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Why Online Collaboration is Essential for any ARRA Stimulus Construction Project
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13/Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --
Technology firm Aconex has released a white paper outlining three critical challenges government agencies and
project managers will experience when managing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects, and
how they can be overcome by using an online collaboration system.
The three challenges are: the huge number of documents that will need to be managed; the time pressures; and
the need to meet the stringent records management regulations. Drawing on a range of sources, the paper
concludes that an online collaboration system should by a mainstay on any ARRA construction project, due to
improving efficiency, accountability and transparency.
Collaboration systems allow all project members - from the government agency to the subcontractors - to
access, distribute, track and archive their documents and correspondence using a single, common platform. All
project data is securely archived and cannot be deleted or accessed by unauthorized personnel.
Leigh Jasper, CEO of Aconex, the world's largest provider of construction collaboration solutions, said: "The
ARRA projects are expected to help lay for the foundations for a robust and sustainable 21st century economy, and
government agencies and their project managers are under considerable pressure to deliver these projects with
maximum efficiency and minimal waste.
"Commonly used tools such as paper documents, email and shared network drives were designed to share
information within a single company. However, capital works projects typically involve many organizations and
stakeholders. What's more, these firms will create and exchange thousands of documents and correspondence
items each month. This flow of information is essentially the lifeblood of a project and so needs to be managed
efficiently, ideally using a specialized system. The white paper discusses this in depth and also provides a checklist
to help select a system."
The white paper, "Three critical challenges on any ARRA construction project, and how to overcome them with
online collaboration", can be downloaded from www.aconex.com.
Aconex is the world's largest provider of online collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering
industries. The company, which delivers its solution using the Software as a Service (SaaS) model, services
US$220 billion worth of projects in 65 countries. Clients include industry leaders such as AECOM, Arcadis, Arup,
Las Vegas Sands, Parsons Brinckerhoff and McDonald's Restaurants.
CONTACT: Will Turbet
+61 3 9240 0200
wturbet@aconex.com
SOURCE: Aconex
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