In the fast-paced construction of data center, life sciences, manufacturing, and hospital projects, keeping up with construction progress is both challenging and essential. Increasing project complexity requires greater emphasis to coordinate work and understand risk on the project.

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That’s why we’re excited to introduce Systems View  within Doxel’s Work In Place (WIP) view. This new capability offers a deeper, system-level visualized breakdown of construction progress, giving teams clearer visibility into on-site activities and enabling a more precise understanding of the project's status.

What is Doxel's Systems View?

Systems View is an advanced feature in the WIP view that allows teams to go beyond trade-level tracking, providing a detailed 3D view of construction progress for specific systems within each trade, such as hot water and chilled water within plumbing. Systems view is particularly useful for complex mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. This added layer of granularity offers project teams deeper insights into the progress of each system, empowering them to monitor and manage intricate project details.

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With Systems View, users can:

• Track Progress by Specific Systems: Instead of viewing all work under a single trade, users can drill down to monitor the progress of each system within a trade. For example, users can now separately track the completion of domestic cold water, domestic hot water, sanitary vents, sanitary waste, and storm drains within plumbing. In HVAC, users can independently isolate mechanical ducting to see the progress of supply, return, and exhaust ducts.
• Switch between Trade-Level Progress by Stage and System-Level Views:  Trade- Systems View enhances the team's capabilities by providing a more detailed look at individual system progress beyond general trade-level stages. This enables teams to monitor overall trade progress while identifying specific systems that may lag or be ahead.
• Gain System-Specific Insights: Systems View helps users see completion percentages across individual systems within each trade. For example, when tracking a hospital project’s electrical work, users can monitor and view expansive details of each critical system separately—such as fire alarm, lighting, nurse call, power distribution, BMS, and teledata—enabling more precise adjustments and planning.

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‍Systems View Enhances Takt Planning and the Last Planner System

In complex projects, traditional tracking did provide valuable trade-level insights but often lacked the detail needed to align each system with Takt times, leading to inefficiencies. With Systems View, project teams will gain real-time, system-specific insights that empower them to monitor each system’s adherence to Takt schedules, catching issues before they become bottlenecks. 

With this added visibility, teams can identify delays early and reallocate resources as needed to maintain steady progress. Ultimately, Systems View reinforces Takt Planning and the Last Planner System, driving projects toward efficient milestone completion.

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Delivering Real-Time, System-Specific Progress Tracking

Imagine a typical Monday coordination meeting for a data center project. The Project Manager or Supervisor is focused on the progress of the mechanical system in Data Hall 1, where multiple subcontractors are working concurrently. The meeting kicks off with questions about the status of supply ducts and whether the HVAC team has completed their work.

With Doxel's Systems View, the project engineer can instantly access progress data for HVAC ducts, filtering by both system and zone. In just moments, the team discovers that only 80% of the supports are installed, with delays caused by mechanical piping in the same area. Using the system filter, they isolate the data and confirm that the piping crew is scheduled to finish by day’s end, clearing the path for the HVAC team to complete their work.

This level of real-time, system-specific insight enables more effective coordination, allowing the supervisor or project manager to make informed decisions on the spot. The result? No wasted time, better workflow sequencing, and a more streamlined project timeline.

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Making Complex Data Center Construction More Manageable 

Data center construction is highly sophisticated, involving multiple systems that must be meticulously coordinated. Before the introduction of Systems View, project managers relied on trade-level data, making it challenging to understand system-specific delays or progress. With Systems View, project managers can:

• Filter progress data by electrical, plumbing, or HVAC systems to identify what's advancing and what's stuck.
• Identify dependencies between systems and allocate resources to the areas most urgently.
• Coordinate subcontractors more effectively by providing clear visibility into specific system progress, enabling timely interventions.

For example, in one data center project, the HVAC system installation was delayed due to incomplete electrical work in the same zone. Using Systems View, the project engineer quickly identified the bottleneck, reallocated resources, and adjusted schedules. This proactive management helped the team finish the system installation on time, preventing downstream delays and additional costs.

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‍Accelerating Complex Construction- Life sciences, Manufacturing, and Hospitals

‍Industries like life sciences, manufacturing, and healthcare demand strict timelines, compliance, Strict timelines, compliance requirements, and intricate system interdependencies drive construction projects in industries like life sciences, battery manufacturing, and hospitals. Systems View empowers project managers to:

• Track system progress in real-time, ensuring critical components—like cleanroom HVAC systems in life sciences, power distribution in manufacturing facilities, and medical gas systems in hospitals—remain on schedule.
• Use data-driven insights to prioritize systems essential for compliance, operational readiness, and commissioning timelines.
• Enhance safety and quality by identifying potential issues early within high-risk systems, allowing teams to take timely corrective action.

Systems View helps teams deliver complex facilities efficiently and predictably, whether managing cleanroom infrastructure, advanced manufacturing lines, or hospital surgical suites. By providing granular tracking, it enables earlier inspections, faster system sign-offs, and mitigates risks that could impact schedules or budgets.

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Stay tuned as we continue to enhance Doxel's capabilities, bringing more tools to help you deliver projects on time and within budget.