Sutton Griffin, saving time with PROJECTminder®
Sutton Griffin Architects
The problem
Sutton Griffin implemented PROJECTminder for Architects to provide a solution to the following business issues:
- The lack of ownership Project Architects had over their projects
- Decreasing the amount of time spent on job costing
- Decreasing the amount of time spent on the billing process
- The need to increase control over resource utilisation
The solution
With PROJECTminder for Architects information can be accessed by the entire team (with the correct levels of access), meaning that people actually working on the jobs can take ownership of their projects and manage their workload more efficiently.
What they said...
“Implementing PROJECTminder has enabled a more rounded approach to projects to be identified, empowering our Project Architects to take responsibility for the financial success of their projects.”
By making available all of the information required to budget a project, PROJECTminder for Architects facilitates the creation of more accurate fee proposals.
What they said...
“Over our old system we expect to reduce our job costing time by 20%. To enable us to benefit from the job costing we needed to identify more information than our previous system. That information can be used in a much greater variety of ways greatly enhancing the project/cash flow awareness of the practice.”
PROJECTminder for Architects gives actual and up-to-date job costs, allowing the creation of accurate invoices, either monthly or when each stage of the project is completed, directly from the system.
What they said...
“Although still dependant upon the complexity of the project and system of payment, we estimate 50% of our project review time will be saved by using PROJECTminder.”
PROJECTminder for Architects provides a clear view of who is doing what at any given time, thus increasing management control over resource utilisation.
What they said...
“Timesheet approval enables us to check that the resources are working on the projects they were tasked to and have not been diverted onto something else. Employees are also more aware of the tasks that are identified for them through the PROJECTminder interface.”
