Aconex Construction Management from Oracle
Manage end-to-end processes and eliminate barriers to collaboration with Oracle Aconex. Connect teams and processes across the entire project lifecycle and capture a complete project record—all on one platform. Backed by an unalterable audit trail that minimizes disputes, Aconex helps you keep projects on track for successful delivery and completion.
Manage project lifecycle processes and connect teams
Eliminate barriers to collaboration and connect teams with a unique data ownership model and a highly configurable process management engine that can facilitate end-to-end processes across the entire project lifecycle, both onsite and in the office.
Highly flexible process management engine
Efficiently manage end-to-end construction processes and workstreams across the project lifecycle with a complete project delivery solution. Aconex provides deep functionality with dedicated modules for specific process flows including model coordination, cost, and field processes.
Eliminate barriers to collaboration
Connect teams with a unique data ownership model that maximizes adoption, collaboration, and data sharing across the entire project, creating a complete project record in one system.
Unalterable audit trail
Track and capture every project decision, ensuring accountability and minimizing disputes.
A true common data environment
Aconex is part of Oracle’s common data environment (CDE)—a single, central platform that connects teams, processes, and project data. The unique data ownership model and rigorous security protocols build trust, driving greater adoption, which yields more project data and insights.
A complete design-build solution
Ideally suited to design-build projects, Aconex seamlessly connects design and delivery teams, driving collaboration and data sharing. Highly configurable process management provides visibility and control while built-in model coordination connects teams, models, and data.
Each project organization owns their data
Every organization on the project has their own private workspace on the Aconex platform and controls the data in their workspace, including who they share that data with and when.
Collaboration and open data sharing
Data ownership drives trust, which in turn drives platform adoption and collaboration across organizations, creating a single source of truth for the project.
Information flows freely
With data and information flowing freely on one platform, the risk of multiple datastores is eliminated, helping to avoid the use of outdated or incorrect data.
Unalterable audit trail
Ensure accountability and help minimize your exposure to risk. Aconex tracks and captures all documents, correspondence, and every project decision in one system—creating a complete and unalterable project record. Nothing can be deleted or edited.
A single document register
Create a single source of truth for the entire project team. A single document register with strict version control protocols eliminates the risk of multiple datastores and helps ensure that everyone uses the correct information.
Configurability to match how you work
Match your process flows and capture the data you need with highly configurable data fields and templates. Easily manage different sections of work with work packaging—for example, group documentation, drawings, and correspondence together for completion and sign-off.
Integration with the project schedule
Packages and Oracle Primavera Cloud schedule integration links engineering and construction documents to the schedule, providing teams with up-to-date schedule data. Improved schedule visibility helps teams better sequence activities and align their schedules with onsite work.
Automate process flows with workflows
Standardize and automate approvals and reviews. Match your process flows with the configurability of workflow templates and subworkflows. Ensure adherence to required procedures with a full audit trail to minimize disputes over what was sent, received, or agreed to.
A more collaborative and efficient review process
With integrated Comment Management and an automated Review Matrix, Document Processes provides a structured framework that covers the full end-to-end review process.
Integrated comment management
Facilitating review collaboration and a more efficient resolution process. All review comments are logged, providing a consolidated review and issue list for 2D and 3D. Items can be collaborated on, tracked, and resolved.
Automated Review Matrix
The correct approval flow is initiated based on the metadata of the review document, automatically including the required people. The Review Matrix provides quality assurance and re-assurance that the correct review process is being adhered to.
Avoid the limitations of manual correspondence
Automate and standardize with a digital process that provides projectwide access and visibility. Help ensure best practices are followed, configure and control information to drive faster process turnarounds, and get the right information to the right people.
Track process and decision flows
Easily track process communications, keeping all project team members up to date on progress and helping to avoid bottlenecks. Drive accountability with mail threading, a permanent record of all related correspondence in one place, providing visibility into an entire mail chain or thread.
Connect models, teams, and data
Oracle Aconex Model Coordination Cloud Service allows the whole project team to collaborate on the model in a secure environment, using a single platform to raise questions, communicate, and manage the coordination process. Design-neutral, Aconex Model Coordination complements existing authoring tools.
No additional software is required
Teams can import and open supported model files directly within Aconex. Aconex Model Coordination provides complete visibility into changes and the constructability of models, improving the quality of designs delivered to the construction team and helping drive faster model process cycle times with reduced errors.
Synchronize coordination with Clash in the Cloud
Complete design issue management supports the model coordination process. Automated clash detection facilitates seamless clash and design issue capture, management, and resolution. Reduced coordination cycle times improve efficiency, getting teams ready for construction faster.
