The construction industry is facing profound change: rising cost pressure, a shortage of skilled workers, volatile supply chains, growing sustainability requirements, and increasing complexity in planning, construction, and operation. At the same time, digitalization, industrialization, and new cooperation models are opening up enormous potential.
UNITY supports companies in the construction industry in systematically overcoming these challenges – from strategic realignment and industrial transformation to operational implementation. Our approach combines consulting, engineering, and implementation along the entire value chain: from planning and construction to operation and demolition.
Whether you are a general contractor, system provider, planner, or industrial prefabricator, the demands placed on companies in the construction industry are changing fundamentally. Many companies still work with fragmented processes, media breaks, and isolated applications. This is exactly where we come in.
UNITY pursues an end-to-end approach that consistently brings together strategy, processes, IT, and organization. We don't think of construction as an individual project, but as a scalable, industrial system.
Our consulting is based on four integrated service levels:
The digitalization of the construction industry must be thought through consistently and implemented pragmatically. UNITY supports companies in the construction industry in digitally connecting planning, construction, and operation and making data usable throughout the entire life cycle. The focus is on BIM, digital twins, and integrated IT architectures that bring together project management, production, and operations. This results in transparent, controllable construction processes, less friction, and a reliable basis for efficient projects and scalable business models.
Productivity and quality are key factors in competitiveness in the construction industry today. UNITY helps companies in the construction industry to measurably improve processes on the construction site, in prefabrication, and in organization. We optimize processes, material flows, and supply chains, increase the predictability of projects, and strengthen the performance of production and location networks. The goals are shorter throughput times, more stable deadlines, lower costs, and consistently high execution quality.
Serial, modular, and industrial construction is a key lever for controlling costs, quality, and speed. UNITY supports companies in the construction industry in developing modular product and platform concepts and in designing efficient production and assembly processes. The close integration of planning, prefabrication, and construction results in scalable solutions that enable a wide range of variants while remaining economically manageable.
Sustainability has long been an economic success factor in the construction industry. UNITY supports companies in systematically integrating sustainability into products, processes, and projects. The focus is on resource-saving construction methods, energy-efficient buildings, and transparent CO₂ and ESG indicators. This makes sustainability plannable, controllable, and compatible with economic efficiency—from planning to operation.
UNITY began working on a new technology strategy for cabin area development in future Airbus aircraft in September 2005. The project was successfully concluded in May 2006. The project represented a major challenge in the area of CoE Cabin Cargo Innovation and Design. It involved the development of cabin scenarios that factored in the company's requirements. Beyond this, it involved the development of passenger profiles and the drawing up of a technology road map.
Tasks of UNITY
The point of departure for this collaboration was the desire for more transparency and goal- / product orientation across the division's research projects. Beyond this, the requirements of future client and user groups had to be taken into consideration. Research projects for selected programs had to be harmonized in terms of costs and of what they were expected to deliver.
On the basis of the new technology strategy, developed together with UNITY, a new framework was created with which the future could be forecast and the technologies that would play a role in it examined. From this the requirements for future cabin concepts could be derived. Building on this, UNITY developed general cabin concepts that took account of the company's strategy and of the needs of passengers in the cabin area. At the end of the project current research activities were evaluated with respect to the strategic goals of Airbus and future technology trends were identified. The results of this cooperation are a basis for more visionary, more demanding cabin concepts that can offer Airbus, airlines and future passengers the highest levels of comfort and efficiency. Airbus was presented with a range of benefits: support during the establishment of the innovation division in the area of cabin development, a precise alignment of current research activities with the company's strategic requirements, an exact evaluation of these activities based on the corporate strategy, and a better identification of relevant fields of innovative research.
Establishment of the innovation department in the Cabine division
Optimal alignment of ongoing research activities with strategy needs
Optimal evaluation of research activities
“Customer focus and innovative strength are the characteristics that make Airbus successful in the market. With UNITY's support - and particularly with the strategy- and process know-how of UNITY's consultants - we were able to integrate our innovations for the cabin more effectively and efficiently into our program.”
Ingo Wuggetzer
VP Cabin Cargo Innovation and Design
Partner, Business Area Lead
This enables us to offer holistic solutions that address interfaces and bridge silos.
Partner, Head of Smart Factory & Operational Excellence
Business Area Lead
