Subject: The new ConTech buyer is project controls
Preheader: Why cost and schedule teams are becoming the gatekeepers for field productivity platforms.

The next ConTech buying committee may have fewer innovation titles and more planners, cost engineers and delivery directors. That is probably healthy.

Key bullets:
- 12 people x 2 hours: Weekly reporting baseline to check before claiming savings
- 20%: Cycle-time reduction would release about five hours per week
- Project controls: Cost and schedule teams are becoming the gatekeepers for field productivity platforms.
- Construction lens: If a platform cannot connect to schedule, cost, risk or claims workflows, it will struggle to move beyond a pilot. The buyer wants operational evidence, not another dashboard.

Main issue summary:
Project controls teams are becoming the gatekeepers for field productivity platforms because they own the reviews where delivery evidence has to stand up.

Why this matters for construction:
If a platform cannot connect to schedule, cost, risk or claims workflows, it will struggle to move beyond a pilot. The buyer wants operational evidence, not another dashboard.

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