The team analysed the data and made quantitive estimates of the positive impact digitalisation has allowed. The most immediate impact, perceived by all the work teams, has been the reduction of the time spent in finding information and having final documentation without the need for additional work.

Regarding receiving responses or corresponding comments, they highlight clarity in the life cycle of documents and processes, and the speed in collecting comments and suggestions for changes. There is perfect traceability that provides transparency for future access and use. Being in the communication loop allows them to avoid the common mistake of working on 2-week-old versions of the blueprint.

During the engineering phase and construction phase, during which Consultrans often operates as Technical Assistance, the company estimates a reduction in errors due to working with non-updated information of up to 25%.

They also estimate that the time spent on information management has been successfully optimised, allowing more efficient use of time for more than 5 hours a week for people managing information during construction phase, and more than 4 hours in engineering phase.

Importantly, working digitally allows them to be more respectful of the environment, improve coordination movements for materials or personnel and travel less, or only when necessary.

Nobody can predict how much paper is consumed daily in a manual-process project until you decide to go fully digital. Avoiding printing unnecessary emails, printing plans on site- it all adds up.

Managing information digitally has made it possible to save or stop using a little more than half a million sheets of paper. A total of 30,000 documents have been generated, of which 20,000 were subject to review, comment and versioning processes. An average of 4 versions and an average team of 6 approvers who have not printed to do their work brings us to almost half a million, if we add to this the 12,500 documents used on site that were normally printed in an average of 4 copies, we go over half a million. In terms of metrics, this means that 2.6 tons of CO2 have been avoided, 100 trees have been saved from felling and 5 million litres of water have not been used.

Coordination with digital media, making communications flow between everyone who participates in the work, being connected without being physically present, allows us them drastically reduce the km they travel every day to be on-site for coordination meetings and review of information and other situations. They calculate that 5% of the total km travelled daily for 500 days have been avoided since people have been able to digitally connect. This leads to a possible additional saving of 18 tons of CO2.

The use of digital solutions, including Thinkproject, is further proof of the determination of both entities to transform and be aligned with the framework of action that allows them to actively support the 2030 agenda and reaffirms their commitment to the SDGs.