GSA Public Buildings Service Selects Construction Project Management Software from Meridian Systems
Proliance software to be deployed across 11 GSA PBS regions
FOLSOM, Calif. (August 11, 2008) – Meridian Systems, a software solutions leader for improving capital program and construction project performance, announced today that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service (PBS) has selected Proliance® software for construction project management. GSA PBS will use Proliance software as its national enterprise electronic project management (ePM) system.
PBS is the largest public real estate organization in the country, with an inventory of over 342 million square feet of workspace. Proliance software improves capital project performance by streamlining the plan-build-operate lifecycle, and reducing development, construction and facility costs.
Proliance was selected as part of an open and competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process to procure one software central system of record for managing all construction project data. The objective of this selection process was to replace several technology applications in use today, and to standardize project management processes across all eleven GSA PBS procurement regions. GSA PBS selected Meridian in part because of its market leadership position; in fact, many construction organizations in GSA PBS supply chain are already users of Meridian solutions.
“GSA PBS is a market leader when it comes to public buildings procurement and construction, and we are excited to fulfill their project management technology needs,” said John Bodrozic, president and cofounder of Meridian Systems. “Their influence will surely drive our industry more quickly towards the interoperability of software systems within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) ecosystem; and we are happy to help this along with Proliance - a platform that’s ready to support that interoperability.”
Proliance uniquely combines project and portfolio management, facilities management, business workflow and business analytics into one system of record, enabling large enterprises to track how their real estate, construction and facilities portfolios are performing. For more information on Proliance, call Meridian at (800) 850 2660, or visit: http://www.meridiansystems.com/products/proliance/index.asp.
About GSA PBS
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government’s total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles.The mission of GSA's Public Buildings Service (PBS) is providing superior workplaces for federal customer agencies at good economies to the American taxpayer. PBS is the largest public real estate organization in the country, with an inventory of over 342 million square feet of workspace. Through the internationally recognized Design and Construction Excellence programs, PBS engages the best private sector architects, construction managers, and engineers to design and build award-winning courthouses, border stations, federal office buildings, laboratories, and data processing centers.
About Meridian Systems
Meridian Systems, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), provides software solutions that improve capital program, project and facility performance. Meridian product and service offerings enable building owners, construction firms, and public agencies to streamline the plan-build–operate project lifecycle, reducing construction costs, schedules, and project risk. Meridian has been ranked the market share leader for project management software by Constructech magazine,1 and by the CFMA among general contractors larger than $101 million in revenue.2 For more information, call Meridian Systems at (800) 850 2660, or visit: www.meridiansystems.com.
12008 National Construction-Technology Survey, Constructech Magazine.
2CFMA’s 2008 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, seventh edition.
Meridian Contact
Tamara Kaestner, Marketing Programs Manager
(916) 294 2375,
tkaestner@meridiansystems.com
