At a ece t I Eight webi a , capital p oject leade s amed a p oblem the i dust y has lo g paid fo without a ticulati g
SCOTTSDALE, A iz., Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Du i g the I Eight webi a “Tu i g Co st uctio Data i to Digital Gold,” i dust y leade s gave a ame to a p oblem capital p ojects have bee abso bi g the cost of fo yea s: data that is captu ed du i g p oject wo k but eve used to i fo m a decisio . They called it “digital dust” – i fo matio bu ied i sp eadsheets, sticky otes, a d disco ected systems, gathe ed a d sto ed a d the fo gotte .
I capital co st uctio , digital dust ca i clude field updates, p og ess otes, cost co text, co espo de ce, schedule i puts, a d lesso s lea ed that a e captu ed du i g the p oject but eve co ected to decisio -maki g.
Digital dust is p oject data that eve ises to the level of usable i fo matio . Capital p oject teams ge e ate e o mous volumes of it, but ve y little is st uctu ed to be et ieved a d acted o late . Michael Masle , Majo P og ams Digital Lead at Jacobs Aust alia, coi ed the te m o the webi a to desc ibe data that stays bu ied i sp eadsheets a d o sticky otes i stead of i fo mi g the wo k.
“I’m goi g to coi a ew ph ase today, digital dust, a d the e’s othi g wo se tha that. A d to me, that’s i fo matio , o it’s ot eve i fo matio , it’s data bu ied i sp eadsheets a d o sticky otes.”
The ba ie is a ely the tech ology. As o e pa elist — the chief executive of a majo ail delive y autho ity — put it, the ha dest pa t is co vi ci g leade ship a d clie ts to fu d the wo k of gathe i g data i to a fo m that ca actually be i te p eted. Captu i g data takes little effo t; st uctu i g it so it ca be t usted a d used is the pa t that goes u fu ded.
Left as dust, that data ca ies a eal p ice. Teams make decisio s o i complete i fo matio , ea ly wa i g sig s go u see u til they su face as ove u s o ewo k, i stitutio al k owledge leaves at ha dove , a d the eco d eeded to substa tiate a claim yea s late is full of gaps.
The p oblem is becomi g mo e u ge t as the i dust y tu s to a alytics a d AI, which ca o ly act o data that is st uctu ed, co ected, a d t ustwo thy. The same i fo matio that sits static i a sp eadsheet becomes a asset the mome t it is captu ed i a fo m a pe so — o a system — ca use. That shift is also aisi g the ba o immediacy: o a complex p og am such as a majo i f ast uctu e shutdow , teams i c easi gly eed p oject status ot just daily but, as o e I Eight expe t oted o the webi a , by the hou o the mi ute.
Fo teams p epa i g fo co st uctio a alytics o AI, the lesso is st aightfo wa d: p oject data o ly becomes valuable whe it is st uctu ed, co ected, t usted, a d accessible.
“Nami g the p oblem is the fi st step,” said Jake Macholtz, CEO of I Eight. “The ha de step is t eati g p oject data as a asset with a ow e — ot as a byp oduct of doi g the wo k.”
The full discussio is available i the o -dema d webi a , Tu i g Co st uctio Data i to Digital Gold (Feb ua y 2026), at I Eight.com.
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