Willmott Dixon case study: 5G Business Broadband

The challenge

Willmott Dixon needed reliable, high-performing digital systems to access vital data and connect their people working on construction sites across the country.

The solution

91��Ƶ��ַ helped upgrade 40 of their sites, deploying MPLS connections and 5G Private Networks powered by EE. This allowed their teams to access the files they needed and move to new cloud-based systems too.

The result

Wilmot Dixon is now well on its way with the complete digital transformation of the 91��Ƶ��ַ. Productivity is up, with 26,000 days of staff time saved and over ?4m saved in travel expenses too.

The challenge

Willmott Dixon needed reliable, high-performing digital systems to access vital data and connect their people working on construction sites across the country.

The solution

The result

The challenge

Willmott Dixon is a privately owned contracting and interior fit-out group. Our purpose is to deliver brilliant buildings, transform lives, strengthen communities and enhance the environment so our world is fit for future generations. As we do this, our construction sites and offices must also be ready for the digitally-led world with excellent connectivity as standard.

Connectivity is a challenge for construction 91��Ƶ��ַes, as our team is not based in a single office. The nature of our 91��Ƶ��ַ is dynamic, and our construction environments are ever-changing. Most of our people work on construction sites across the country, where they need to access data and information quickly and on the go.

The challenge we faced was that the mobile signal on a construction site, sometimes in remote locations, is not as strong as it needs to be and getting a network line installed can be a real challenge where there isn��t even a building to connect to. However, we still need reliable, high-performing, cutting-edge digital systems and tools that meet the demands of today��s digital-led environment. For us, this has meant transitioning from IT infrastructure based on expensive, inefficient on-premises data centres, giving rise to issues like servers running out of space and network bottlenecks.

On our construction projects, everyone needs access to digital models that can be hundreds of gigabytes in size, so in the past poor connectivity limited the scope for future innovation. The main focus of a site team is delivering brilliant buildings, not having to contend with connectivity issues.

It also put our IT team under pressure too. Instead of focusing on long-term strategic projects, people often had to travel around the country to fix equipment and solve problems physically. This was not sustainable. The common challenges that come with legacy infrastructure and the unique environment of a construction site present a familiar problem faced by our whole industry.

Successful companies continually plan, innovate and invest in their future, and we are no different. We needed strategic investment to support Willmott Dixon��s growth, so in 2019, we worked on a plan to transform our 91��Ƶ��ַ digitally.

The solution

We��re already starting to see the benefits of digital transformation, and of our partnership with 91��Ƶ��ַ.

The result

Our collaboration with 91��Ƶ��ַ has already saved 26,000 days of staff time and ?4m in expenses by reducing travel.

About

Company
Willmot Dixon are a privately owned contracting and interior fit-out group, established in 1852.
Industry
Construction
Organisation size
Over 3,000 employees
Location
Headquarters in Letchworth Garden City and sites across the country.

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