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.
Lufthansa Technik AG is a competitive technology and innovation leader, which continuously develops inspection, maintenance and repair procedures. It also develops and produces its own components to benefit its customers. Seeing the growing momentum in the industry, the Executive Board launched an initiative in 2013 to strengthen and focus its innovation and development activities to promote company growth. UNITY was chosen for this project because of its extensive expertise in innovation management.
Both the development and the implementation of this initiative were designed in collaboration with UNITY. Areas of innovation were defined in company workshops, then implemented and monitored using an innovation program management. In conjunction to establishing an innovation program consisting of short-, to long-term projects, Lufthansa Technik and UNITY developed and implemented a master plan, creating an innovation organization and its processes. Within 18 months, a networked innovation and development group was created for all seven product divisions, along with its supporting IT systems. The company’s executive management values the innovation culture and is deeply involved in its process, e.g. as a decision maker in the "120 Second Pitch" for new innovation ideas.
“We started with the challenging task of taking the existing but fragmented innovation management to a new level. The expertise of the UNITY consultants helped us greatly in setting up a master plan for Lufthansa Technik and executing it in a structured manner. In the meantime our innovation pro-jects are in progress, we have established program management and the organization is ready to work. The teamwork in conception and implementation was decisive for the success!”
Dr.-Ing. Helge Sachs
Head of Corporate Innovation Management and Product Development
Partner, Head of R&D & Systems Engineering
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
