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Eaton launches new platform targeting construction digitalization, addressing massive opportunity across project delivery

August 25, 2022
  • Construction digitalization essential to accelerate infrastructure projects and impact sourcing challenges
  • Eaton Project Center platform improves productivity in every phase of construction projects  

PITTSBURGH … Construction projects are essential to U.S. infrastructure investments and advancing a low-carbon future. Intelligent power management company Eaton is addressing
the vast opportunity to increase project productivity through digitalization. The Eaton Project Center digital platform takes aim
at improving the accuracy and efficiency of construction projects
for customers, electrical distributors, contractors and consultants.

“Eaton Project Center vastly improves day-to-day construction management through real-time collaboration tools, a dashboard view and alerts that help ensure everyone on a project is on the same page,” said Steve Crocker, senior vice president and general manager for US Construction at Wesco Anixter. “Now, we can bring engineers directly into the approval process and allow contractors to coordinate schedules that work for them the first time – so everyone spends less time waiting and more time driving critical projects forward.”

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Digital transformation presents a large opportunity for the construction industry to impact the productivity and budget of projects. Especially as the construction industry currently has the second-lowest rate of digital adoption, ahead only of agriculture (Source: McKinsey Global Institute, 2020)

The Eaton Project Center digital platform provides a central location to keep project priorities front and center, integrating the processes and digital technologies through every aspect of project delivery, improving daily interactions and providing easy access to real-time data.

“By simplifying and digitalizing highly complex construction projects, we’re able to compress project timelines, make it easier to keep people informed of changing project details and reduce errors,” Joanne McHugh, vice president, construction digitalization and commercial support at Eaton. “Our vision is to digitalize construction projects to realize massive productivity and experiential improvements that are essential to keep projects on budget and schedule. This becomes increasingly critical as the industry supports new infrastructure projects, energy systems increase in complexity and supply chain disruptions impact project delivery.”

Already, more than 2,700 users, including electrical distributors and contractors, have achieved higher productivity, reduced errors and improved their day-to-day experience through Eaton Project Center. The secured digital platform aims to provide a single location for design, construction and commissioning, with real-time information from pre-design to installation and every phase in between

Visit the Eaton Project Center web page to learn more.  

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy, helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges, and doing what’s best for our stakeholders and all of society. 

Founded in 1911, Eaton has been listed on the NYSE for nearly a century. We reported revenues of $19.6 billion in 2021 and serve customers in more than 170 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Contact

Hilary Spittle, (216) 712-2005, HilaryRSpittle@eaton.com
Regina Parundik, (412) 559-1614