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OVERVIEW Country or Region: United States Industry: Professional Services Customer Proﬁle Founded in 1955, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon is a 400-person engineering, planning, and design ﬁrm with 11 ofﬁces in the southeastern United States. Business Situation Barge, Waggoner needed to collaborate across geographically dispersed ofﬁces but faced challenges regarding document version control, information access, and lost productivity as employees moved among ofﬁces. Solution The ﬁrm deployed ProjectWise collaboration software and integrated it with Microsoft® Ofﬁce SharePoint® Portal Server 2007 for document and process management. Beneﬁts s 25% more revenue per employee s 8 project hours saved daily s ~15% of project costs saved s Reduced employee travel s Less project rework Design Firm Raises Per-Employee Revenue by 25 Percent With Collaboration Solution “With ProjectWise and SharePoint Portal Server, we’ve been able to increase utilization and raise the revenue per employee by approximately 25 percent.” David Davidson, President and Chief Operating Ofﬁcer, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon Multidiscipline design and engineering ﬁrm Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon needed to collaborate more efﬁciently across its 11 ofﬁces in the eastern United States. The ﬁrm deployed ProjectWise collaboration software for engineering content management, content publishing, and design review and integrated it with Microsoft® Ofﬁce SharePoint® Portal Server 2007, to manage business processes and additional information in its distributed environment. Now, employees travel less thanks to improved ﬁle version control that negates the need for in-person information sharing; make better use of expertise from around the company; and ﬁnd the right information quicker, regardless of its location in the corporate IT environment. The ﬁrm makes better use of its people’s time and knowledge and has increased revenue per employee by approximately 25 percent annually by raising the productivity of every person. Read the case study or view the video. http://www.bentley.com/BWSCCaseStudy http://www.bentley.com/BWSCVideo Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2BE Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 2ContentsA Renewed Sense of UrgencyBentley and Industry NewsNews From Applied ResearchInfrastructure's Call to ActionA Smart Approach to SustainabilityModel for Community InvolvementBuilding BIM Coordinates CooperationBanking on Data ManagementStructural SynergyBuilding News From BentleyCivil Staying on TrackModern Road to Historic RuinsCivil News From BentleyGeospatialUrban IslandsSmall City, Big PlansGeospatial News From BentleyPlantEngineering on Enterprise PortalPower Up, Pollution DownAdvertisers IndexPurifying Brackish WaterPlant News From BentleyThirst for Higher KnowledgeThe Art of VisualizationPlanting the SeedsThe ABC of x,y,z: Principle-Based Success for ProjectsTitle to ComeBE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - (Page Intro)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - BE Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 2 (Page Cover1)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - BE Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 2 (Page Cover2)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Contents (Page 1)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - A Renewed Sense of Urgency (Page 2)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - A Renewed Sense of Urgency (Page 3)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Bentley and Industry News (Page 4)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - News From Applied Research (Page 5)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - News From Applied Research (Page 6)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - News From Applied Research (Page 7)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 8)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 9)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 10)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 11)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 12)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 13)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 14)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 15)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 16)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Infrastructure's Call to Action (Page 17)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - A Smart Approach to Sustainability (Page 18)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - A Smart Approach to Sustainability (Page 19)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Model for Community Involvement (Page 20)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Model for Community Involvement (Page 21)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Model for Community Involvement (Page 22)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Model for Community Involvement (Page 23)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - BIM Coordinates Cooperation (Page 24)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Banking on Data Management (Page 25)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Structural Synergy (Page 26)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Structural Synergy (Page 27)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Building News From Bentley (Page 28)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Staying on Track (Page 29)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Modern Road to Historic Ruins (Page 30)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Civil News From Bentley (Page 31)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Urban Islands (Page 32)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Small City, Big Plans (Page 33)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Geospatial News From Bentley (Page 34)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Geospatial News From Bentley (Page 35)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Engineering on Enterprise Portal (Page 36)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Power Up, Pollution Down (Page 37)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Advertisers Index (Page 38)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Purifying Brackish Water (Page 39)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Plant News From Bentley (Page 40)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Thirst for Higher Knowledge (Page 41)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - The Art of Visualization (Page 42)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - The Art of Visualization (Page 43)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Planting the Seeds (Page 44)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - The ABC of x,y,z: Principle-Based Success for Projects (Page 45)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - The ABC of x,y,z: Principle-Based Success for Projects (Page 46)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - The ABC of x,y,z: Principle-Based Success for Projects (Page 47)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Title to Come (Page 48)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Title to Come (Page Cover3)BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - Title to Come (Page Cover4)http://www.nxtbookMEDIA.com

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