Power BI Dashboards for EPC Projects

At Buro Matei, we specialize in designing and implementing advanced Power BI dashboards tailored to meet the complex challenges of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) projects.
At Buro Matei, we specialize in designing and implementing advanced Power BI dashboards tailored to meet the complex challenges of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) projects. With a foundation built on firsthand experience in EPC roles—from engineering and subcontract management to project leadership—we’ve developed scalable, integrated tools that transform project management.
Power BI Dashboards are interactive views that show key data and metrics in one place, often combining information from different sources.
They are good for quick insights and allow users to explore details when needed. Power BI Reports are more detailed and include multiple pages of data visualizations like charts and tables. Both dashboards and reports help users understand data and make decisions.


Since 2014, we’ve evolved from developing Excel-based tools to leveraging Microsoft Power BI’s capabilities.
Our dashboards now address every phase of EPC execution, offering real-time, actionable insights that drive efficiency, improve collaboration, and ensure alignment across disciplines.
Why Buro Matei
Extensive EPC project expertise combined with certified Power BI and Power Platform development. View certificate ➜
Ability to create cross-disciplinary dashboards tailored to complex, multi-phase projects.
Proven track record of delivering measurable improvements: reduced rework, accelerated schedules, and optimized team sizes.
Challenges We Solve
Our Power BI dashboards address critical challenges faced by EPC organizations:
Lack of real-time visibility, leading to delayed decisions and inefficiencies.
Inefficient collaboration across engineering, procurement, and construction disciplines.
Manual, error-prone systems that hinder productivity and increase rework.
Poor integration of data from diverse sources like 3D models, document systems, and procurement platforms.
Leadership struggles in adopting data-driven project management practices.
Our Approach
At Buro Matei, we deliver Power BI dashboards through a balanced strategy focused on mindset, technology, and execution:
1. Mindset

1. Mindset
At Buro Matei, we bring a unique mindset shaped by hands-on EPC experience. Unlike standard dashboard developers, our team has worked in roles such as engineers, subcontract managers, and project managers, we understand EPC workflows, pain points, and challenges better than anyone.
- We collaborate closely with client teams, acting as both trusted advisors and technical experts.
- We train project leadership and teams, ensuring dashboards become indispensable tools for day-to-day decision-making.
- We align dashboards with international standards, such as CFIHOS data models, BIM LOD definitions, and reference data libraries, ensuring future-proof compliance.
- Our designs empower every stakeholder—whether field engineers or executives —to act on insights that improve productivity and project outcomes.
- We support leadership in adopting data-driven methods, emphasizing transparency, and fostering cultural changes for dashboard adoption.
2. Technology

2. Technology
Our technical solutions are engineered to provide reliable, scalable, and integrated dashboards that adapt to the dynamic needs of EPC projects.
- We develop Power BI dashboards that seamlessly integrate with data from Microsoft 365, 3D platforms, on-premise SQL servers, Dataverse, cloud systems like Microsoft Fabric and many more.
- We developed a growing list of Power BI reports and dashboards:
- Engineering Progress dashboards to visualize progress and performance across disciplines.
- Procurement dashboards to visualize progress and proactively address timing issues.
- Subcontractor Performance dashboards to consolidate data from multiple contractors for a unified view.
- Workflow Visualization dashboards to highlight dependencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
- Change Management dashboards to visualize project changes and assess impacts effectively.
- Semantic and Graph Visualizations to explore relationships and dependencies in project data.
- Model Review Readiness dashboards to ensure 3D models are prepared, reducing review times.
- P&ID Readiness dashboards to monitor piping and instrumentation deliverables.
- HSE Action Close-Out dashboards to track and ensure safety action completion.
- Finance dashboards to provide financial visibility for informed decision-making and quarterly reporting.
- Marketing dashboards to deliver insights for business development and performance.
- Modular Construction dashboards to track weight and center-of-gravity calculations.
- Piping Material dashboards to extract data and calculate equivalent Dia-Inch.
- 3D Model dashboards to monitor the progress of 3D models and CWPs.
- Integrated EPC Dashboards to connect all activities across project phases with actionable insights.
- And many more...
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- We design dashboards with self-service functionality, allowing teams to independently trace anomalies, validate data, and take corrective actions.
- Our dashboards support complex workflows by integrating real-time data from centralized platforms, ensuring consistency and accessibility across global teams.
- We specialize in transitioning organizations from Excel-based tools to Power BI, bringing added functionality, scalability, and data-quality.
- We adhere to internationally recognized standards such as CFIHOS and ISO, future-proofing our solutions for evolving project needs.
3. Execution

