, track tasks and complete checklists from one platform.

3. Procore

Founded: 2002
CEO: Ajei Gopal

With the help of AI and automation, Procore helps construction leaders to increase capacity across the job site. Through its integrated platform, total visibility and control is available to leaders. New project insights can be unlocked, offering real-time project overviews.

Its integrated project scheduling helps with efficient and seamless coordination, with a centralised risk management capability. It encourages a simplified collaboration as well as improved decision-making with its integrated project analytics. 

2. OpenSpace

Founded: 2017
CEO: Jeevan Kalanithi

OpenSpace is trusted by major construction companies including Skanska, Balfour Beatty and Mace. As an image-based task management solution, it offers simplified field task management. OpenSpace Field is powered by AI Autolocation, anchoring every task, issue and report to real-time visual context. 

OpenSpace utilises a range of 360° cameras and AI in order to get accurate imagery of a construction site, allowing it to effortlessly track progress through the automatic pinning of photos. It even works indoors, automatically pinning every Field note to the accurate spot, ensuring workers know where action needs to be taken. 

AI Autolocation uses smartphones and previous 360° capture to create a fast suggestion, helping workers work faster and smarter. It is also tied to real jobsite conditions for improved accuracy and understanding. With its drone mapping capabilities, leaders can capture more and see more, gaining deeper insights into each project.

1. Autodesk

Founded: 1982
CEO: Andrew Anagnost

Autodesk is trusted by builders across more than two million projects, offering simplified and safer results. It offers a safe and secure collaborative space for project teams to collaborate, ensuring projects can be delivered on time and within budget. 

Using real-time insights into costs, schedules and progress, builders can understand where the project sits at any given time, allowing teams to focus on the building rather than planning. The platform is an easy-to-use tool which has been purpose built for their needs. It also aims to decrease rework and uses AI to help reduce risk across decision-making. 

Autodesk can be integrated into existing software, providing a seamless exchanging of data analytics and document management. Its offerings provide real-time insights into costs, schedules and more – ensuring projects stay on time and keeping each one in order.