Case Study: Rio Tinto saves $3M with Oracle Construction and Engineering (Aconex)

Rio Tinto Saves $3M by Improving Information Transfer Across Shifts on Holden Mine

Rio Tinto, working on the Holden Mine Reclamation project in Washington State, needed a better way to manage information transfer across shifts on a remote, highly regulated Superfund site. With more than 350 team members across 50 organizations, staggered schedules, limited wireless coverage, and strict compliance requirements, the company faced major challenges in keeping project documentation current and accessible. Oracle Construction and Engineering provided Aconex to support the project’s collaboration and information management needs.

Oracle Construction and Engineering implemented Aconex as a centralized collaboration platform with mobile access, workflow automation, and permanent audit trails for documents and decisions. The solution helped Rio Tinto save US$3 million by reducing overlap time during employee rotations, plus US$480,000 from keeping remote project leads informed, US$450,000 from cutting handover document preparation from four months to one, and US$900,000 by reducing document controller headcount from four to one.

Rio Tinto

Luis Hidalgo

Project Construction Manager