CDM Selects Program Management Software from Meridian Systems
Proliance software to provide a centralized system for Program Management initiative
FOLSOM, Calif. (February, 20 2007) – Meridian Systems® , a provider of enterprise project management software for optimizing capital projects, programs and facilities, today announced that CDM has selected Proliance® software for program management. CDM is a global consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firm with approximately 4,000 employees and more than 100 offices worldwide.
Proliance software combines project and portfolio management, facilities management, business process management and business analytics to create one comprehensive software system of record for tracking the performance of large capital projects and programs.
CDM helps clients choose the right program management approach, and then works with them to implement their program successfully. As a result, CDM needs a program management technology solution to address several business priorities -- including strong cost and schedule management to support compliance requirements for federal, public, private and international stakeholders.
CDM manages large complex programs under strict federal and state guidelines. These programs involve a variety of geographically dispersed stakeholders that need centralized access to program information. Proliance software uniquely provides one centralized system of record for project and program data, improving status checking and increasing program performance visibility.
For more information on Proliance software, call Meridian at (800) 850 2660, or go to: www.meridiansystems.com/pr022007.
About CDM
CDM is a consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firm delivering exceptional service to public and private clients worldwide. Learn more about CDM at www.cdm.com.
About Meridian Systems
Construction project management software from Meridian Systems, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), allows building owners, construction and engineering firms, and government agencies to efficiently manage their capital projects, programs and facilities. Meridian has pioneered Infrastructure Lifecycle Management (ILM) technology that automates the Plan-Build-Operate project lifecycle, enabling building owners and operators to improve top-line revenue growth, while reducing capital project costs and schedules. Meridian has become the industry standard for successful construction project delivery, and is ranked as the market share leader for project management and collaboration software by Constructech magazine,1 and by the CFMA among general contractors larger than $101 million in revenue.2
1Statistics excerpted from the 2006 National Construction-Technology survey, Constructech Magazine.
2CFMA’s 2006 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, sixth edition with the permission of the Construction Financial Management Association, Princeton, NJ, (609) 452 8000.
Media Contact
Sue Watkins, Director of Marketing
(916) 294 2136,
swatkins@meridiansystems.com

