Sep 21: UniSteps Consulting, a project management and consultancy company serving engineering-intensive construction projects, has launched BcStep, a Business Operating Network designed to solve the problem of fragmentation of information, communication and workflows in the construction industry. Adding further distinction to the launch, UniSteps has partnered with acclaimed Bollywood actor Rajeev Khandelwal as the Brand Ambassador of BcSteps and will represent BcStep’s vision of creating a more connected and collaborative construction ecosystem.
Construction projects typically involve multiple stakeholders, including Developers, Architects, Consultants, Project Management Consultants, Contractors, Suppliers and large internal teams. BcStep is built as a digital ecosystem for the construction industry, that brings together all organisations, employees, support staff & vendors, to track and coordinate chats, emails, tasks, workflows and Digital ERP processes on a single unified network. BcStep combines ERP, HRM, Chat, Email and Task Manager into one connected ecosystem, to enable better communication & management while also tracking & recording it on one connected platform. This eliminates the fragmentation across multiple different software and ensures project coordination and continuity across stakeholders.
BcStep has a strong business proposition to improve efficiency in the areas of:
- Time spent searching across emails, chats and different systems
- Manual follow-ups and status tracking
- Administrative effort in coordinating meetings, tasks and communication
- Dependence on individuals to retain project history and knowledge
- Activity-wise & Category-wise task status tracking within the offices
- Overall project progress tracked for the stakeholders
BcStep represents approximately five years of continuous product development, encompassing technology changes, product testing, architecture development and the creation and integration of its individual applications. BcStep is launching with a pan-India market focus, enabling construction organizations across India to participate in the BON ecosystem. The platform is being developed as an evolving construction operating ecosystem and has a strong roadmap focusing on further expansion of features and updates focusing on areas such as Site Management, Invoice Management, Contract Management
and Material Management, along with expanding AI capabilities through the Mr. Bon AI Assistant.
“Building BcStep has been a long-term commitment for us, as we create the architecture for India’s construction sector to move past fragmented systems, and into one unified environment where stakeholders can work together,” said Kailash Anwala, Managing Director at UniSteps. “Over approximately five years, we have continuously developed, tested and refined the platform, while drawing on UniSteps’ more than two decades of experience in the construction industry across Project Management, Structural Consultancy, and MEP Consultancy. The result has been a powerful platform that translates real-world project coordination requirements into a digital format platform that is practical, connected and scalable. Over the next three years, our focus will be on building BcStep, establishing a strong base of paying organisations and developing it into a scalable recurring-revenue technology platform for the construction ecosystem.”
Over the next three years, UniSteps Consulting aims to establish BcStep as a significant technology platform for the construction industry, supported by a growing base of paying organisations and a scalable recurring-revenue model.