Few industries can rival the complexity, coordination, and documentation requirements of the commercial construction industry. Whether it is managing contracts with dozens of subcontractors or tracking hundreds of potential cost impacts (PCIs), a project’s successful outcome and profitability are directly correlated to the documentation needed to support what was actually accomplished. For Cresta Construction, a vertically integrated construction firm, growth and scale brought new challenges in standardization and documentation.
Business Need: Few industries can rival the complexity, coordination, and documentation requirements of the commercial construction industry. Whether it is managing contracts with dozens of subcontractors or tracking hundreds of potential cost impacts (PCIs), a project’s successful outcome and profitability are directly correlated to the documentation needed to support what was actually accomplished. For Cresta Construction, a vertically integrated construction firm, growth and scale brought new challenges in standardization and documentation.
Solution: To bring structure and automation to the process, Cresta engaged Kinetech to build Cresta Project Management (Cresta PM). Kinetech was selected because of our best-in-class project management knowledge combined with our mastery of the Mendix platform. Mendix was selected for its customization capabilities in addition to the agility the platform provides (i.e. the to iterate using the agile framework to continually refine functionality while reducing delivery risk).
The application launched in six (6) weeks and has continued to evolve. Initial contract management functionality has been enhanced with workflow automation and additional templates which saves users time. Cresta has also leveraged Kinetech to build timekeeping functions for their organization.
Results: Cresta was able to recognize a 100% ROI in less than 12 months. The automated reporting, dashboards, and standardization of process allows the management team insight previously unavailable. They can now review projects in a standardized way and preemptively uncover risks before they become issues. The contract management functionality has also been critical in streamlining documentation and increasing the legal teams productivity working with subcontractors.