# Digital Engineering Cuts Project Risks by 49% Before Reaching the Field

> Digital engineering practices such as BIM (Building Information Modeling)-based modeling, 4D planning, digital field inspections, and data analytics enable the identification of risks before construction projects break ground. According to international case studies published in Results in Engineering, BIM utilization delivers up to a 49 percent reduction in rework costs. Highlighting that digital engineering makes project risks visible at early stages, Hise Global Co-Founder Ebru Öz emphasized that its greatest benefit lies in identifying risks before they turn into physical construction.

Published: 2026-11-09T09:10:00+00:00
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In construction projects, risks ranging from design and coordination issues to schedule and budget deviations, quality problems, and rework requirements can lead to significant time and cost losses. Digital engineering applications allow design, planning, cost, field progress, and quality data to be evaluated together, enabling earlier detection of these risks.

### Ebru Öz: “Seeing Risks Before Physical Construction Impacts Project Performance”

Stating that digital engineering offers significant advantages especially in coordination issues that can lead to costly outcomes, **Hise Global Co-Founder Ebru Öz** remarked:

> “There is a massive difference in terms of time and cost between solving a problem on a model versus tearing it down and rebuilding it on the construction site. The greatest benefit of digital engineering is that it allows us to see risks before they turn into physical manufacturing.
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> When we evaluate architectural, structural, and mechanical-electrical disciplines together in a digital environment, we can detect issues such as MEP clashes with the structural system, insufficient shaft or ceiling voids, or lack of maintenance access before construction begins. In the 2025 study titled ‘Clash Detection Analysis of RSIA Building Construction Using Autodesk Revit and Navisworks’ published in *Jurnal Ilmiah Teknik Sipil*, a total of 964 clashes were detected among architectural, structural, and mechanical-plumbing disciplines in the examined project. The study calculated that BIM-based clash analysis could provide a 4.63 percent savings in total project cost and a potential time gain of approximately 41.7 days, corresponding to 7.79 percent of the project duration. These results concretely demonstrate the value created by detecting design and interdisciplinary coordination risks before physical construction in terms of project performance, cost control, and time management.”

### Up to 48 Percent Reduction in Revisions and 49 Percent in Rework Costs

Expressing that digital engineering also contributes to managing schedule, cost, and quality risks, Öz continued:

> “Digitally comparing planned versus actual progress allows us to see delay trends early, while evaluating quantity takeoffs, variations, procurement, and field progress data together enables us to monitor budget risks more closely. Analyses in the 2024 research titled ‘Measuring the Impact of BIM Usage: A Comprehensive Methodology and Applied Case Studies from the Construction Industry’ published in *Results in Engineering* report reductions of up to 48 percent in revisions and up to 49 percent in rework costs in projects utilizing BIM.”

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### “We Focus on Early Warning Mechanisms”

Noting that artificial intelligence, digital twins, and real-time data usage will bring a new phase in project risk management, Öz stated:

> “Project management is moving from the question of ‘what happened in the past?’ toward ‘what is most likely to happen in the next period?’. By analyzing data from the work schedule, field progress, cost, quality, procurement, and document flow together with AI, signals of delays or budget overruns can be detected earlier. The 2025 study ‘Digital Twin in Construction Safety Management: Recent Advances, Challenges and Future Directions from a 4M1E Perspective’ published in *Safety Science* also indicates that the focus in digital twin applications is shifting from real-time monitoring to predictive risk management. At Hise Global, we focus on making field inspection data more standardized and structured, monitoring project progress and risk indicators from a single center, classifying recurring findings with technological applications, and developing early warning mechanisms.”