Globalization has changed the way organizations work by introducing opportunities to collaborate on projects from the other side of the world. But with this new opportunity comes age old challenges. See how firms are overcoming those challenges to connect people and information and share work.
"Katrina Clean Up"
Read how ProjectWise enabled the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to clean up quickly after Katrina. "ProjectWise provided an out-of-the-box capability to store and manage multiple types of documents/datasets and the metadata associated with that data," explains Denise Martin, IPET Data Management coleader. "It also provided a delivery and access control mechanism such that users could access the data in a variety of ways."
VECO Alaska Inc. collected a 2007 BE Award of Excellence for their integration of AutoPLANT with the ProjectWise collaboration system. Tasked with reusing project data to generate several new drill sites and reduce engineering costs to the client, VECO generated and executed a method for reusing intelligent project data producing an estimated 20-30 percent reduction in cost of drill-site design during each data reuse.
Using ProjectWise software, North China Power Engineering improved project quality as it streamlined design work and information exchange. And, as team collaboration improved, NCPE cut project lead time by 30 percent and recorded savings in excess of US$10 million, all in less than two years.
Meeting client needs and maximizing economies of scale often requires that Gresham, Smith and Partners collaborate on projects from more than a dozen office locations. Using ProjectWise, the team is able to work on a portfolio of projects as though they were under the same roof. Better still, the firm can now increase employee utilization by balancing this work among 800 people.
ProjectWise is helping Baker increase efficiencies and reduce rework by connecting people and information across their distributed enterprise. Michael Baker Corporation is a leading professional services firm with revenues in excess of $650 million. Chairman and CEO Richard Shaw reported to shareholders on an annual conference call that ProjectWise increases employee utilization by balancing workload across busy and quiet offices.
Michael Baker uses ProjectWise
Read how ProjectWise is helping Baker increase efficiencies and reduce rework by connecting people and information across their distributed enterprise. “Everybody knows who’s working on what… the PMs are seeing the profit because they don’t have to do the 200 to 300 hours of rework,” said Garry Grafton, Baker CAD director.
Bechtel realizes rapid ROI
Read how the ROI on ProjectWise for Bechtel occurs four times faster than other ECM systems by connecting people and information across their distributed enterprise. Bechtel is using ProjectWise to collaborate successfully on Reliance Industries Limited Jamnagar Export Refinery Project in India. Connecting 2000+ engineers from 10 offices in five countries.
ProjectWise Civil User Stories
The Banks Group Saves 200 Man-Hours a Week with ProjectWise StartPoint
"Using ProjectWise StartPoint, The Banks Group implemented a solution that would allow easy, auditable, fast access to centralized design data from any location. With all documents being stored in the project portal, team members can go to one place and search on both document name and content."
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ProjectWise Connects Staff of 1,200
at Dutch Engineering Firm Movares
"By implementing ProjectWise, Movares has seen five major results: faster access to information; better data quality’ improved communication between partners and among colleagues, added document security through a secure vault for proprietary information, and seamless document handling."
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Connecting the Team with ProjectWise
The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project in Northern Virginia uses ProjectWise to connect people and information across the project. Key benefits include: CAD and reference file management, secure access for collaboration on live work, and improved project workflow.
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Benefits of Automated CAD Q & A
Hear the best practices involved in the implementation and management of complex, multiple-site CAD environments and benefit from the lessons learned during years of working in the United Kingdom's transportation and construction sectors.
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HDR Connects People and Information using ProjectWise
"To date, ProjectWise, which serves roughly 3500 HDR staff in more than 80 locations, has reduced rework problems by 50 percent or more per location. HDR estimates its time savings from the use of ProjectWise are at least 40 hours per project start."
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eProposal saves $2 million per year - Michigan DOT uses ProjectWise
"The initial goal of eProposal was to publish construction plans and proposals to the internet for contractors to view, download, and print. ...ProjectWise has allowed Michigan DOT (MDOT) to develop an electronic workflow... cost savings are estimated at $2 million per year."
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Wade Trim deploys ProjectWise to reduce paper copies of drawings
"To streamline the access to the team's CAD data, Wade Trim used ProjectWise to share all current CAD drawings with the entire team. The design-build team conducted online drawings review to reduce the need for a significant number of hard copies throughout the project."
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ProjectWise enables distributed engineering on $260 million rail project
"ProjectWise empowered Halcrow to successfully complete the design for the London Docklands Light railway Extension (DLRE) in an ordered, secure, and timely manner. With more than 12,000 documents and 2,500 CAD files, accessed by more than 100 users, ProjectWise connected the right people with the right information."
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Redundant project files eliminated when using ProjectWise
"Lone Star Infrastructure (LSI) implemented ProjectWise in 2002 and immediately eliminated redundant project files by 75% or 100,000 documents. A key benefit realized by the project team working on the $1.5 billion Sta