How Mortenson’s Data Center Solutions Team Automated Data Reporting Processes with Kroo
Background
Mortenson is a U.S-based, top-25 builder, developer, and engineering services provider serving the commercial, institutional, and energy sectors. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Mortenson operates 13 division offices throughout the United States with 4,000+ employees. Mortenson does more than $5 billion in construction volume each year and is an ENR Top 25 contractor.
One of Mortenson’s operating groups, Data Center Solutions, is composed of several smaller teams working with separate corporate clients. One team working with Kroo has implemented numerous project reports for frequent distribution to key stakeholders. Reporting data comes from various sources such as Autodesk BIM360, Procore, Oracle Primavera P6, DroneDeploy, Intelex, Google Forms, and Salesforce. Project reports provide key information such as quality data, schedule milestones, project-specific commentary, RFIs, submittals, and budgets.
The Challenges & Solutions
Kroo was able to offer solutions to help enhance Mortenson’s reporting process:
- Reduction in time-intensive and manual updates: This enhancement saved project team members from manually exporting and extracting information from various platforms. Mortenson can rely on Kroo’s automated data pipelines to eliminate tedious updates for project reports.
- Real-time reporting: By automating manual tasks, the team was able to take advantage of current real-time data. With Kroo’s platform powering Mortenson’s reporting, project teams can quickly refresh their data at any time for ad-hoc project needs.
- Expanded data infrastructure for scalability: The team was not taking advantage of data warehousing infrastructure for flexible applications (reporting, historical analysis, etc). Kroo’s platform allows Mortenson to expand their data capabilities easily by leveraging Kroo’s end-to-end offering with integrations, warehousing, and reporting.
After Kroo
Project teams with Data Center Solutions can now leverage Kroo’s platform to streamline their reporting process for real-time visibility into projects. The Kroo platform offered out-of-the-box data pipelines for Procore, Autodesk BIM360, Oracle Primavera P6, and other data sources to automate the data extraction process for project reporting.
ROI for Mortenson
Kroo saves Mortenson’s Data Center team hours of manual updates.
- Kroo successfully reduced the data refresh time from various sources by 5x.
- Kroo provides a streamlined process which automates the data pipeline from various sources such as Procore, Autodesk BIM360, Oracle Primavera P6, and more. This improves the user experience for Mortenson’s project teams.
Potential cost savings of more than six figures.
- Mortenson strategically chose to partner with Kroo on automating data processes, optimizing cost-efficiency compared to the higher expenses associated with external consulting or development resources.
- This can cost more than six figures for a one-time implementation with no ongoing support.
- See Kroo’s calculator for the estimated cost to develop in-house: https://calculator.getkroo.com/
Flexibility in reporting other types of construction data.
- By adopting Kroo’s platform, Mortenson can access all connectors within the Kroo catalog.
- Mortenson can leverage Kroo to implement key features such as a managed data warehouse to expand their data capabilities.
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