Construction Management
Construction Management firms (Project Management Companies) manage construction
projects on behalf of owners and are often called owner-agents. CM (PMC) firms are
highly customer and project focused with a need to manage a long list of interrelated
business operations. Business processes that require automation span finance, project
management, purchasing, field operations, etc. Construction Management firms have
the added complexity needing to report progress to a multitude of clients each requiring
slightly different business processes, and reporting formats.
Increasingly businesses have become more competitive demanding increased cost savings.
This need to control costs requires an integrated view across all business functions
in a construction firm. To this end, construction management firms have been advancing
themselves toward complete business process automation using information technology
to the fullest.
Management of labor costs, project scope changes, material costs, field service
work orders, and other operating activities require a flexible integrated real time
information system.
Challenges:
- Jobsites are distributed geographically and need to be closely coordinated
and managed from the main offices.
- Interrelated business operations such as finance, project management,
purchasing and field operations require coordination.
- Working with multiple owners breeds process complexity.
- Off-line spreadsheets, databases and stand-alone legacy IT products are inefficient
and inaccurate.
- Inability to provide owners a comprehensive view of project budgets, timelines and
schedules in a single report reduces project visibility.
- Delays, budget overruns and poor customer satisfaction lead to declining
profits.
Aurigo Solution Benefits:
- Provides collaboration tools to enhance communication with clients, suppliers and
partners.
- Provides the ability to track project information including RFIs, change orders,
submittals, meeting minutes and punch lists.
- Provides a complete electronic "file box" with all of the project documentation
and communication neatly organized.
- Increases organizational efficiency, productivity and improved profitability.
- Provides seamless integration into back end ERP and
scheduling systems.
