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Construction Project Analytics

Two-page Power BI dashboard for construction portfolio KPIs

Power BIDAXData ModelingData VisualizationExcelPower Query
2
Dashboard Pages
10+
KPI Metrics
8+
Visual Types
Custom
DAX Measures

Project Overview

Designed and built a two-page Power BI analytics dashboard for construction project portfolio management. The dashboard gives stakeholders visibility into portfolio KPIs, profitability trends, project health scoring, and performance breakdowns — built to demonstrate data modeling, DAX-driven business logic, and executive-ready reporting design.

The Problem

Construction project portfolios generate data across budgets, actuals, and schedules — making it difficult for leadership to get a consolidated view of portfolio health, profitability, and project risk.

The Solution

Built a normalized Power BI data model combining project budget and actual cost data, authored DAX measures for business KPIs, and designed a two-page dashboard tailored to executive and project manager audiences.

Key Highlights

  • Professional two-page Power BI dashboard for a construction project portfolio
  • Executive-level KPI overview with revenue, cost, and margin cards
  • Project health scoring model using weighted DAX measures
  • Interactive filtering with cross-visual highlighting
  • Power Query data preparation with merges and transformations
  • Star schema data model with project, time, and category dimensions
  • Business intelligence best practices applied throughout

System Architecture

01.Data sources: Excel project files with budget and actuals
02.Data preparation: Power Query transformations and table merges
03.Data model: star schema with project, time, and category dimensions
04.Business logic: DAX calculated columns, measures, and KPI scoring
05.Visualization: Power BI Desktop report published as .pbix

Challenges & How I Solved Them

1

Designing a health score formula that accurately reflects project risk

2

Handling missing or incomplete project records gracefully in DAX

3

Optimizing measures for report rendering performance

4

Presenting complex data in a clean, executive-ready layout

Results

  • Two-page dashboard covering portfolio KPIs and project-level detail
  • Custom DAX health scoring model identifying at-risk projects
  • Clean, professional visual design suitable for executive review
  • Demonstrates end-to-end Power BI workflow from data prep to publishing

Future Improvements

Connect to a live project management system via APIAdd forecasting and what-if scenario analysis with parametersBuild a mobile-optimized report layoutExpand to additional pages covering regional and subcontractor analysis