Connect to the ecosystem
Open standard APIs facilitate interoperability between authoring tools and Aconex, providing much faster model coordination and cycle times, eliminating the double handling of information, and allowing the seamless transfer and flow of information.
A secure, central platform to manage tenders and bids
Reduce manual input and complexity with a structured and consistent framework for the tendering process. Use documents already in the document register, and issue tenders to Aconex or guest users with direct and secure access to all documentation and communication via automated notifications.
Powerful tracking and visibility
Stay up to date with clear visibility into the status of tenders. All information is created and captured in one place. Track which tender recipients have viewed the invitation, receive notifications when responses are submitted, and manage communication promptly and confidentially with a secure audit trail of each tender.
Manage the submission and tracking of supplier documentation
Use automation to help manage the large volume of vendor data generated on construction projects. Easily and efficiently visualize the progress of multiple packages of information by automating the calculation of due dates and statuses, regulating the submission of documentation, and increasing the speed of approvals and processing.
Complete contract and change management
Collaboratively manage contracts across the supply chain and streamline change management. Easily link project information for additional context, and track the schedule of values for payment management. Improve auditability, compliance, and eliminate redundant data entry.
One integrated app for the jobsite
Capture, track, and share information anywhere on the jobsite. Access documents, mail, models, and inspections with one mobile app. View the latest set of drawings and collaborate in real time using the latest data. Oracle Aconex Mobile is fully integrated with Aconex, providing a single project record.
Quality and safety management
Automate and standardize inspections with Oracle Aconex Field, including safety walks, quality checks, issue tracking, punch lists, daily reports, and more. Mange safety observations to engage teams and foster a culture of safety. Tailor data capture to your processes, replicate your existing forms to eliminate paper, and demonstrate regulatory compliance.
Manage test plans connected to the system of record
Bring the power of our centralized system, configurable collaboration workflows, and sophisticated information management tools to your inspection and test plans. Managing ITPs in Aconex, the contractual system of record, means these plans and activities stay fully connected to relevant project documents, communications, and other information.
Streamline test plan creation
Easily build and finalize inspection and test plans. Find, import, and edit existing plan templates or create new ones. Assign roles and responsibilities to project participants - and ensure clarity across teams.
Automate template review and approval processes to roll out test plans efficiently.
Confidently manage test plans from start to finish
Keep ITPs moving forward with visibility into status, flexible workflows, and “take action” notifications. Perform onsite inspections and capture/attach supporting evidence. Capture audit-ready records of all ITP communications, decisions, and actions. Create a final, exportable package of documented work.
A secure and permanent record of all project information
View your complete project records, including all audit logs, full mail threads, and the entire history of the project. Retain your project history for your knowledgebase and to meet regulatory and legal requirements during and after project completion.
Three product options
- Oracle Aconex Online Archive: Complete access to your project data, which is stored securely in the cloud.
- Oracle Aconex Project Archive: An on-premises application that downloads your organization’s project data.
- Oracle Aconex Scheduled Archive: An on-premises application that downloads your organization’s project data on a chosen routine.
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Elevate how project teams collaborate
Aconex enables project collaboration at scale, from preconstruction through handover. Configurable processes boost visibility, accuracy, and control, and an unalterable audit trail provides accountability and minimizes risk. All organizations fully control their data, creating a level playing field that fosters trust.
Provide a single source of project truth for all
Manage documents, correspondence, models, cost, and processes in a central system that is used by the project owner, contractors, subcontractors, designers, and other participants. With a single source of truth for project information, teams can confidently collaborate and easily find the right information.
Streamline project information management
Standardize and simplify document management. With no limits on document volume or size and strict version and access controls to minimize confusion, teams can manage all types of project information with certainty. Intuitive, search-based retrieval helps you find exactly what you need, when you need it.
Keep reviews moving forward
Configure review processes to automate and standardize repetitive functions. Automatically send documents through the workflow according to set rules and timings. Rely on notifications and tracking to eliminate bottlenecks, easily determine who should take the next action, and accelerate completion.
Unify review processes
There’s no need to manage separate comment sheets for reviews of documents, 2D drawings, and 3D models. Aconex offers a structured approach with integrated document and comment management to streamline reviews, boosting clarity and efficiency. A review matrix automates document distribution and review processes.
Say goodbye to traditional email
Avoid the limitations and risks of email-based contractual communication. Count on project correspondence that is reliable and well organized, so critical communications won’t get lost or overlooked. Unlike email, messages in Aconex cannot be deleted or altered after the fact, so you can rely on a permanent record.
Organize and manage work using packages
Create and manage work packages using documents and information stored in the Aconex document register. Easily manage related project information and initiate package-specific reviews/other workflows. Set specific document versions for use in managing a package and connect packages to key schedule dates.
