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• PlanWell DataBridge is a new data transfer tool being used to synchronize documents and contact lists between PlanWell Enterprise planrooms and Meridian’s Prolog project management tool
• Our Abacus print cost recovery tool recently went through some significant upgrades that can help you capture more reimbursable revenue, or at the very least, manage your printing costs more effectively.
• Sub-Hub, our web-based planroom and bid notification tool also got a lift in several key areas that makes this self-managed construction document management tool even more…well, manageable.
• If your work requires reprographics products and services to be used in far-off places, business in Shanghai just got a lot easier with our new sister company there called Shanghai UNIS Printing Technology.
• ARC, the parent company of more than 40 different reprographic company brands all over North America, also made its first foray into the BIM space acquiring RCMS, an Atlanta-based consultancy practice that creates building information models on an outsourced basis for a variety of purposes and clients, all from two-dimensional plans.

Finally, we’re not the only ones moving and shaking these days. For those of you keeping track of the digital printing market, Canon announced their intention to purchase Océ in the near future, and Océ appears to be embracing the offer. We’ll let you know more about the deal as we learn about it ourselves.

If you use Prolog® or PlanWell Enterprise® to manage your projects, you’re definitely going to be interested in what follows.

Introduced last month, PlanWell DataBridge automates the exchange of construction information between PlanWell Enterprise planrooms and Prolog® from Meridian Systems. PlanWell DataBridge eliminates redundant data entry, automates project updates, and boosts efficiency and communication within construction project teams.

Kumar Wiratunga is our corporate director of technology and, along with our technology team in Silicon Valley, has been working closely with Meridian to make the two applications speak the same language.

He said, “The great thing about synchronizing project data between document management and project management systems is that it eliminates the manual, redundant and error-prone processes that most of our customers use when they manage project management and document management separately. But when a project manager can enter information in one application, and the information is updated in both systems within minutes, they can realize significant increases in productivity.”

PlanWell DataBridge allows Prolog users to:
•    Share common data between applications
•    Synchronize project information, bid packages and contacts
•    Maintain current document sets and contacts
•    Easily start up projects by leveraging indexed data in PlanWell Enterprise.

We’ve heard estimates from some of our customer that they are saving hours, and sometimes days of time in data entry for a given project or project module. These are managers using the new synchronization application on their projects, all without any investment in additional hardware or dedicated infrastructure to run. Data synchronization occurs entirely over an internet connection and is updated dynamically within minutes of data entry.

Like Director of Business Applications at Adolfson & Peterson Construction told us, “In today’s economy, we are required to do more with less. Planwell DataBridge eliminates the manual entry of data into Prolog, allowing our construction teams to be more productive.”

Using Prolog? Using PlanWell? You owe it to yourself to talk to us about how much you can increase your accuracy, reduce redundant effort, and boost productivity with DataBridge. Ask your local representative or contact us today.

We recently made our DataBridge for Prolog technology available to Maryland construction giant Coakley & Williams, a respected, privately owned firm with roots in the Washington Metropolitan region going back to 1926.

The firm’s “Super User” outlined the benefits of DataBridge in a memo she shared with her team members at Coakley & Williams: “(DataBridge) allows the Project Administrator to more effectively track the history of drawing activity (addendums, revisions, etc.); who received what and when,” she wrote. “This could also provide a more impressive ‘As-built’ package for the owner at the end of the project…”

If you would like to bring the power of Prolog and Planwell together for your office, Contact Us and we’ll call to set up a time to talk.

Communication is key – the ability to span gaps in platforms immediately and with effect – essential.

That’s why we created PlanWell DataBridge™, an application enabling the real-time exchange of information between PlanWell Enterprise, the most widely available online planroom in our industry today, and Prolog® – construction project management software licensed by Meridian Systems.

With DataBridge, Prolog users will be able to share common data, synchronize project information, and eliminate redundant data entry – increasing efficiency and leveraging the power of both applications into one powerhouse system.

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