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How Mortenson Data Center Solutions Leveraged Kroo to Streamline Analytics
Mortenson Data Center Solutions accelerated their data & AI strategy with Kroo's turnkey data infrastructure
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Mortenson's Data Center Solutions team faced challenges with manually exporting and extracting information from various construction software including Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Oracle Primavera P6, Google Sheets, Google Forms, and Salesforce. Team members burned countless hours on building reports without modern data infrastructure to streamline workflows.
Solution
Mortenson Data Center Solutions partnered with Kroo on their data & AI strategy by leveraging Kroo's turnkey data infrastructure which offered pre-built data connectors and managed data warehousing. Mortenson implemented Kroo's data connectors for Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Oracle Primavera P6, Google Sheets, Salesforce, and more to support real-time analytics.
Results
10x reduction in time spent on data-driven reporting workflows
Real-time reporting capabilities for ad-hoc project needs and frequent distribution to key stakeholders
Expanded cloud-based data infrastructure positioning Mortenson for long-term, scalable data & AI strategic goals
Notable Team Members
Bob Bachmeier
Vice President & General Manager, Data Centers
Emily Sherry
Business Development Manager, Data Centers
Joel Jacobson
Director of VDC
Background
Mortenson is a U.S-based, top-25 builder, developer, and engineering services provider serving the commercial, institutional, and energy sectors. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Mortenson operates 13 division offices throughout the United States with 4,000+ employees. Mortenson does more than $7 billion in construction volume each year and is an ENR Top 25 contractor.
$7B+
Annual construction volume
4,000+
Employees
13
Division offices
One of Mortenson's operating groups, Data Center Solutions, is composed of several smaller teams working with separate corporate clients. One team working with Kroo has implemented numerous project reports for frequent distribution to key stakeholders. Reporting data comes from various sources such as Autodesk BIM360, Procore, Oracle Primavera P6, DroneDeploy, Intelex, Google Forms, and Salesforce. Project reports provide key information such as quality data, schedule milestones, project-specific commentary, RFIs, submittals, and budgets.
Challenges
Time-intensive and manual updates: Project team members had to manually export and extract information from various construction software such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Oracle Primavera P6, Google Sheets, Google Forms, and Salesforce for building project-level and executive dashboards.
Limited real-time reporting: The manual process prevented the team from taking advantage of current real-time data for ad-hoc project needs and frequent distribution to key stakeholders (internal and external groups).
Lack of data warehousing infrastructure: The team was not taking advantage of cloud-based data warehousing infrastructure, limiting scalability for future data & AI goals.
After Kroo
The Data Center Solutions team relies on the Kroo platform to centralize all of their data from various construction software including Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Oracle Primavera P6, Salesforce, Google Sheets, and more. By leveraging best-in-class data infrastructure with Kroo's data connectors and managed data warehousing, the team can streamline reporting for real-time visibility into projects.
Benefits Mortenson Data Center Solutions realizes:
Reduction in time-intensive and manual updates: Project team members are saved from manually exporting and extracting information from various platforms. Mortenson can rely on Kroo's automated data pipelines to eliminate tedious updates for project reports.
Real-time reporting: By automating manual tasks, the team can take advantage of current real-time data. With Kroo's platform powering Mortenson's reporting, project teams can quickly refresh their data at any time for ad-hoc project needs.
Expanded data infrastructure for scalability: Kroo's platform allows Mortenson to expand their data capabilities easily by leveraging Kroo's end-to-end offering with integrations, warehousing, and reporting.
ROI for Mortenson Data Center Solutions
Elimination of countless hours of manual updates and pulling data from different software
Kroo successfully reduced time spent on data-driven reporting workflows by 10x.
Kroo automates data extraction and syncs from various construction software including Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Oracle Primavera P6, Salesforce, and more. Data is centralized in one data warehouse for Mortenson to leverage for analytics. This elevates the user experience for Mortenson's project teams.
Cost savings of mid six-figures annually.
Mortenson strategically chose to partner with Kroo on automating data processes, optimizing cost-efficiency compared to the higher expenses associated with external consulting or development resources.
This can cost more than six figures for a one-time implementation with no ongoing support.
Flexibility in reporting other types of construction data.
By adopting Kroo, Mortenson Data Center Solutions is able to centralize all of their knowledge in one place using Kroo's catalog of data connectors.
Mortenson is positioned for long-term, scalable data & AI strategic goals by leveraging Kroo's best-in-class data infrastructure and managed data warehousing.