Recorded Webinars

Recorded on Jun 5, 2013

Analytics for Construction Owners

An in-depth look at how you can utilize analytics to manage your capital construction portfolio As a construction owner, you need a powerful and flexible analytics solution. In a highly leveragedindustry, the better the data, the better the decisions that can lead to significant ROI. In this webinar, we drill down to the "Why" things are happening and not just "What" is happening. In this webinar we will learn how you can use analytics to: • Use Project Forecasting to make better decisions. • Analyze the data in the correct context and deliver the right information to the right people • Deliver analytics across the organization - down to the project and process level • Access the data at your fingertips, you won't need IT to create and deliver reports • Create dashboards and widgets to customize your reports • Utilize mobile dashboards

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on May 22, 2013

BIM for Facility Management at Kaiser Permanente

View the recorded webinar as we present Kaiser's implementation of BIM for lifecycle facility management at their Oakland Medical Center. This webinar will explain: • How the leading healthcare facilities owner adopted BIM for the entire building lifecycle. • What is COBie and IFC and how open standards help construction projects. • How software applications were integrated for data collection, exchange and quality control. This innovative project has received several industry awards (FIATECH), and is being profiled in numerous publications.

Presenter: Chris Pechacek, VDC Director, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., Igor Starkov, President, EcoDomus, Inc. and John Leet, Director of Marketing, Trimble Buildings

Featured Product: Trimble Building, EcoDomus

Recorded on May 10, 2013

Sharpen Your Competitive Edge: A WinEst Overview

View this webinar to see how WinEst can make your estimating life easier, more efficient and more successful. We’ll show you: • how to more effectively manage and integrate project estimates; • how to increase productivity and efficiency; • how to integrate with other applications; and • how to enable your team to work more collaboratively and seamlessly.

Presenter: WinEst / Trimble

Featured Product: WinEst

Recorded on May 9, 2013

Proliance 201: Analytics

Proliance Analytics provides you with information at your fingertips that provides you real-time, enterprise-wide, business visibility across the entire project portfolio. Dashboards provide a centralized view of the entire program and project status. In this Webinar we demonstrate: • How to use Proliance Dashboards throughout the Plan-Build-Operate Building Lifecycle • How to create custom widgets for your business needs • Analytics on the go- Analytics on the iPad for mobile users Learn how Proliance provides the analytics and dashboards for owners to gain insight into their projects and benchmark against key performance indicators.

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on May 3, 2013

Adding Modelogix to your Estimating Arsenal

Let us show you just how powerful Modelogix is. Join us to explore how GCs and CMs use Modelogix to harvest past-project data for new estimates and budgets. And the real kicker – it works with every construction estimating system out there… including Excel.

Presenter: WinEst / Trimble

Featured Product: Modelogix

Recorded on May 1, 2013

Using Mobile Construction Technologies in the Field Webinar

View the recorded webinar to hear JE Dunn, the General Contractor on the project, discuss the use of Prolog Mobile on the Trimble Westminster Building Project. In addition, take a look at the unique QA/QC capabilities of the Prolog Mobile application during an in-depth demonstration.

Presenter: Jesse Lavine and Matt Palumbo

Featured Product: Prolog Mobile

Recorded on Apr 23, 2013

Proliance 201: Document Control

In the Proliance 201 Webinar series, we will take a deep dive into the different modules of Proliance giving you the nitty gritty on all of the various features of our leading capital construction program management solution. Proliance Document Control allows you to keep proper track of document revisions, while automating reviews to expedite the process of reviewing design and material submissions. In this webinar learn how: Proliance drives users to the latest revision of controlled documents To leverage both sequential and parallel reviewers in a single review process To track specific redline comments and responses To distribute controlled documents, including new revisions to previous recipients About packaging documents for expedited reviews Gain confidence that the right information is being consumed and the process will drive compliance to your personal and regulatory standards.

Presenter: Joseph Poskie

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Apr 16, 2013

Introduction to Proliance: Capital Construction Program Management Software

We demonstrate the powerful features of Proliance to optimize the plan-build-operate lifecycle for project based organizations. Proliance combines planning, project and program management, and operations into one software system of record, effectively reducing risk, lowering construction costs and improving financial performance.

Presenter: Joseph Poskie

Featured Product: Proliance Software

Recorded on Apr 11, 2013

What's New in Proliance 5.6

Meridian Systems would like to introduce you to Proliance® 5.6 software and demonstrate the powerful new features of our Capital Program Management solution to optimize the building lifecycle for project based organizations.In this one hour recorded Webinar, we discuss: • New analytic features that are customizable for each member of the project team • How to create a dashboard that is tailored to each project member • Folder Management for better project organization and easier navigation • Enhanced sharing capabilities • Proliance Export application for distributing project data at project closeout.

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Mar 20, 2013

Capital Planning:Managing a Construction Project Portfolio

Gain insight to manage and organize construction projects into a set of programs that define a strategic objective. Discover how to leverage historical data to help manage and plan for existing and future projects, identify and quantify risks in the budget process and utilize project capital more effectively.

