Oracle Aconex - A Short Walk-Through

Oracle Aconex, considered one of the world’s top construction management software, is a part of Oracle’s Construction and Engineering Cloud platform (after having acquired the Aconex company in December 2017 with approval granted in March 2018).

The construction management software had earned the reputation of a major construction application that is easy to use and can be deployed in just days. It is also trusted worldwide with over 16,000 projects in over 70 countries.

Providing solutions

It provides project-wide solution for all users in all stages of the lifecycle. The cloud and mobile platform offers accessibility whether in the office or the field. Also, the platform is secured with ISO 27001 certification, 2FA, and 3 levels of security controls.

Among its major tasks is having Oracle Aconex enabled to connect to the teams on the largest construction and engineering projects in the world. The solution it runs is to help the users manage their information and processes across their projects.

Collaborative project delivery

Oracle Aconex provides collaborative project delivery. This includes the design and construction coordination, field management, project mail, and project controls.

Asset owners and project leaders rely on Oracle Construction and Engineering software for the visibility and control, connected supply chain, and data security needed to drive performance and mitigate risk, helping teams plan, build, and operate critical assets.

Tools

Aconex has the specific tools and features that enable construction firm owners, the engineering, procurement and construction management companies (EPC/M) contractors and project consultants to collaborate on their projects.

These collaborations are utilized in the projects, the management of data, the documents, and including the costs. This is presented and accessed by the participating collaborators in complete visibility across all the stages within the lifecycle of the project.

The owners and delivery teams depend on Oracle Aconex for the visibility, control, reduced risk and the connected teams.

The company drives the efficiency in such areas as design and construction coordination, project controls and in the management of costs, documents and field management.

Services

With regards to construction project information and process management, the company manages the processes, the documents, drawings, building information models, communications, the workflow movement, audit trails and many other project information online accessed in both mobile and the web.

The other work is in the construction field management which includes managing field inspections and issues from mobile devices.

More services

There are the O&M manuals for developing digital operation and maintenance manuals for post-construction handover to asset owner and dynamic management of asset information.

Another is the BIM data and process management. This is for accessing and managing BIM models at the object level for project management.

Finally, there is the interface management that identifies and resolves interface issues on oil and gas projects.

There is a long list of the Aconex features within the program.

Features

The program is the single source of truth in communications, documents, processes and models. It manages millions of documents and models with no limits on data.

There is a strict versioning that ensures everyone working off the latest documents. There is the cost management and contract control across the entire supply chain. The configurable platform enables specific processes.

The software’s common data environment (CDE) connects all project. and model information. There are also the custom workflows that automate review and approval cycles which reduce complexity.

There is work packaging used to track and control processes from process all the way to completion. The mail-routing automates business processes and make them standardized, which ensures best practice. Any inspection process for field use is also automated and standardized.

Benefits

The Aconex document management software is built for construction and engineering. It provides all the partners and organizations fast access to current documents that has drawings, BIM models, contracts and many others.

Aconex has the tools for document distribution, transmittals, and drawing management. It also has version control so that everyone is working on the current version.

The project controls provide the users an accurate view of how projects are performing across costs, schedule, design and the effects of changes to all. 

The workflow management helps in reducing complexity and improves data capture while increasing control through process automation.

Advantages

The construction management software improves project management by centralizing communications. It digitalizes RFIs and queries while providing the users with a toll to easily manage and coordinate advice to RFIs while allowing them to issue site instructions and directions.

It also has tools for requests and approvals, change management, delays and EOT, and more. The BIM and model management tools provide a true common data environment in order to simplify the process.

Cross-discipline collaboration

The software also provides cross-discipline collaboration, with inter-operability with other systems. It also has tools for design coordination, review and approvals.

Another advantage for quality and safety, Aconex automates and standardizes the field–based processes. This is in order to speed up inspection times, drive accountability, and minimize delays.

