BE Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - (Page 26) BUILDING application server and six file-transfer servers in geographically disperse locations. From 2005 to 2006, additional ProjectWise file-transfer servers were deployed to regional offices. The project has been a resounding success, said Brian Lord, head of maintenance and operations support at Standard Bank. Currently, 140 internal users in the operations division actively access the ProjectWise environment daily. Additional bank users are interested in gaining access to the data housed in ProjectWise. Working with consulting firm Graphic Engineering Solutions and Services, the bank spent 276 of the 359 days scheduled for the core implementation on analyzing the bank’s requirements and mapping those needs into ProjectWise. v Standard Bank estimates that the time saved by not having to locate and collect data “This intensive upfront analysis helped amounts to 60 work days per year streamline the subsequent rollout of this complex, integrated managed solution,” said Lord. The system should be centrally deployed, but with the option to Once the bank’s detailed requirements were satisfied, the store some information in distributed locations. Users in different ProjectWise database was integrated with the existing premises locations needed to be able to access all information in the data departments’ database to automatically populate certain fields. warehouse through both thin- and fat-client software. This was done via a daily export from the existing database that The system would need to enforce process workflows for the was in turn imported into ProjectWise using Microsoft SQL. creation and use of stored data and support version control. Users Standard Bank now has rapid access to all data generated by should be able to create custom queries and export query results any of its premises departments. By not having to locate and colin spreadsheet format—examples include determining the amount lect data, Standard Bank estimates it reduced the time needed to of leasable floor space from a set of CAD drawings or the furnicomplete projects by 60 work days per year. The ability to easily ture items that need to be replaced during a branch renovation. view project documentation and status has also helped to streamThe system would need to assist with the scheduling of branch line decision making at the bank. renovations in terms of planning both construction work and “ProjectWise gives the Standard Bank CAD users a consolidated financial tasks like procurement. The system must offer strong and view of all CAD projects current and completed within South flexible security capabilities and must integrate with existing bank Africa and African countries,” concluded Lord. “The transition into systems. Moreover, the system had to support a phased implemenProjectWise has paid off.” tation, the first step being a consolidation of all information into a central database, followed by expansion of system capabilities. After reviewing several solutions, Standard Bank chose Bentley’s ProjectWise, Bentley Publisher, and Digital InterPlot. The ProjectWise collaboration system handles the central database and core document management functions, including version control, change audit trails, data security and access controls, digital signatures on documents created in MicroStation, process workflows, indexing and query tools, and redlining. The Bentley Publisher server provides remote Internet-based Integrated design and analysis tools access to the central information database, publishing any database accelerate high-school building project content to a Web client. Digital InterPlot allows users to plot copies of version-controlled drawings from the central information database. ince its incorporation as a city in 1991, Murrieta has become one of the fastest-growing communities in Southern California. In fact, Murrieta has more than doubled in population from 2000 Deliberate deployment to 2006, growing from just under 45,000 to nearly 100,000 residents The core data management project commenced in April 2004 and in just seven years. was completed in March 2005. Standard Bank installed a ProjectWise BE Award Finalist Structural Synergy S 26 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 5, Issue 2
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