Process engineering plants are among the largest and most complex structures of humanity. Only a few companies worldwide are able to design and construct efficient and state-of-the-art plants. In recent years, there has been significant growth in the plant engineering industry. In addition to rising costs and the inevitable impact on the profit margin of construction companies, labour and infrastructure bottlenecks, deadlines with completion limitations, resource constraints, and constant business management difficulties, problems occur that are often habitual for those who work in the sector, but not always easy to solve. But what does this analysis tell us? We are facing an urgent demand for innovations in the plant engineering industry that seek to optimize the productivity of the sector. Among the major innovations in the construction industry and closely related to increased productivity in the industry is the adoption of mobile devices and automation control solutions for works.

Innovation in Construction Planning and Process

Thanks to the implementation of a digital experience through mobile devices, the organization of contractors, builders and developers have observed a considerable improvement in process management, planning and control of execution and quality of projects; even after the end of the project. Several software have been developed exclusively for civil construction and have proven to be particularly effective in the management of processes; is ideal for those who want to have quality information for greater assertiveness in decision making to provide greater agility in processes, reduction of costs and even improvements in the environmental sustainability of the project. Some other benefits include optimization in the process of quality management. Management of the teams in the field (also assisting in the area of work safety) is easier. Updating the progress of the work, reducing losses, cost accuracy labour, monitoring and inspection of keys of the enterprise' control of technical assistance services, among other data that can be organized and is easily accessible for planning, management and other staff involved.

In order to have a better idea, a works management platform is able to control the entry of materials at the construction site, the use of each of them in each stage of the work, the performance of the hired labour, among other relevant aspects, all in one screen. In addition, each manager involved can access the information in real time and from anywhere. In addition, the materials used in the plant engineering sites have also been replaced by increasingly efficient solutions. Modernization of equipment such as the use of flexible cranes and faster elevators are examples of how simple changes impact the final result. Among companies that seek to optimize productivity in the industry, there is a rising concern to improve the synchronicity between enterprise and material flow, aiming at the elimination of activities that do not add value, a better range of suppliers and even practices for better filtering of purchases.

In general, measures that tend to accompany a leaner management model (agile) are implemented to ensure a faster process. This type of technology is what makes a plant engineering enter the 21st century since it is an essential point for any type of business: the use of information in its favour. Even today, it is common for information to be recorded in spreadsheets manually, which complicates the monitoring process at the construction site.

