The Power of Instant Collaboration

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The Power of Instant Collaboration
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The Problem

• The construction industry is one of the most
  technically backward industries today. Yet there
  is a tremendous need to collaborate and share all
  types of information between the architect, the
  builder and the owner.
• Groupware Collaborative Strategies for Corporate
  LANs and Intranets

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The Solution

• ProjectCenter is a simple technology that
• is now available and is already giving some
• firms a competitive edge
• Architecture magazine

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ProjectCenter History

• First site sold in February 1998
• Today ProjectCenter is used daily by
• Over 3,700 projects world wide
• Over 48,000 unique users
• 10 Languages, from French to Hebrew
• Projects ranging from billion in total construction cost

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Some ProjectCenter Users
Marriott International Cubellis Associates
ADD Inc. Beck Group W.M. Putnam Co. Sprint
BERRY MIT Grupo Elektra Harley Davidson
Bouygues Novartis URS Corporation
Harvard Boston Properties EDF World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Meridian Design
Indiana University Leggat McCall Properties
Silk Road Group Capital International Hickok
Cole Architects Harley-Davidson John Moriarty
Associates Shriners Hospitals for
Children ING Brandeis University Department
of the Army
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The Building Industry

• 3.2 trillion global market
• Highly fragmented
• Design cycle repeated for each product
• Global teams

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Building Industry Pressures

• Time
• Cash flow and cost control
• Competition
• Client satisfaction
• Globalization
• Driven by the need to increase market share and
• profitability companies are compelled to
  continually develop more efficient processes

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Building Industry Comment

• The successful companies of the next decade will
  be the ones that use digital tools to reinvent
  the way they work.
• Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO

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Todays Communications

• First Class Mail
• 2-3 days
• Federal Express
• Next day
• Courier
• Couple hours
• Telephone
• Instant if there
• Or voice mail tag
• Fax
• Instant delivery
• What happens if receiver is away from the office
• E-mail
• Instant
• Can get it from almost anywhere

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Problems with Todays Communications

• One-to-one communication
• Requires manual filing
• Must be where the information is to use it
• Too many different formats
• Easily lost or misfiled
• Too many places to go and find it
• Difficult to establish an audit trail

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The Facts

• 30,000 annual US construction projects with
  construction budgets over 1 million - 724
  billion industry.
• 500 million per year spent on FedEx
• Average Fed Ex package is 33
• 3-5 of project cost is avoidable mistakes
• 26 billion per year is spent correcting
  avoidable mistakes
• 30 of avoidable mistakes are because actions
  were taken on incorrect or outdated blueprints

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The Facts

• Paper and travel expenses can approach 10 of a
  large project cost
• 1-2 of a project cost is simply administering to
  the paper
• At project close, no one group has more than 65
  of the project record

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Impact on a Typical Project

• If a project is 10.0 million, then you can
  expect that
• 6,500 will be spent on FedEx
• 150,000 will be spent to administer paper
• 400,000 will spent on avoidable mistakes
• 120,000 on those made because wrong prints were
  used

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The Implications

• Avoidable mistakes cost money
• Construction delays cost money
• Billions are spent each year simply to administer
  paper
• Everyone loses margin
• The problem must be solved or minimized

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Web-Base Project Collaboration

• They promote continuous collaboration
• They facilitate information exchange
• They enhance the team concept
• They give everyone instant access to the most
  current information
• They promote better, faster decisions
• They improve the organization of information

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The Benefits

• Fewer errors
• Improvements in efficiencies
• Reductions in costs
• Less arbitration and litigation
• Better use of resources

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So what is ProjectCenter?

• Centralized project information with world wide
  internet access
• Clear, up-to-date communications across the team
  that is available 24x7
• Forms and logs that ease recording and provides a
  reference
• Support committed to your success and satisfaction

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Centralized Project Information
Without ProjectCenter
With ProjectCenter

A/E
A/E

• Team members can refer to ProjectCenter, even
  when you are not available, from any internet
  connection.

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Why use ProjectCenter?

• Easy to use
• Requires little training even for the novice user
• Balances usability with functionality
• Fast implementation with simple admin tools
• Highly secure and flexible
• Works with more file types and computer platforms
• Cost effective
• Industry leading pricing
• Breakeven is saving a few minutes a day

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Why use ProjectCenter?

• Save time administering information
• Centralized storage allows everyone to work with
  the most up-to-date information
• Strengthen team relationships and stay on top of
  issues even from far away
• Clear Forms/Logs for routing and approvals
• Provides a project record for closeout and
  archiving

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What Our Customers Say

• ProjectCenter is so easy to use, your team will
  actually use it.
• Mike Wolff, Project Solutions Group
• "Having all the information in one location has
  made it possible for me to effectively manage
  three projects when before I could only manage
  two."
• Peter Hudkins, John Moriarty Associates

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What Our Customers Say

• RFIs response time dropped from an average of
  10 days to 2 days, plus we could intercept
  potential problems before they became costly
  issues.
• James Drew, AIA The Thomas Group
• Bricsnet has the best customer support of
  anyone Ive worked with.
• Theresa Thompson, FIMS Indiana University

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