Description
- How has Webcor used technology to support project management in the construction field?
- List the main lessons IT managers can learn from Webcor Builders about the successful adoption of new technologies.
- Webcor bought an application called PlanGrid to mark up construction blueprints on iPads. PlanGrid can be used when the workers are offline and later syncs up with files on the Box platform. Webcor frequently follows this approach of buying applications and then building application programming interfaces (APIs) to connect these programs to its main enterprise systems. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this IT development process
- What obstacles do companies face when developing customized IT systems themselves? Under what circumstances does it make sense?
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Webcore Builders
Webcore builders, with its headquarters in San Francisco, is a construction contractor. Its
mission is to safely build structures of superior quality and value and continuously enact
appropriate improvements through innovations. The company is open to ideas and committed to
foster a socioeconomic environment that is of value to the communities. Since its foundation in
1971, Webcore Builders has adopted some appropriate strategies in an attempt to support the
project management in the construction field. Among these approaches is the utilization of
technology.
The existence of technology is the foundation and hallmark of every business entity
irrespective of its size. The company’s commitment to innovation allows it to translates its best
ideas and solutions in project management. Webcore’s success is highly attributed to its use of
advanced technology and processes to deliver projects from entitlement through construction and
building services.
It has selec...