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FDC signs Enterprise agreement with Simpel to optimise worksite operations

Katie O'Mara | Published on 4 October 2024

FDC finds industry leading tech in their own backyard

Leading Australian construction and fitout company, FDC has signed a multi-year enterprise deal with Simpel, to help drive productivity across its projects nationally.

As one of Australia’s largest private and most recognised national construction companies, FDC is known for delivering high quality projects across a range of industries.

The partnership grew from a successful initial project, and lead to broader, organic adoption by site teams across the group. FDC’s progressive integration of Simpel into their site operations allowed the company to demonstrate the positive outcomes before committing to the enterprise deal. These include improved compliance, time and cost savings, as well as establishing successful change management processes that extended into their subcontractor network.

The broader rollout of Simpels software and IoT hardware will enable FDC to consistently leverage reliable data across all projects, driving productivity and reinforcing their reputation for excellence in quality and safety.

Andrew Smith
National HSEQ Systems Manager, FDC

Consolidation of our management systems, coupled with Simpel's functionality, has streamlined our project operations, enabling our teams to focus efforts on delivering quality projects, safely.

Our partnership expansion with Simpel underscores our commitment to industry leading innovation in construction practices.”

Why FDC selected Simpel

Established in 2018 by Australian founders and owners, Simpel has matured quickly and secured a strong foothold in the industry, counting many of Australia’s largest developers and contractors among its clients.

Led by CEO and co-founder Kurt Robinson, and technical co-founders Peter Ciceran, and Jeremy Cox, Simpel’s appeal lies in the breadth and depth of functionality that their centralised platform delivers over a project’s lifecycle.

This is why the uptake from clients like FDC has grown quickly. Together with Simpel’s proprietary plug’n’play IoT site access systems, the software is utilised on everything from fitouts to residential apartments, hospitals, data centres and infrastructure projects.

Kurt Robinson
CEO and Co-founder, Simpel

FDC is known for its safety-first culture and delivering superior built outcomes. For Simpel to be selected as the construction management platform to deliver their annual development pipeline is an exciting stage for our business.

Contech services a multi trillion dollar global market

Amidst the backdrop of $14 trillion in global construction expenditure, Australia contributes around $460 billion. Despite its size, the Australian construction industry is an outperformer globally, embracing construction technologies and supporting the vibrant technology ecosystem that has rapidly evolved to service the sector.

FDC’s selection of Simpel from amongst a competitive global marketplace is testament to the breadth of innovation, agility and platform maturity available within the Australian contech ecosystem.

Kurt Robinson
CEO and Co-founder, Simpel

FDC and other industry leaders are increasingly requiring a balance of practical innovation, together with platform scalability and the growing need to leverage data and AI into the future

Simpel's cofounders: (L-R) Jeremy Cox, COO, Kurt Robinson and Peter Ciceran, CTO

About FDC

With over 30 years of operating experience, FDC is known for its a personalised approach, strong client relationships, and a commitment to excellence, underscored by a track record of award-winning projects and a high rate of repeat clients.

About Simpel

Simpel replaces apps and fragmented point solutions used across development and construction phases. This is achieved through end-to-end management of documents and communications, safety, quality, site access and site logistics within a single platform; with all functionality underscored by a centralised data set that delivers real-time project insights. Currently supporting hundreds of thousands of users every day, Simpel is used to manage and track operations across all phases of the project lifecycle.

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