It has features for checklists and forms, health and safety, defects and pinch lists, plus more.

Integrated platform

With regards to bids and tenders, handover to O&M, Insights and Reporting plus more, Aconex is a centralized and integrated platform. It enables smart and streamlined bids and tender management.

Users can easily work with package distributions, receive bids securely with a digital lock box and award contracts.

It has tools to progressively collate operation and maintenance manuals. This is used for handover, standardize subcontractor submissions, and search information with its asset management.

It also provides graphical dashboards and configurable reports. Mobile apps work with iOS and Android devices. It also has Outlook integration that allows users to send and reply to Aconex mail from within Outlook.

Mobile application

Oracle Aconex mobile application provides the issue and inspection management. This is to ensure quality assurance and control, and the safety on the construction sites. The work also delves on the ability to view the project drawings and pin issues to drawings.

The application helps in overcoming the challenges of paper-based drawing and inspection management, including those and scattered and incomplete project data.

The application also simplifies the building information modeling by the teams that are connected, the models and the project data on a single online collaboration platform.

Meantime, in order to access the BIM information you need for your construction and engineering projects, from wherever you are. The communication device is your mobile phone.

Target market

Construction, infrastructure, and energy and resource industries are the target markets for Aconex.

Owners/developers, EPC/M firms, general contractors, joint ventures/public-private partnerships and other construction project management and consultant firm are the organizations that can benefit most with Aconex.

Some of its supported languages to date include, English, Fr3ench, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese.

Oracle Aconex, considered one of the world’s top construction management software, is a part of Oracle’s Construction and Engineering Cloud platform (after having acquired the Aconex company in December 2017 with approval granted in March 2018).

The construction management software had earned the reputation of a major construction application that is easy to use and can be deployed in just days. It is also trusted worldwide with over 16,000 projects in over 70 countries.

Providing solutions

It provides project-wide solution for all users in all stages of the lifecycle. The cloud and mobile platform offers accessibility whether in the office or the field. Also, the platform is secured with ISO 27001 certification, 2FA, and 3 levels of security controls.

Among its major tasks is having Oracle Aconex enabled to connect to the teams on the largest construction and engineering projects in the world. The solution it runs is to help the users manage their information and processes across their projects.

Collaborative project delivery

Oracle Aconex provides collaborative project delivery. This includes the design and construction coordination, field management, project mail, and project controls.

Asset owners and project leaders rely on Oracle Construction and Engineering software for the visibility and control, connected supply chain, and data security needed to drive performance and mitigate risk, helping teams plan, build, and operate critical assets.

Tools

Aconex has the specific tools and features that enable construction firm owners, the engineering, procurement and construction management companies (EPC/M) contractors and project consultants to collaborate on their projects.

These collaborations are utilized in the projects, the management of data, the documents, and including the costs. This is presented and accessed by the participating collaborators in complete visibility across all the stages within the lifecycle of the project.

The owners and delivery teams depend on Oracle Aconex for the visibility, control, reduced risk and the connected teams.

The company drives the efficiency in such areas as design and construction coordination, project controls and in the management of costs, documents and field management.

Services

With regards to construction project information and process management, the company manages the processes, the documents, drawings, building information models, communications, the workflow movement, audit trails and many other project information online accessed in both mobile and the web.

The other work is in the construction field management which includes managing field inspections and issues from mobile devices.

More services

There are the O&M manuals for developing digital operation and maintenance manuals for post-construction handover to asset owner and dynamic management of asset information.

Another is the BIM data and process management. This is for accessing and managing BIM models at the object level for project management.

Finally, there is the interface management that identifies and resolves interface issues on oil and gas projects.

There is a long list of the Aconex features within the program.

Features

The program is the single source of truth in communications, documents, processes and models. It manages millions of documents and models with no limits on data.

There is a strict versioning that ensures everyone working off the latest documents. There is the cost management and contract control across the entire supply chain. The configurable platform enables specific proces