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From blueprint
to handover,
digital.

Contractors, developers, real-estate operators, and facilities managers work in a sector where margins are thin, projects are complex, and the cost of uncertainty is concrete. Our Construction & Real Estate practice delivers the technology — ERP, project controls, BIM integration, building automation, tenant platforms — to compress cycle times and improve margin visibility.

The business problem

Project margins die in ten small places.

Construction and real-estate operators typically work with project-control systems that are 10–20 years out of date, spreadsheets acting as schedules, BIM models disconnected from commercial reality, and enterprise ERPs that were never designed for the sector. The result: project margins that erode invisibly across hundreds of small cost variances, each one explainable but collectively unmanageable.

At the same time, developers and operators managing completed assets face a parallel problem. Building automation, tenant management, utility sub-metering, and commercial systems run in isolation — meaning the operating model of the completed asset is no more efficient than the build process that produced it. ESG requirements add pressure that many current systems cannot address at all.

Our Construction & Real Estate practice covers both sides of the lifecycle — delivery of the project (ERP, project controls, BIM-integrated operations, field mobility) and operation of the completed asset (CAFM, BMS, tenant platforms, sustainability reporting). Both under one technology partner, with the same team across both phases where the client wants it.

Measurable outcomes

Numbers our clients report to their boards.

-22%
project margin variance reduction with integrated controls
Average across completed projects
-38%
back-office FTE on construction ERP standardisation
Multi-entity consolidation
-24%
energy-cost reduction on integrated BMS deployments
Smart-building portfolio average
+16%
tenant satisfaction on connected commercial properties
Post-deployment NPS
What we deliver for Construction & Real Estate

Ten offerings engineered for this sector.

These are the offerings we most frequently deliver for Construction & Real Estate clients — drawn from our twelve capabilities, twelve solutions, and four platforms, shaped to this sector's regulatory, operational and commercial specifics.

OFFER 01

Construction ERP

Sector-specific ERP — Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, SAP — with project accounting, subcontract management, and cost control.

OFFER 02

Project Controls & PMIS

Schedule management, cost control, risk management, document management — integrated with BIM and field systems.

OFFER 03

BIM Integration

BIM-to-ERP and BIM-to-CAFM integration — model-based quantity take-off, cost control, and handover-ready asset data.

OFFER 04

Field Mobility & Site Operations

Mobile apps for site management, quality, safety, defects, and daily reporting — integrated with central project controls.

OFFER 05

Tenant Platforms & Customer Apps

Tenant portals, mobile apps, amenity booking, and community management for residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments.

OFFER 06

Building Management & Automation

BMS, access control, CCTV, AV, digital signage — engineered as one integrated estate for operational properties.

OFFER 07

Facilities Management (CAFM)

CAFM implementation, preventive maintenance, work order management, asset register — for developers and FM operators.

OFFER 08

Sustainability & ESG

Sub-metering, energy analytics, ESG reporting platforms — for regulated disclosure and operational improvement.

OFFER 09

Construction Managed Services

Managed services for project-controls, enterprise, and building-operations systems — across the construction and operating phases.

OFFER 10

Site Safety, Access Control & CCTV

Construction-site safety platforms, access control (Axis, HID, Suprema), CCTV, lone-worker protection, and incident reporting — supporting EU OSH directives and client-specific safety audits.

Architecture & approach

Five layers, one integrated enterprise system.

Every Digital Enterprise engagement follows the same reference architecture — adapted to your scale, cloud posture, and compliance requirements. This is the stack-level view we present to steering committees and auditors.

SECTOR REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE

Construction & Real Estate reference architecture

Customer & market
Sales / broker portal Tenant portal Customer mobile Marketing Community management
Enterprise systems
Construction ERP Project controls / PMIS CRM Finance Procurement / subcontract
Project delivery
BIM platform Document management Field mobility Quality / safety Handover
Asset operations
CAFM BMS Energy management Access & security Digital signage
Foundation
Cloud infrastructure Site connectivity Security DR Managed services
Capabilities behind this industry practice

The capabilities that power our Construction & Real Estate work.

Our Construction & Real Estate engagements draw on these four capabilities most frequently. Each is its own practice with dedicated leads, certified engineers, and standing sector playbooks.

Where we typically engage

Four entry points in this sector.

Every Construction & Real Estate engagement starts from a specific trigger. These are the four we see most often — the conversation usually begins at one of them.

Scenario · Contractor ERP

General contractor standardising on modern ERP

Typical: spreadsheet-based project control, legacy accounting. Dynamics 365 Project Operations or equivalent rollout, 9–14 months.

Scenario · Developer platform

Developer with multiple projects needing portfolio view

Integrated platform across projects — sales, customer, finance, delivery — with executive dashboards and unit-level reporting.

Scenario · Smart building

Commercial operator modernising building technology

BMS, access, CCTV, signage, energy management — integrated as one estate under one SLA.

Scenario · CAFM

FM operator or owner-operator modernising facilities management

CAFM implementation, mobile work orders, preventive maintenance, asset register integration with BIM.

Technology partners

The platforms our Construction & Real Estate team delivers on.

Digital Enterprise is platform-agnostic by design — we lead with the right tool for your scale and compliance load, not the one that pays us the highest margin. Our engineers hold certifications with every major vendor in this space.

Platforms we deploy for Construction & Real Estate:

Microsoft Oracle Dell Cisco Bluestar
Proof, not slides

A tier-2 bank replaced its core in 18 months, zero unplanned downtime.

Phased core banking modernisation across three subsidiaries — delivered against a central-bank audit deadline, a fixed-scope contract, and a zero-downtime commitment the steering committee demanded. The case study documents the scope, risks, and bankable business case.

See sector case studies
Let's talk

Construction & Real Estate — let's talk.

A focused conversation with the senior partner who leads our Construction & Real Estate practice — plus your CEO or CIO. We frame the opportunity, the risk envelope, and the engagement shape, then agree whether there is a fit before any proposal is drafted.

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