28 Feb 2008
Austin Smith Lord, a top AJ100 architectural practice, has
specified PROJECTminder for a new high visibility Financial Project
Management system.
Austin Smith Lord (ASL) employs 170 staff
throughout its offices in the UK and works in the arts &
culture, health, public, education and commercial sectors. It is
responsible for numerous award winning buildings, including The
John Rylands Library in Manchester and the new Leeds City
Museum.
The five figure order win is the latest for
the web based specialist project management software,
PROJECTminder, which is now used by 19 of the top AJ100
practices.
Written specifically for use in the
architectural practice, PROJECTminder provides a breadth of
functionality and level of control that is unique in the market
providing tailored tools for efficient budgeting, fee forecasting,
resource planning and time and expense capture.
Joe Emanuele, Partner at ASL said: “We are
extremely pleased to be progressing with PROJECTminder. Having
evaluated many other products on the market it was the best fit for
our specific needs. Our key requirement is to integrate all of the
financial information on a project into one desk top resource for
all of our staff. This real time information will assist us further
in our drive towards profitability and providing value for money
for our clients’ staff. The flexibility of the Web based delivery
means we can roll out quickly with minimum load on our inter-office
network and our IT resources.
Andrew Heath, Sales Director for PH-media
said: “The order from ASL is the culmination of many months of fact
finding and working with Joe to ensure that PROJECTminder would
meet the specific needs of the business. Now with almost 1 in 5 of
the top architects in the country as our clients we have a solid
base from which to bolster our position in the market. For many of
our clients it is the ease of use, industry focus and rapid
deployment that make PROJECTminder an easy choice. Most practices
are moving towards a ‘best of breed’ approach where they cherry
pick suppliers with the requisite skills. Using a generalist system
is always high risk as the results are more difficult to
guarantee.”
About PROJECTminder
PROJECTminder is the market leading
project management system for architects.,
Used by more than 250 UK architectural
practices, the web based software enables an unprecedented level of
control and greater efficiency.
Web native software provides the
profession with a number of key benefits including faster set up
resulting in quicker ROI, efficient web based support and better
hardware resilience. The licence fee includes all upgrades and
represents a low upfront cost with less financial risk associated
with deployment.
The deep understanding of this specialist
sector demonstrated by the PROJECTminder team results in a 98%
client retention rate: one of the highest levels of customer
loyalty to be found in the industry.
