What are Site Management Platforms?
Site management platforms consolidate data from various digital platforms or solutions into a central location, known as the Common Data Environment (CDE), and are crucial for enabling seamless data flow and interoperability across multiple stakeholders and systems. This approach is underpinned using common Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that adhere to site management data standards. By doing so, it allows for the effective utilization of project data and the application of data analytics to make well-informed decisions, ultimately leading to more effective project performance monitoring and benchmarking for the project parties.
Key benefits of Site Management Platform:
Interoperability - By adhering to common data standards and APIs, different digital platforms and solutions can seamlessly exchange and utilize data, promoting interoperability and reducing data silos.
Efficient Data Utilization - Consolidating data into a CDE enables various stakeholders to access and utilize project data more effectively, leading to improved decision-making and project performance.
Data Analytics - The availability of consolidated data allows for the application of advanced data analytics techniques, providing insights that can drive informed decision-making and enhance project monitoring and benchmarking processes.
Standardization - By complying with site management data standards, the approach promotes standardization of data formats and structures, which in turn facilitates consistency and reliability in data usage and interpretation.
Site Management Platform can help to digitalize site data that are required for regulatory compliances. For example, site records could be inputted through digital forms and the data collated in the SMPs could be sent to the Site Engineers and Qualified Personnel for their checking. The data could subsequently be shared with regulators to show the compliances.
Solution providers and system owners can refer to the SMP Guidebook to establish the essential modules for enabling of collection, validation, and storage of the necessary structural safety data on SMPs to meet regulatory requirements.
More information about Site Management Platforms and guidelines on its use for structural safety can be found in the guidebook below.