How did the ASE Consulting sole proprietorship begin, and what prompted you to start your own business?
The reason for establishing ASE Consulting was a business offer I received in early 2020: an assignment to provide construction supervision on a project in Bor. That project marked the start of my independent business and gave me an opportunity to turn my experience and approach to work into a service for clients.
What were the most important steps in the company's development before ASE Consulting Expert DOO was established?
The most important steps involved continually improving the service we provide to clients and investors. We paid particular attention to the content, format and quality of construction supervision reports.
Our aim was to give investors clear, timely and useful information about the quality and progress of works. This approach became an important part of how we work and a foundation for the company's further development.
Beyond inspecting completed works, what does good construction supervision offer an investor?
Alongside checking the quality of completed works, construction supervision should provide investors with dependable technical support. Additional consultancy can help them select materials, appoint contractors and subcontractors, consider design changes, and monitor costs and contractual deadlines.
Investors need an adviser who understands the technical and organisational implications of decisions and can offer a reasoned recommendation before a problem arises.
Which problems recur most often on construction sites, and how do you identify them before they threaten deadlines, costs or quality?
The most common causes of problems are inadequate planning, the absence of a realistic construction schedule, too few skilled workers and the selection of materials that do not meet project requirements.
Construction supervision must identify these issues and raise them promptly. Regular site visits, document checks and comparisons of planned and completed works give investors a basis for timely action, whether that means improving organisation, providing additional workers or changing materials. The earlier the response, the greater the chance of preventing poor workmanship, additional costs and delays.
How do you connect construction supervision and project management in practice?
Construction supervision and project management are distinct but closely related services. Coordinating them allows information on quality, deadlines, costs and the organisation of works to be considered as a whole.
Where the scope of appointment covers both services, with clearly defined responsibilities and authority, the investor receives integrated professional support. This helps coordinate participants and speeds up decision-making during construction.
What specific need on construction sites prompted you to develop your own digital tools?
Reporting is a very important part of construction supervision, but preparing daily and weekly reports, meeting minutes and schedule analyses takes considerable time. A site visit is often followed by more work: organising notes, photographs and data into a document ready to send.
We wanted to shorten that process and enable engineers to record information during the visit itself. The idea is to have a report prepared by the end of the visit, ready for review and distribution to project participants. Digital tools therefore leave more time for professional work on site.
What is ASE Construction Reports, and how do its applications complement one another?
ASE Construction Reports is an application with four separate modules for planning, monitoring and reporting on construction works. Its reports are intended for investors, contractors, designers and other project participants.
ASE Dynamic Plan is used to prepare and analyse construction schedules. ASE Weekly Reports handles weekly reports and meeting minutes. ASE Quantity Calculation covers the calculation of completed quantities, while ASE Daily Reports supports daily reporting with photographs and the recording of site observations.
The modules complement one another, with files that can be imported and exported between them. The aim is to connect planning, records of completed works and reporting in a clear workflow.
How does ASE Dynamic Plan help a team connect planned deadlines with actual progress?
In addition to preparing a construction schedule, the module is designed for regular, primarily weekly progress analysis. It allows planned deadlines to be compared with actual progress and provides a clear overview of any delays.
Progress is tracked through the percentage completion of individual items, supported by graphic attachments and drawing mark-ups. The module can also be used to create a time-phased financial plan and a workforce and equipment plan aligned with the construction schedule.
This gives the team an overview of both what needs to be completed and the resources required to deliver the plan.
What should a well-prepared ASE Weekly Reports report show investors and other project participants?
A good weekly report should give a clear overview of the project: what has been completed, which obligations remain open, who is responsible and what requires a decision or action.
It includes information on whether site documentation is maintained properly and on time, and whether the appropriate material certificates have been submitted before installation. It also records the need for design changes, additional and unforeseen works, and deviations from the construction schedule.
The report should be a document that helps participants agree on the next steps and monitor the fulfilment of their commitments.
How difficult is it to introduce new digital tools into construction teams' daily work, and what helps people adopt them?
Before introducing the first module, I expected the adjustment to be more demanding. However, once we started using it in our daily work, adoption was faster than I had expected. We gradually introduced the other modules after the first.
I think adoption is helped most by a tool solving a problem the team already knows. When colleagues see that they can prepare reports faster and track obligations more clearly, they are more willing to change how they work. In the end, both my team and I were pleased with the move to the new application.
What are the next steps for ASE Consulting Expert DOO and the development of ASE applications?
During 2027, we plan to develop new modules, gradually covering a wider range of needs in the construction industry.
We want further development to remain grounded in practice and in the problems engineers and other project participants face every day. Our main goal remains the same: to combine professional expertise with suitable digital tools to enable clearer project monitoring, better reporting and timely decisions.