Global trends and data-driven development in different industries dictate the need for permanent change and finding ways to be more effective for stakeholders and project participants. This is reflected in many types of business through new technologies, new collaboration processes, new org charts, and new roles. Making information and processes digital means companies can do more with less time and resources. Some old roles are no longer needed; new ones come to the fore. These new roles often replace a list of people in the previous workflow. 

The digital engineer is one of these new heroes.

What is a digital engineer?

Much has been written about innovations in design and office collaboration in construction. But now is the right time for these advances to reach the job site. Digital engineers are the center of competence for digital technologies and using building information modeling (BIM) onsite. They cooperate with design and project offices, make implementations, train employees, and also perform new functions that are needed at a specific site. Typically, one digital engineer is assigned to each site.

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