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Business Excellence Award 2023

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Disperse – Leaders in Building Productivity for Construction Firms

Disperse gives construction project teams actionable data and insights that drive better business decisions. Project management teams need access to the right data in order to keep a project moving forward and keep stakeholders satisfied. But instead, they are drip-fed inaccurate data from time-consuming, manual, onsite reports.  The platform is a unique combination of Human + AI hybrid technology that tracks what matters and provides reports that are scalable, accessible, and reliable. It can detect impending issues with its 360-degree imaging and data-capture technology that allows teams to track what is happening at a construction site at any time, from any place. The data is easily accessible and actionable through its intuitive UI, designed with and for Project Managers to save time and effort.

Project Management: Drive Projects Forward

Exceptional project management teams make good decisions with limited data. So what happens when you remove the limit? Disperse offloads and automates critical elements 
of project reporting, and feeds reliable and relevant data 
to the people who need it. With the right information to hand and a reduced administrative workload, project management teams make optimal decisions and drive projects forward. Disperse solutions feed reliable progress and compliance data to project management teams. With the right information, teams can quickly answer questions about actual versus planned progress, or whether components were installed in compliance with relevant guidelines.

Disperse's system monitors hundreds of tasks and thousands of components using visual inputs like 360° photos or video, and transforms those inputs into descriptive data and reports. The system also proactively spots some issues that might otherwise go unnoticed, helping project teams stay ahead of potential rework. Only at Disperse is construction data analysis done by a proprietary mix of AI and human expertise. The hybrid approach means that their algorithms are constantly getting smarter as they're trained by a team of human experts, and they maintain maximum flexibility to address a project's data needs.

Every minute that project management spends manually recording progress, taking photos or compiling reports is a missed opportunity to focus instead on value-add activities to drive the project forward. Disperse solutions help drive productivity by offloading and automating critical reporting workflows, reducing the hours a project management team has to spend gathering, compiling and structuring information. Project teams freed from administrative overhead are happier, more focused and more effective. There is no greater gift than that of time, and the customers have reported weekly time savings of up to 65% for some project management roles.

The company uses visual inputs (360° photos, close-up photos and videos) to process construction data, but they also use them to create an as-built digital replica of a construction project over time. Rather than debating details subjectively during meetings or over the phone with subcontractors or clients, their customers can pull up the Disperse Viewer and digitally navigate a project. An ironclad digital record means disputes get settled before they happen. Because their solution is web-based, anyone with a login can "visit" a project digitally at any time, including designers or consultants.

Data Management: Thrive in complex environments

Data that reflects the true state of a portfolio helps business leadership manage risk and judge new opportunities. Need to bring business improvement initiatives to life? Want to insure your business against erroneous transactions when things get messy in the field? Data is the key. Disperse functions as a data processing engine that runs independently of day-to-day operations. Disperse gives business leadership objective information about the true state of play, and help safeguard margins with ironclad descriptive and visual records of site works.

The data that makes its way from the field to business leadership doesn't always reflect the true state of play. Disperse data tells the whole story, reliably. They make risk management a smarter and more informed undertaking. Their data keeps management teams apprised of risk associated with threats like delays and cost overruns. They integrate with other systems, and they enrich the proprietary data to give it valuable context. They are here to help leadership teams at construction and real estate firms avoid unaccounted risk and unpleasant surprises.

The Disperse platform provides ironclad visual and descriptive records of exactly what's been done on a project, and when. They are working to make erroneous claims and unnecessary litigation a thing of the past, and helping to protect the customers' margins. Their solutions proactively deliver business units the data they need to understand issues that are leading to cost overruns or major delays, and to protect them from details that might otherwise get overlooked.

Modern construction and development firms have an enormous breadth of strategic choices to pick from. There are new opportunities everywhere, and just as many threats. Whether it's a push to become the most environmentally sustainable firm in your market, or the most productive, data is key. Disperse solutions feed reliable and up-to-date data to the teams and business systems driving improvement initiatives, and give leadership a richer understanding of how to approach market opportunities.

Felix | CEO

Felix was raised on construction sites from a young age and co-founded Disperse in 2015 as part of his masters at the London School of Economics in digital innovation, positioning him perfectly to solve construction's biggest challenges.

"Our DNA is equal parts construction and technology, and we're here to unlock the future of building."

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