Company-wide ERP package for civil engineering

Within the civil engineering sector, there is a clear shift towards digitization and automation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is contributing to this shift more and more. After all, the principle offers all kinds of new opportunities to accelerate business processes, collaborate more intelligently, and focus more specifically on costs, quality, and sustainability. At the same time, it is and remains important to choose an ERP package that supports the core processes across the board and into which AI applications can be integrated without any problems. InfraWorks, developed by BouwInfosys, is therefore a particularly relevant industry solution. Not least because the software package brings together calculation, administration, finance, and logistics within a single central platform.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a gimmick. In civil engineering, AI is increasingly proving its concrete value in various aspects of project implementation. “AI algorithms are becoming increasingly capable of recognizing patterns in historical data,” says Arno Berwers, responsible for marketing & sales on behalf of the Helvoirt-based software specialist. “Think of the deployment of equipment, time registration, transport, and logistics. Greater insight into these areas leads to a significant improvement in estimates, schedules, and forecasts. AI offers modern infrastructure builders plenty of opportunities. In terms of efficiency and cost reduction, but also when it comes to improving their competitive position during tenders, for example. Clients are increasingly focusing on sustainability, transparency, and digital processes. In addition, the combination of AI with a high-quality, integrated ERP platform ensures better control and more up-to-date process insight. You also have a tool that is very future-proof. Digitization, ERP, AI, and Power BI: they are becoming increasingly intertwined and are gradually becoming the standard within infrastructure.” 

Joining forces

The advantages of AI outlined by Berwers can be optimally realized within the InfraWorks ERP solution, the comprehensive software package that BouwInfosys developed specifically for and with companies in the civil engineering sector. This company-wide solution has everything you need for a streamlined project process. The package supports calculation (RAW and non-RAW), specification administration, cost control, time registration for people and machines, weighbridge functionality, logistics processes, and inventory management, among other things. “What's more, the software gives users clear insight into budgets and forecasts at any time,” adds Berwers. “This is very relevant in the context of AI. As an integrated ERP system, InfraWorks forms the central data hub in which all core processes, registrations, and project data are already recorded.

It is precisely this fact that offers the opportunity to seamlessly integrate AI-driven insights into daily work processes. Examples include historical project data that can train AI models and the use of equipment deployment and machine data to perform predictive maintenance. ”You make your business processes smarter, more predictable, and more efficient. From planning to execution and from equipment management to invoicing,“ Berwers concludes, once again emphasizing the combined power of AI and an industry-specific ERP solution such as InfraWorks. ”Companies that dare to take such a digital step immediately gain a significant advantage. Not only do they strengthen their performance and competitive position, but they also build a future-proof organization at the same time. And all this in a sector where time, costs, and quality make the difference between success and failure.“