Active users onboarded
Hours/week recovered
Document controllers freed
Manual transfers remaining
Overview

El-Seif Engineering & Contracting manages dozens of simultaneous live construction projects across Saudi Arabia. Prior to this transformation, ACONEX handled document control while InEight was selected as the new project management platform — but no integration existed between the two. Thirty-five document controllers manually re-entered every document record between both systems, consuming 80–100 hours every single week and introducing compounding data errors across active project sites.

The mandate: implement InEight company-wide, engineer a live two-way REST API integration with ACONEX, and drive adoption across all active projects — without disrupting live construction operations for a single day.

Challenge & Solution
Construction site workers
⚠ Challenge

80–100 hrs/week lost to manual entry

35 document controllers copying data between ACONEX and InEight by hand — error-prone, unscalable, and consuming the equivalent of two full-time employees weekly.

Dashboard analytics screen
✦ Solution

Live REST API integration + phased rollout

Engineered a two-way REST API bridge between both platforms and rolled InEight out project-by-project — live operations uninterrupted, adoption scaling continuously.

80–100h

Per week permanently recovered

The REST API eliminated every manual document transfer across 35 document controllers — zero handoff, real-time sync, full audit trail. One of the highest-leverage single technical decisions of the engagement.

Solution Delivery
1

Requirements Mapping & Configuration

Worked across all active project teams to map workflows, configure InEight modules to El-Seif's processes, and establish data governance rules for transmittals, approvals, and document standards.

2

Two-Way REST API with ACONEX

Engineered a live bidirectional REST API integration — documents registered in either system sync automatically in real time, zero manual intervention required.

3

Phased Project-by-Project Adoption

Designed a sequenced onboarding strategy so live operations continued without disruption. Each project team was onboarded with dedicated training and hypercare through go-live.

4

Executive Dashboard Automation

Built Power BI reporting layers connected to InEight data — replacing weekly manual status reports with live performance dashboards for leadership.

5

Digital Governance Framework

Architected a company-wide Digital Governance Framework anchored in HR policy — clear data ownership, escalation paths, and platform accountability across all departments.

Technology Stack
🏗InEight PM🔌REST API📄ACONEX☁️SharePointPower Automate📊Power BI🤖Claude / Copilot
Key Outcomes
80–100 hours per week permanently recovered — the REST API eliminated every manual document transfer across 35 document controllers.
80+ active users across live projects — continuous phased adoption means the user base scales automatically as new projects onboard.
Zero manual document transfers — ACONEX and InEight sync in real time with a full audit trail and no human handoff.
Company-wide governance established — Digital Governance Framework eliminated ambiguous data ownership across all departments.
Real-time leadership visibility — automated executive dashboards replaced manual weekly report compilation.