Finland is building and renewing hospitals at a record pace. University hospitals in Oulu and Tampere, new hospital buildings in Pori and Lahti, and many health and wellbeing centres are under construction at the same time. Many of them are delivered as alliances or collaborative project management contracts, where the client and the contractor share the risk and the decisions.
In this model, one question matters more than any other: does everyone see the same, up-to-date picture of how the site is really progressing?
Why hospital projects are hard to follow
A hospital is one of the most demanding building types. Building services can account for a large share of the cost, work areas are full of specialist trades, and commissioning often happens in phases while the existing hospital keeps operating next door. A delay in one plant room or one ward quickly affects equipment installation, testing and the move of patient operations.
Traditional reporting does not keep up. Weekly reports are compiled by hand, photos are scattered across phones and folders, and the client often learns about a deviation only when it is already visible in the schedule or in the cost forecast.
What the client needs to see
- Actual progress by area, not only planned progress, so that the alliance can verify milestones with evidence.
- Resources on site compared with the plan, especially for building services and interior finishing trades.
- Early warning of deviations, so that decisions are made while there is still time to act.
How Aiforsite brings it into one view
Aiforsite combines three sources of information into one shared situational picture for the client, the main contractor and the trades:
- Aiforsite 360 captures 360° imagery of every area on a regular schedule. Progress can be compared over time and against the plan, and the imagery serves as shared evidence in alliance meetings.
- Real-time location data (RTLS) shows whether the right trades are in the right work areas with the planned headcount, without manual timesheets.
- Wendy AI analyses the imagery and resource data together with the schedule, and flags deviations to site management before they turn into delays.
The result is fewer manual reports, faster reactions and better predictability for both the client and the contractor. The same approach was used at SRV Nissniku, which was named Finland’s Construction Site of the Year 2026. Read the Nissniku case.
Getting started on a hospital project
The best time to start is before the building services phase begins. Imaging routes and work areas are defined together with the site team, and the shared situational picture is in use soon after the start. The service scales from a single building to an entire hospital campus.
Are you building or developing a hospital, health centre or another demanding technical project? Book a 30-minute demo and see how the situational picture would work on your site.