Case Study: The Walsh Group achieves faster, higher-quality streetcar delivery with PlanGrid Build

How Construction Management Helped Walsh Construction Build a Better Streetcar

Walsh Construction, a large North American general contractor focused on infrastructure, used the Orange County (OC) Streetcar project to address chronic field coordination problems. The team faced fragmented data and incomplete model accuracy that led to multiple sources of truth, slower communication, outdated drawings, schedule delays, and costly rework.

Walsh implemented PlanGrid within Autodesk Construction Cloud, paired with targeted training and dashboards and a dedicated document controller to centralize drawings, manage issues, and enable real-time field collaboration. The result: instant access to up-to-date models, streamlined workflows, 2–3 hours weekly savings, drawing closeouts reduced from months to weeks, higher-quality deliverables, stronger client relationships, and improved bidding/win outcomes.

The Walsh Group

Dan Smolilo

Director of Process and Innovation