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Agreements are clear to everyone
Particularly in construction, good communication is of the utmost importance. Between general contractor and subcontractor, internally at the office and on the construction site. Miscommunication can cause enormous problems, delays and additional costs. If you store relevant documents in a central place in the cloud, then everyone has access to the same information. This way you prevent different parties or different parts of the organization from having their own truth. Remember, we naturally overestimate how much information we can store in our heads. For example, we forget agreements and we each remember our own version of a conversation.
Working from home & flexibility
Your people need to have access to the information they require as soon as possible. A central, accessible place for everyone to store documents prevents communication across multiple drives. You want everyone to be able to get started without an endless stream of emails and meetings. And more importantly than before: that you can access this information no matter where you are. At the office, at home behind your laptop, on your phone on the bus, on your tablet on the couch and on your smartphone on the construction site. Whether you implement or determine the strategy, and are on the construction site every day or have been working from home since March 2020: everyone should have access to the same information at all times.
Security
If files, data and programs are no longer stored on your own computer, are they still safe? And if you have access to data remotely, what prevents a cyber criminal from accessing your valuable information too? These are questions that keep many organizations from switching to the cloud. But it is precisely the cloud that is pre-eminently the place that offers security. For example, it is the number one priority of cloud services to prevent third parties from gaining access to your data. The measures that Nasdaq-listed companies take to protect your data usually go further than the security that you would build in yourself. And did you know that most of the data theft takes place internally, by your own employees? Research from RapidScale shows that 94 percent of the companies surveyed had more data security after switching to the cloud. The main contribution to this security? Encryption. This makes it much more difficult for third parties to gain access to your data.
Sharing knowledge
Companies are oceans of knowledge. But unfortunately, that knowledge doesn't always flow smoothly from one place to another. It’s important that everyone in the organization shares their knowledge so that they can fulfill their function as well as possible. This improves the performance of the organization as a whole. Sharing knowledge ensures that everyone is on the same page. That everyone shares the same vision, is involved in the organization and the end result. Everyone has different expertise, experiences and insights. By sharing these, you ensure new skills for your staff, often without having to invest in them yourself. A central place where everyone in your organization can consult this knowledge is a cheap and effective way to increase knowledge sharing. Extra important when the turnover is high. Or if you work with freelancers who move on to another project after a job.
The advantages of a business profile on 12Build
It’s no longer efficient to plan a project with WhatsApp and Excel. If you want to keep an overview and communicate well with your client, 12Build can help you. We are the European cloud platform for the construction industry. With 12Build, you have all your communication clearly arranged, just like the documents you need for a project. If you’re a subcontractor, you get the chance to show your company the way you want to. This way you get the assignments that suit you best. And with an extensive company profile on 12Build, you are also more visible on Google.
