Asta Powerproject

Asta Powerproject from Eleco is construction project management software combining intuitive scheduling, 4D BIM integration, a mobile application and resource management, supporting more than 100,000 professionals worldwide across projects of every scale.

Being purpose-built for construction rather than adapted from generic project management is the argument the product rests on, and in this discipline the distinction is real. Construction schedules carry dependencies generic tools cannot express well: weather windows, trade sequencing, curing times, plant availability and access constraints where two trades physically cannot occupy the same space. Asta Powerproject offers scheduling, resource management and scenario planning built around those complexities rather than around office task lists.

4D BIM integration links the schedule to the building model, so a programme can be watched as construction sequence rather than read as bar chart. That matters most for clash detection in time rather than space, where two activities are individually fine but cannot happen in the same week in the same location, and it is very hard to see that from a Gantt chart alone.

Managing delays and disruptions is called out as a distinct capability, which reflects where construction programmes actually spend their effort. Very few projects run to the original schedule, and the practical work is reforecasting after a delay and evidencing its cause, since delay claims turn on that record. The product is described as suiting everything from high-profile megaprojects to single storey extensions. Asta Powerproject won Project Management Software of the Year at the UK Construction Computing Awards for seven consecutive years, an award voted for by customers. A free trial and free download are offered. Pricing is not published on the product page, though the Eleco shop sells licences directly.