Embracing Digital Transformation at Blue Sky Building

Blue Sky Building are an innovative construction management company. The founding directors boast a combined experience of over eight decades, uniting their background in the delivery of bespoke construction with the expertise and skills needed to manage complex engineering and construction projects, particularly in the midst of the kind of city centre environment prevalent in London and the South East.

Project Details

The UK House Project in London's West End required meticulous restoration and modernisation of a Grade II listed building. The project's complex nature necessitated a precise coordination of resources, personnel, and information. To support these requirements, Blue Sky Building adopted SymTerra as their digital communication tool.

“It is a pleasure to use SymTerra, it’s so simple and covers everything.”

George Palmer, Site Manager, Blue Sky Building

Meet George

SymTerra is built to simplify communication for onsite project teams and a key example of this is through the story of George Palmer. George has decades of construction experience under his belt, however, was initially reluctant to adopt SymTerra as several digital tools had already been tried. As George began using SymTerra, his initial hesitation gave way to increased engagement. He found the app straightforward and the user interface easy to use, which simplified his record-keeping and enhanced real-time communication with the office. He even became the first SymTerra user to create over 2,000 updates!

Impact on Blue Sky Building

George's extensive use of SymTerra provided comprehensive, real-time insights into project activities. It highlighted that when technology is easy to use for site teams, that it can further support collaborative and efficient communication between site and office. Moreover, George's digital transformation journey debunks the myth that age is a barrier to learning new technologies, showcasing how digital tools such as SymTerra can benefit site teams when reflective of how work is delivered.

Key Results

Improved documentation

Real-time view of the project's progress.

Project Assurance

The detailed work records provided a comprehensive project assurance package, and a full history of the works for future reference.

Enhanced Decision Making

Real-time updates from site enabled the team to make timely, informed decisions, helping mitigate potential delays and optimise resource allocation

“The construction teams at Blue Sky Building use SymTerra because it provides an excellent way to report and communicate on site. They can log progress and raise issues such as Health & Safety, programme, commercial, environmental, and document with pictures or video. This information is easily searchable and available long after the project is completed. The management team like SymTerra because it frees up project staff and gets boots on the ground rather than being in the site office completing daily paper work. It is used to document the full project life cycle from preconstruction through to construction management and project management.”

James Daniel, IT Manager, Blue Sky Building

Want to see how SymTerra can supercharge digital transformation for your business ?

Project teams of all sizes are using SymTerra to change their projects for the better. And we have the case studies to prove it.

“Instead of WhatsApp, we used SymTerra on the Liverpool St Project to obtain live updates from site on over 500 planned activities during our critical 10-day Easter blockade to update the hour-by-hour programme in real-time, identify any change and re-sequence works.”

Matthew Stimson - Project Manager, MTR

“With previous systems, we took photos on one platform and allocated the activity to the engineer on another for comments from site. This was time consuming and meant we'd have to limit or loose data, photos or miss information. With SymTerra, all info/photos are in one place to view/document making data sharing simple without having to transfer from multiple systems.”

Joe Taylor, Operations Manager, Lanes Group