Enable model-based collaboration
Empower all teams to collaborate using models from start to finish. Aconex provides a single system to raise, communicate, and manage the end-to-end model coordination process, including built-in clash detection. Import and open Revit files within Aconex. Gain full visibility into comments, changes, and costs.
Manage projects confidently, wherever you are
Enable real-time, mobile collaboration and control of jobsite processes. Capture, track, and share project information from anywhere on the jobsite. Build confidently with current versions of documents, drawings, and models and stay on track with workflows and correspondence.
Protect people and projects with safety and quality management
Perform jobsite safety walks, quality checks, issue tracking, punch lists, daily reports, and more. Build and execute inspection and test plans (ITP) with specialized capabilities for ITP. Enable safety observations to drive safety engagement across teams.
Connect cost, contract, and change management
Manage upstream and downstream contracts and streamline change management with connected project information to provide context and auditability. Report on both the budget and cost sides of contract changes on projects. Easily integrate with your other critical financial systems.
Build the right team for the project
Confidentially manage the bid/tender process with secure, centralized procurement processes. Easily handle bid/tender package distribution, addenda, requests for information, and clarifications. Rely on a structured, consistent framework that gives you the project status visibility you need.
Automate and manage vendor data
Easily manage large volumes of vendor information. Efficiently see the progress of multiple packages of information by automating the calculation of due dates and statuses. Regulate the submission of documentation and accelerate processing and approvals.
Preserve all project data for future use
Access a complete and accurate project record that is instantly retrievable and fully searchable. Retrieve all captured project documents and communication to meet quality assurance requirements and statutory obligations. Easily find what you need to help avoid or resolve claims and disputes.
See Aconex in action
Request a demo to learn more about how Aconex powers confident project collaboration and information management.
Maximize capital budgets using project and portfolio management
Project- and portfolio-level management
To maximize capital budgets, owners need to optimise their overall portfolio and every project within that portfolio by effectively managing project prioritization and budgeting—throughout operations and maintenance all the way to project execution.
Oracle Smart Construction Platform can help synchronise project and portfolio activities, resources, data, and teams throughout the project and asset lifecycle.
Project prioritization and selection
In the planning phase, you can align projects to organizational goals and leverage relevant past and current project data to select projects and develop their budgets.
Implementing processes and systems across the organization helps ensure consistency across the entire capital portfolio.
Get your project up and running
Companywide standards and flexible system templates get your project and team up and running quickly.
Owners benefit from having contractors across their projects using a consistent system that supports project-to-project learning and allows team member movement from project to project.
Cross-organization collaboration
Most project teams consist of many different organizations. Efficient communication and collaboration across organizations are critical to project success.
Oracle Aconex provides secure access to each party, driving trust and adoption and supporting the development of a complete project record.
Cross-organization workflows can be easily customised to meet all review cycle needs, reducing approval delays and helping to keep projects on track.
Vast amount of project data
Projects generate a huge amount of data, which if managed effectively, can be the project's and owner's greatest asset.
Oracle Aconex metadata-based data management and search functionality lets you tag files to multiple categories, helping you find what you need quickly and easily. The data ownership model gives each organization ownership of their own data and helps protect the owner from data loss.
Model management
Project data includes the rich details from the building information models. With Oracle Aconex model management, all parties can access and interact with the model without the need for authoring software.
You don’t have to be on the design team to access the model. Other team members, including the owner organization, can view and manipulate the model, reducing owner-initiated changes and helping inform decisions throughout the life of the asset.
Visibility into project and portfolio health
Visibility into project- and portfolio-level status helps you make timely, informed decisions and actions that can prevent expensive course corrections and rework.
Although they are related, portfolio and project-level management have different needs, and owners need processes and tools to support each.
Enterprisewide cost and contract management
At the portfolio level, owners need to have consistent visibility across all projects to track planned budgets against actuals and feed that information back into the planning process, adjust forecasts, release contingency, and leverage companywide contracting.
At the portfolio level, owners need to have consistent visibility across all projects to track planned budgets against actuals and feed that information back into the planning process, adjust forecasts, release contingency, and leverage companywide contracting.
Holistic view of risk
Primavera Unifier provides cross-project risk management. Broad access to the risk register enables more risks to be captured, quantified, and learned from to help your future projects.
This automated tracking allows contingency to be released and reallocated in a timely manner once a risk window has closed.
Project- and portfolio-level management
Project- and portfolio-level management require different, yet complementary capabilities. With Oracle Smart Construction Platform, owners are able to gain the functionality needed for themselves and their project teams to maximize capital budgets across their portfolios.
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