CASE STUDY
How IHP's Hospital Project Harnessed AI to Improve Collaboration and Efficiency
For The Royal Bournemouth Hospital BEACH building project led by a JV between Sir Robert McAlpine and Vinci, IHP, the application of Buildots AI solution demonstrates its power to revolutionize on-site efficiency. Harnessing objective progress data straight from the construction site itself, teams were able to enhance trade monitoring, streamline weekly planning, and mitigate delay risks.
Key Outcomes
IHP utilized Buildots’ Technology to generate weekly time savings and benefit from powerful insights to mitigate delay risk and safeguard the critical path.
- Weekly Plan Optimization: Boosting weekly goal achievement with Buildots Plan Tracker, helping IHP to increase success rates in meeting short term objectives.
- Delay Risk Mitigation: Identifying deviations along the critical path in real time, allowing projected end dates to be moved forward.
- Enhanced Forecasting: Predictions made from automated progress tracking allowed for proactive and data-driven planning to ensure deadlines were met.
- Subcontractor Collaboration: Facilitated trust-based relationships with subcontractors, with full transparency on progress tracking and short term planning.
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Integrated Health Projects (IHP) is a leading provider of healthcare construction solutions.
An integrated joint venture between two of the most reputable and well-established companies in the UK and internationally, VINCI Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine, IHP was formed in April 2003 specifically to focus on the delivery of healthcare projects.
IHP is delivering a new ~£200m, 24,000 sqm extension at The Royal Bournemouth Hospital for a BEACH unit (Births, Emergency Care, Critical Care and Child’s Health) on behalf of University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD).
