Using digital tools to enable SMEs to grow by doing what they do best
From The Engineers Collective by New Civil Engineer
November 12, 2025 · 1h 8m · Episode 100
About this episode
The episode discusses how Projectworks' software aids the growth of SMEs in the construction and engineering sectors.
In this month’s episode we welcome the CEO of Projectworks, Mark Orttung, to discuss how his company’s software is facilitating growth among the construction and engineering sector’s vital small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We start by learning from Mark about why Projectworks’ offerings are particularly suited to SMEs and how it can help to provide them with insights and analysis that can help to guide them from strength to strength. We learn that, in turn, this simplifies these businesses’ market processes and enables them to spend time more effectively on their projects. Our discussion then widens out to discuss how this technology is already having an impact in Australasia and America before taking a global sector view on how capacity can be improved across the board through the kinds of outputs that Projectworks provides. Prior to the interview portion, host Rob Hakimian is joined by NCE senior reporters Tom Pashby and Thomas Johnson to discuss the latest developments with the geological disposal facility and arguments over Welsh rail funding.
People in this episode
Host: Rob Hakimian
Guest: Mark Orttung
Topics covered
- digital tools
- SMEs growth
- construction sector
- engineering sector
- technology impact
- market processes
- global capacity improvement
Keywords
- digital tools
- SMEs
- construction
- engineering
- Projectworks
- market processes
- Australasia
- America
- capacity improvement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Projectworks, New Civil Engineer, Australasia, America, Welsh, geological disposal facility
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