How a delivery team avoided redesign and saved 6 weeks
Avoiding redesign and getting the project moving again
The project team used Sensat to bring all site information into one shared view, helping them understand risk earlier, align specialists faster, and move the project forward without further redesign.
The workaround wasn’t working
The project site sat in a historical coal mining area, creating hidden risks below ground. These risks were known in theory, but difficult to understand in practice because information was scattered across systems.
Project teams were working with:
- Coal Authority data
- Geological surveys
- Underground utilities
- CAD models
- PDFs, GIS screenshots, and shared drives.
This made it hard for the PM to confidently explain site risk, slow to get alignment across teams, and easy for critical issues to surface too late.
Before Sensat, understanding the site meant:
- Long meetings to explain constraints
- Specialists working from different views of the same data
- Repeated clarification and rework
- Designs progressing without shared confidence
This ultimately led to the initial design being rejected.
How Sensat was used
The delivery team used Sensat to bring all relevant site data into a single visual view, overlaid on real-world context. This included:
- Coal Authority and geological data
- Underground utilities
- Design models
- Topographical and LiDAR surveys
Instead of chasing information, the PM could see and show the full site context in one place.
Faster alignment. Specialists could point to the same view of the site, making risks easier to explain and decisions quicker to agree.
Fewer redesigns. Designs could be checked against real site constraints earlier, reducing late-stage surprises.
Less admin. Time spent hunting for files, screenshots, and explanations dropped significantly.
Easier sign-off. The PM could clearly show why decisions were made, speeding up approvals.
Back on track without further redesign
The place to understand the site
For the project delivery team, Sensat wasn’t another system to manage. It became the place to understand the site, explain risk, and keep the project moving.
