McLaren Construction wins Digital Contractor of the Year at the Digital Construction Awards

McLaren faced the challenge of integrating, standardising and accelerating its approach to delivery for clients in a way that is compliant with building safety regulations, identifying the right skills for a project, and helping to create a golden thread of information that can be tracked from the beginning to the end of the project.

To overcome these challenges, and as part of an upgrade to its business management systems, McLaren’s digital information management team developed an internal project management application, the Project Control Plan (PCP), to support a drive for improved efficiency via a standardised approach to project delivery.

The PCP acts as the primary application for the project team, providing a baseline for project delivery through activity schedules, acting as a single source of truth for management of risk, and providing an overview of the project team’s competency. It also integrates with other core platforms through the data lakehouse (Microsoft Fabric), surfacing key reporting metrics to improve decision-making at all levels of the organisation.

The PCP is a digital project governance system that serves as the principal document for the management of all McLaren projects from tender to handover. It identifies overarching strategies to be adopted and articulated regarding communication, responsibilities, accountability and risk management, ensuring successful and profitable outcomes for McLaren.

By deploying the PCP and integrating it with operational software and associated data and insights, McLaren is ultimately looking to deliver improved project certainty – time and cost – and a standardised and digital way of winning new work, including monthly project reporting.