In a surprising shift for a traditional tool manufacturer, Stanley X, the innovation division of Stanley Black & Decker, has acquiredBuildup, a project management platform used by general contractors and trade workers for punchlists, inspections and other tasks. The value of the acquisition was not disclosed.
The acquisition is the first for the tool maker’s new tech-focused unit. “We’re digitizing things on the construction site,” says Justin Saeheng, head of construction technology atStanley X。“此次收购使我们能够更好地与当前的客户保持一致，并提供比其他锤子，磁带措施或钻探更多的。”
Buildup成立于2015年，提供了一个以现场为中心的项目管理应用程序，该应用程序协调和跟踪成千上万个在工作场所要完成的小任务。它允许在利益相关者和现场人员之间进行快速沟通，还具有照片文档和注释功能。该应用程序还具有自动英语 - 西班牙翻译，并计划将来更新。
“We’re trying to save time out in the field—make sure the field and the office are on the same page,” explains Stephen Haskin, CEO of Buildup and the new general manager of Buildup at Stanley X. He says that while Buildup has an API link to Procore, many of its customers are coming from spreadsheet-based methods of tracking work-to-complete tasks and inspection punchlists. “There are people who swing hammers who also are having to go fill out reports and spreadsheets; it’s not a good use of their time.”
建立已经看到了正在寻找方法使其现场人员所需的任务列表的总承包商中的使用。新利18备用网址Hensel Phelps是旧金山国际机场的Harvey Milk Terminal 1项目的总承包商，一直在使用建筑协调成千上万的工作到完成任务，这些任务需要通过建立交易来完成，因为该项目接近完成。
“On a lot of projects you get to the end and you have this endless list of things to do,” explains Andrew Cameron, Hensel Phelps project manager and team member on Terminal 1. On complex projects, a spreadsheet can be hard to navigate for trade workers just coming on the job who don’t know the site layout. “We had our engineers go to the site, take the issues and create records in Buildup, then tag it to the model or drawing,” says Cameron. “They can then assign it to a specific person, so the electrician or painter knows exactly what they need to do.”
卡梅伦说，建筑物在1终端的现场人员中的采用率很高，他将其归因于基于智能手机的界面，以及现场工作人员记录其工作并快速响应其信息请求的能力。卡梅伦说：“作为GC，我们在那里指导这个项目，但是很难向合适的人获取正确的信息。”“有了这个应用程序，我们真正能够众包需要做什么。我可以打开此应用程序，看看在我站着的该领域需要做什么。”
Haskin says Buildup has no immediate plans to change its pricing model. According to Saeheng, Stanley X plans to further expand into the construction technology space. “This is a new area for us, stepping into the construction software space. But it’s just heating up—there’s a lot of under-digitized opportunities in construction.”
