- DMJM Selects Proliance as Facility Lifecycle Management Solution
- Mid-Atlantic Contractors Centralize the Construction Project Management Process with Meridian's Prolog and ProjectTalk
- A Typical Implementation
- Creating Dunning Letters
- Training: Advanced Reporting with Prolog 7
- February 28th Deadline: Make Sure Your Company Gets a Shot at a 2005 Constructech Vision Award
- Putting Project Data within Reach
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Partner Showcase: Project Team Solutions
Project Team Solutions, Meridian Authorized Premier Partner for the entire Mid-Atlantic region, 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. Visit http://www.projectteam.com.
Plus in this month's Customer News, find out how Project Team's client has realized more than $13,000 savings within the first 6 months of using Meridian solutions.
Customer News
DMJM Selects Proliance as Facility Lifecycle Management Solution to Manage Well Over 1,000 Projects Valued at More than $2 Billion USD
Firm continues partnership with Meridian Systems, moves to next-generation program and business management tool
DMJM Management, top-ranked full-service, multi-disciplinary facility firm, has selected Proliance®, as a part of the continued relationship between DMJM and Meridian. Proliance will be used by DMJM to manage a facility improvement program for the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). According to Paul Steinke, executive vice president of DMJM, “Proliance presents our company with a significant competitive advantage, enabling standardized best practices, reduced risk, knowledge management, and better program oversight.” More details at the above link.
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
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. Read how they're realizing ROI and why W.M. Schlosser is covinced "Prolog is the most effective tool for the industry."
Additional Meridian News
Expert Commentary
A Typical Implementation
By Don Rote, Owner of Rotech Consulting (a Meridian Certified Consultant for California)
Rote looks into the stages of implementation and there impacts on the the overall success and benefit of software. With practical experience in project management and scheduling and as a reseller of the Prolog® product line since 1997, Rote understands the importance of software and the challenges of the building industry. Read his thoughts on the stages of implementation.
Product Tip of the Month – Prolog
Creating Dunning Letters
By Rob Kemp, Meridian Support Services Technical Analyst
Creating a customized Dunning Letter for your company begins with the creation of a template for merging your data and a query that filters the data to be merged. If you’ve ever gone through the Dunning Letter Wizard, you may recall a section that asks you to select a query. This tip will walk you through the process and direct you to areas in Help that can assist you along the way.
Industry News
Training: Advanced Reporting with Prolog 7
Training session available on March 15th from Hardhat Technologies, Authorized Meridian Solution Provider and Certified Trainer for the Southeastern U.S.
If you can be in the Altanta, Georgia area on March 15th, sign up for this hands-on instruction course on the fundamentals of customizing reports using Seagate Crystal Reports and Prolog. This class covers report basics—adding and deleting fields, creating a new report using Prolog templates, and sub reports. The course also shows helpful design hints, font changes and discusses system/field name formulas and features of the Crystal Report formula editor.
February 28th Deadline:
Make Sure Your Company Gets a Shot at a 2005 Constructech Vision Award
Award honors companies that have realized the advantages of applying modern technology and automation to their everyday businesses
Constructech magazine will only accept entries for its 2005 Vision Awards competition until February 28th. Meridian Connections previously featured J.A. Jones and McCarthy Building Company for their project successes and resulting 2004 Vision Awards. Now it's your turn to submit your company's innovative use of Prolog. Follow the link and submit your entry before the February 28th deadline.
Putting Project Data within Reach
By Kristine Hansen, Building Operting Management magazine, February 2005
A pile of outgoing mail packages, a screen of unanswered e-mails and a wobbly stack of memos. This employee workstation is all too familiar to many facility executives trying to manage information when involved in large construction projects. And even if information is organized, communicating it — whether that means forwarding an e-mail or photocopying a packet 50 times — can be a time-consuming task.
Online project-management software is one option for getting a company’s paperwork in sync. It thins the load of hard-copy correspondence, makes it easier to import data into personal computers, and allows users to view the same information from cubicles — or miles — apart.
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