San Bruno, CA, 14 June 2011 – Aconex, the world’s largest provider of online collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering industries, today announced that Vista Projects Limited (Vista), a Calgary-based multi-discipline technical engineering firm, has selected Aconex for several client projects. Vista chose Aconex to help them create efficiencies to pass along to their clients. Using Aconex, Vista will benefit from automated processes and standardized workflows that will allow them to manage project information more effectively and complete projects faster and with fewer resources.
“Vista is committed to providing clients with the highest standard of services, and Aconex is helping us to do that, while creating a distinct advantage over our competitors,” said Patrick Reilly, Vista’s Technology Manager. “Aconex will allow us to better engage our clients and project teams in real time collaboration and ensure optimal management of all project information. Better still, we’ll be able to automate a number of information management processes to ensure we’re all on the same page and accelerating project lifecycles.”
Prior to Aconex, Vista utilized two separate solutions for information management but neither managed correspondence, an area where much project complexity and risk can exist. Vista audited its project management methods and identified two areas where automated processes could shave significant time off schedules: time spent searching for information and ownership of steps in workflows. Aconex offered a single, complete solution for document control, document viewing, workflow automation and correspondence management. In addition, Aconex is a SaaS solution, eliminating upfront costs and deployment hassles. This was an important differentiator for Vista.
“Leading companies around the world are establishing a significant competitive edge by drastically shortening their project lifecycles,” said Leigh Jasper, CEO of Aconex. “Our clients have shortened their approval and decision times by an average of nearly 30 percent, saving them a tremendous amount of time and money while reducing errors and avoiding disputes.”
About Vista Projects Limited
Vista Projects Limited (http://www.vistaprojects.com) is a multi-discipline, technical engineering firm providing solutions to energy producers in Western Canada. While Vista has been active in all aspects of the oil and gas market, it has grown to become a leading engineering firm for thermal energy projects, working on some of the most successful in-situ heavy oil projects in the Alberta oil sands.
About Aconex
Aconex is a web-based platform for managing the large volume of information created and exchanged during a project’s lifecycle. Using the secure, central platform, each organization involved in a project is able to access, distribute, track and archive its documents and correspondence in real time. This reduces administrative costs such as printing and distribution, improves productivity by streamlining the flow of information and reduces companies’ exposure to risks such as disputes and delays.
From its 41 offices around the world, Aconex services US$260 billion worth of construction, infrastructure, energy and resources projects. Projects using the system include the $3.2 billion Panama Canal Expansion, the $6 billion Denver Transit Expansion Program and the $40 billion Yas Island development in Abu Dhabi. For more information and examples of Aconex in action, see www.aconex.com. Follow Aconex on Twitter using @aconex and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Aconex.