Presenter: Brant Carter and Joseph Poskie

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Mar 6, 2013

Budget Development: Leveraging Conceptual Estimates

Owners recognize the immense value of seeing the broad scope of their construction projects in detail in order to make the best decisions. Modelogix and Proliance have accomplished this by offering best-of-class estimating, cost-modeling and bidding tools paired with cost control, contract and quality management solutions.

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Feb 27, 2013

Earned Value: A Progress Measurement for Capital Owners

In this Webinar we demonstrate Earned Value, a powerful method for measuring progress in Proliance. With Proliance Earned Value you get more insight than looking at the Cost Report and Schedule separately. We identify the components of Earned Value and how to track schedule and budget performance against your baseline plan.

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Feb 26, 2013

Proliance 201: Budget & Cost Management for Owners

Budget and Cost Management provides the backbone to managing and forecasting the financial success of all programs and projects. The application’s features combined with platform functions, deliver a comprehensive Web-based system for managing the budget development process and comparing budgets to actual costs. Proliance gives the owner the tools to manage contracts, change orders and invoices, view costs and forecasts in relation to the budget, manage multiple budgets and release budgets when needed.

Presenter: Joseph Poskie

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Feb 20, 2013

Extending Sharepoint and Office for Capital Owners

Microsoft SharePoint® is a powerful tool available to most everyone on a project team, and organizations deploy SharePoint and Office® to leverage standard business applications. However, project managers face unique challenges in that they need to collaborate with external stakeholders on a daily basis to effectively manage costs and project changes. Learn how to leverage your SharePoint investment while maintaining control over your projects by utilizing Proliance’s built in construction workflows.

Presenter: Joseph Poskie

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Feb 6, 2013

Modelogix: Conceptual Estimating for Construction Owners

Formulating a conceptual estimate before all the details are known can be both science and an art. The accuracy of the conceptual estimate, however dictates whether a project is approved or denied. Modelogix enables owners to leverage their historical construction database and project experience to generate viable, reliable capital budgets and accurate cost models for current and future projects.

Presenter: Brant Carter and Steve Watt

Featured Product: Modelogix

Recorded on Jan 29, 2013

Proliance: Capital Program Management Software for the Building Lifecycle

In this Webinar we introduced Proliance and demonstrated how to optimize the plan-build-operate lifecycle for project based organizations. Proliance combines planning, project and program management, and operations into one software system of record, effectively reducing risk, lowering construction costs and improving financial performance.

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Dec 17, 2012

Proliance - Internationalization Feature Video

This 15 minute video demonstrates Proliance’s Arabic language file and Hijri calendar features. For more information and product demonstrations on all of Proliance’s features, please watch the recorded webinar Proliance 101.

Presenter: Tareq Masri

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Oct 19, 2012

What’s New in Proliance 5.5

Proliance 5.5 now provides owners and program managers with a new Bidding Module for greater visibility and control into project procurement and adds new International features, including localized portfolio management and multi-language and multi-calendar capabilities.

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Oct 12, 2012

Managing Risk in Healthcare Capital Construction Projects

In this webinar, Meridian Systems and our partner, AECOM, discuss the issues that healthcare capital construction projects face. Healthcare institutions are under pressure to expand, replace and renovate antiquated facilities in light of ever changing technology, competition and demand for efficiency. 

Presenter: Joe Poskie, Meridian Systems and Kim McAvoy, AECOM

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Sep 6, 2012

Prolog Solution Presentation

View this 30 minute recorded Webinar to explore the Prolog solution with a high-level overview of its application functionality. You’ll see Prolog in action and leave with a better understanding of how Prolog helps organizations reduce construction project risk, control project costs, and provide complete transparency to project stakeholders.

Presenter: Christy Hunt

Featured Product: Prolog

Recorded on Jun 12, 2012

Learn How CBRE Addresses the Diverse Challenges of Managing Large and Small Projects

Watch the webinar and learn how CBRE Project Management addressed the differing requirements and introduced standardized processes and the latest best practices across the enterprise.

Presenter: CBRE

Featured Product: Proliance

Recorded on Mar 12, 2012

NTTA User Case Study Webinar

Learn how North Texas Tollway Streamlined Project Delivery with Proliance Software.

Presenter: Brant Carter

Featured Product: Proliance

Introducing Prolog Mobile Webinar

The Value of Bringing Project Management to the Field.

Presenter: Lance Tressler

Featured Product: Prolog Mobile

Field Guide to Mobile Apps in Construction

Tablets are the hottest trend on construction sites these days so, what processes are most effectively supported with this new technology? Should firms build new apps of their own? This webinar will highlight some of the most powerful and effective apps in use on job sites today and delve into benchmarks of what kind of ROI they are delivering.

Presenter: Lance Tressler

Featured Product: Prolog Mobile

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