Mid-Atlantic Contractors Accelerate the Construction Project Management Process with Meridian’s Prolog and ProjectTalk
W.M. Schlosser and PC Rizzo Associates work with Project Team Solutions to implement construction project management systems, realizing efficiencies and more than $13,000 in savings
FOLSOM, Calif. (Feb. 17, 2005) — Meridian Systems®, an enterprise solution provider for optimizing the plan, build and operate phases of real estate, construction and other infrastructure programs; and Project Team Solutions, Meridian Authorized Premier Partner, announce that W.M. Schlosser Company and Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. have implemented Meridian’s leading project management solutions, Prolog® Manager and ProjectTalk®. PC Rizzo has undertaken the largest active dam construction project in the United States (Saluda Dam located in Columbia, South Carolina) using Prolog and ProjectTalk, while W.M. Schlosser has worked with clients like the Architect of the Capitol and realized more than $13,000 in savings using Meridian’s solutions.
With more than 20 years of construction management and engineering experience, PC Rizzo employs more than 100 highly-trained engineers and construction services personnel. This team provides expert guidance on day-to-day construction issues, offers support for engineering and technology related decisions, and when necessary, will monitor all aspects of regulatory compliance. Since 2002, PC Rizzo has served as South Carolina Gas & Electric’s construction manager in the seismic retrofit of the Saluda Dam.
“When we accepted the Saluda Dam project, we knew that in managing such a large seismic upgrade we’d need to determine the fastest and most effective ways to complete project tasks. We looked at several out-of-box solutions and decided that Prolog and ProjectTalk were the best fit. Prolog’s document control and field admin capabilities are really robust; and combined with the online capability, they help us to better collaborate with the team—architects, subs and South Carolina Gas & Electric,” said Carl Rizzo, principal for construction with PC Rizzo.
“We’ve seen the greatest increase of efficiency in collaboration on drawings and design changes, now reducing our turnaround time to one day—down from seven days. We’ve dealt with more than 100 change orders to date on this project, but Prolog and ProjectTalk are helping us to manage those changes and maintain revenue on this really complex lump-sum contract.”
Since its founding in Maryland in 1962, W. M. Schlosser has been a recognized leader in providing quality, state-of-the-art construction services for both renovation and new construction projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Specializing in projects for governmental agencies and municipalities, W.M. Schlosser has been recognized by the U.S. General Services Administration for exemplary construction management.
“We had used Constructware and Primavera for individual projects, but wanted to standardize across the company and chose Prolog and ProjectTalk for their ease of use and more effective and complete feature sets,” said Tracy Garland, W.M. Schlosser’s director of Human Resources who oversees staffing, training, and technology selection and implementation.
“We’ve been fully implemented for 6 months, but our savings have already been huge. Our people are convinced this is the most effective tool for the industry. Each of our 9 PMs, assistant PMs and project engineers have reduced their monthly reporting turnaround by seven hours. We conservatively estimate that in the past six months, we’ve saved more than $13,000 on administrative tasks and redirected those resources to getting projects completed.”
Both PC Rizzo and W.M. Schlosser are clients of Project Team Solutions, professional services provider for construction technology and Meridian Authorized Premier Partner for the Mid-Atlantic region. Project Team helped both clients determine their construction management solution needs, implement the systems and train users. Project Team will also provide regional technical support throughout their clients’ usage of the product. Project Team can assist construction firms with the selection of project management administration, project team collaboration, accounting, estimating and document management solutions.
Project Team and Meridian Systems are currently offering a Prolog cost savings analysis to illustrate how project management software can help construction firms to grow their bottom line. Visit http://www.meridiansystems.com/roi for the Prolog cost savings analysis.
About Project Team Solutions
Project Team Solutions is a Meridian Premier Partner that provides technology solutions and services to design, construction, and facility management companies. Capabilities include product demonstrations, needs analysis, financing, implementations, custom reports, custom user manuals, user training, technical support, software integration and custom application development. Project Team Solutions serves clients throughout the entire Mid-Atlantic region. For more information, call Project Team at 1-866-270-4605 or go to http://www.projectteam.com
About Meridian Systems
Meridian Systems provides enterprise solutions that optimize the plan, build
and operate phases of real estate, construction and other physical infrastructure
initiatives. Meridian solutions are used by more than 8,500 of today’s
large building owners, government agencies, and engineering and construction
firms to improve top-line revenue growth while reducing their capital construction
costs. Meridian uniquely provides both traditional software and hosted ASP
solutions, and ranks as a market share leader in project management software
among general contractors with over $100 million in revenue*. Meridian has
an impressive track record of revenue growth over its 11-year history, and
has been repeatedly recognized as a Constructech Hottest Technology company.
Meridian is headquartered in Folsom, Calif. For more information, call Meridian
at 1-800-850-2660, or go to http://www.meridiansystems.com.
*Statistics excerpted from CFMA's 2004 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, fourth edition with the permission of the Construction Financial Management Association, Princeton, NJ, 609-452-8000.
Meridian Systems Contacts
Sue Watkins, Director of Marketing
swatkins@meridiansystems.com
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