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INTERACTION SPECIAL FOCUS: CONSTRUCTION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

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Nadhi Information Technologies Pvt Ltd., a company incubated from the IIT Madras Research Park, is a Chennai
based enterprise software and solutions company developing analytics based, mobile enabled, collaborative
decision support solutions for capital projects.
KALYAN VAIDYANATHAN, CO-FOUNDER & CEO, NADHI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD spoke to
CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES on his company’s unique software solutions.
Brie y give us an overview of the Construction & rie y give us an overview of the Construction &
B how best they can help (decision support) their
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Project Management So ware industry, the latest roject Management So ware industry, the latest organisations and teams in delivering the project
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technology trends, and the business drivers? echnology trends, and the business drivers? successfully;
e main drivers of innovation in the construction
e main drivers of innovation in the construction • and to have seamless collaboration and
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project management so ware industry are the need roject management so ware industry are the need communication across stakeholders, needless to say
f for management (whether at the senior management/or management (whether at the senior management/ with as much mobility as can be achieved
CXO level or at a more “tactical” project manager level) We nd that senior management personnel particularly
CXO level or at a more “tactical” project manager level)
• to be in control of the project rather than the project
• to be in control of the project rather than the project are keen to explore and evaluate solutions which
be in control of them
be in control of them strengthen them in the above ways,and are increasingly
• to have real time access to project
• to have real time access to project motivated to make their organisations also get attuned
KPIs and success metrics such as
KPIs and success metrics such as towards them.
schedule, cost, quality, safety,
schedule, cost, quality, safety, As far as technology trends go, needless to say all the
sustainability etc.
sustainability etc. latest “buzzwords” have entered this space as well.
• • to have enough insights Mobility is a non-negotiable now, all the large companies
through analytics into past
through analytics into past are looking to digitize their various business processes,
performance and the likelihood
performance and the likelihood interest in analytics is picking up though probably not
of future milestones being met; the extent that other industries have adopted it, and
of future milestones being met;
• to have a sense of awareness nally we are seeing a surge in things such as IoT enabled
over all facets of the projects from project management, 3D visualisation, machine learning
engineering to procurement to etc. e old days of standalone desktop-based systems
construction, especially with
construction, especially with and spreadsheets are de nitely over, and there is eagerness
a view to helping them decide
a view to helping them decide to explore new frontiers. More recently clients are getting
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