3. Execution
Our dashboard services go beyond developing tools. Our Power BI dashboards are designed to transform how EPC projects are executed, driving alignment, efficiency, and productivity.
- We help clients adopt best practices by integrating dashboards into existing project workflows, ensuring seamless execution.
- We promote a first-time-right approach, drastically reducing rework and ensuring alignment across disciplines.
- We enable daily scrum meetings powered by real-time dashboards, replacing outdated weekly reporting with actionable, data-driven updates.
- We improve cross-functional collaboration, aligning engineering, procurement, and construction teams with clear, real-time visibility of task dependencies and readiness.
- Our solutions enable organizations to track, visualize, and proactively resolve potential delays, inefficiencies, or risks across all project phases.
- By connecting every discipline in a unified platform, our dashboards streamline communication, enabling teams to focus only on what is actionable and ready.
Results
Our solutions have delivered measurable outcomes for large-scale EPC projects, demonstrating the power of tailored, multi-disciplinary dashboards:

99% First-Time-Right IFC Deliverables
Developed dashboards for tracking engineering tasks, particularly isometric production, which reduced revision rates from a historical 70–300% to less than 1%. This achievement significantly decreased rework, minimized delays, and enabled more efficient workflows, ensuring deliverables met the highest quality standards from the start.

Accelerated Engineering Completion
Leveraged dashboards to optimize collaboration and progress tracking, enabling the engineering phase to be completed three months ahead of schedule. This effort included a 33% reduction in team size during the final nine months, highlighting our ability to streamline processes without compromising quality.

Flawless Model Reviews
Created dashboards for 3D model readiness, ensuring that all models were reviewed and prepared with zero outstanding tag issues. This innovation reduced traditional week-long model review sessions to mere hours, with no follow-up actions required—saving time and ensuring alignment across teams.

Automated To-Do Lists for Daily Scrum Meetings
Implemented integrated dashboards that generate daily discipline-specific to-do lists. This system uses traffic-light indicators to identify tasks ready to proceed, those requiring input, and any performed out of sequence. It eliminated lengthy meetings, weekly reporting, and out-of-sequence work while enabling teams to focus on actionable priorities.

Improved Modular Construction Coordination
Designed dashboards to monitor and control weight and center-of-gravity calculations for modular construction. These tools ensured accurate data management, preventing shipping and lifting issues.

Unified Subcontractor Performance Tracking
Consolidated data from multiple subcontractors into a single dashboard, providing real-time insights into performance, productivity, and progress across engineering and construction disciplines.

Data-Driven Procurement Insights
Developed procurement dashboards to visualize progress, identify bottlenecks, and proactively address timing issues, ensuring smooth project execution.

Enhanced Graph Visualizations
Utilized semantic and graph visualization dashboards to explore relationships and dependencies in project data, enabling teams to better understand complex interconnections.

Global Collaboration Enablement
Partnered with a global EPC organization to design scalable dashboards, train internal teams, and implement sustainable Power BI strategies. The client now relies on our expertise for multiple international projects, underscoring our ability to deliver impactful, long-term solutions.
Pricing
At Buro Matei, we tailor our Power BI solutions to meet the unique challenges of your project. Pricing is based on complexity, scale, and customization, ensuring a solution that fits your needs. For new clients, we offer discounted proof-of-concept dashboards to demonstrate the value of our approach.
Microsoft Power BI licensing includes a free plan for individual use, Power BI Pro for sharing and collaboration, and Power BI Premium for organizational features and larger capacity.
Let’s discuss how our dashboards can transform your EPC project execution. Whether you’re exploring proof-of-concept options, seeking pricing clarity, or looking for tailored recommendations, the best way to get started is to schedule a free consultation with our team.