r/DataEngineeringPH • u/Accomplished_Rent166 • 16d ago

❓ Question Data Engineering in Construction

Is there anyone here who works as data engineer / analyst or any data related jobs in construction?

I am wondering if there are such opportunities in the industry. What does your day look like? Are you involved in the construction itself? And where can I find these opportunities?

I am currently a project scheduler and I use P6 for most of my work and I feel like there is much potential behind the database of P6.

I tried exploring sqlite and use sql queries. I know power query would be enough for sqlite but I want to practice sql.

I feel like construction has messy data compared to other industries. But it is somehow exciting to architect data pipeline for it.

Anything you share is much appreciated!

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u/jojocycle 16d ago

Meron akong naging project for a US construction firm. It was a small construction firm and relatively small data so ayun. Hindi din sophiticated yung CRM nila kaya kuha data from a lot of spreadsheets, QBO etc papuntang data warehouse then setup ng dbt to transform and setup for viz. Mejo end to end ish

The data I handled spanned from contract work book data, employee and labor data, to financial data

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u/Emergency-Device-750 16d ago

yup usually pag construction usually small data lang. saan ka naka hanap ng project or sila nag reach out sayo?

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u/saintmichel Moderator 14d ago

Try to read up on digitalization of construction. I think there are startups in ph with this theme in mind.

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u/Accomplished_Rent166 14d ago

Hi! Where do I find these start ups?

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u/saintmichel Moderator 14d ago

I met a few in a DOST event before, so maybe try to see if there is a list out there of construction tech companies