Most jobsite coordination still happens standing around a laptop screen.
This team built a war room instead.
I recently got a tour of a VDC (Virtual Design & Construction) room that started as a space for BIM coordination and clash detection — and quietly became the most-used room on the entire project.
What makes it work:
→ One workstation driving every screen at once
→ Whiteboard paint on the walls, so you can mark up a detail right where it’s projected
→ Comfortable seating, because pull-planning and coordination sessions aren’t 5-minute huddles
→ Live jobsite camera feeds, connecting the team to a site a mile away in real time
The power isn’t any single screen. It’s having the model, the drawings, the schedule, and the field all in one place — so you can point at the model, find it on the floor plan, see the schedule impact, and verify it on camera without leaving the room.
Trade partners use it. AHJs use it to talk through road closures. Decisions get made before they ever move to the field.
When I asked what he’d do differently, the answer said it all: “I wish it was twice as big.”
That’s how you know a space is earning its keep.
Where does your team make its critical project decisions — and is everyone looking at the same picture when you do?