RIB Software is one of the world's leading providers of construction industry software. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, RIB Software has offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The group has an annual turnover in excess of 25 million, more than 12,000 customers and over 50,000 users worldwide.
'RIB Construction Suite' is an innovative, powerful and flexible cost management system that standardizes estimating methods, provides cost data for benchmarking and can easily be customized to suit specific user requirements. It serves all phases of a project's life cycle from pre-contract planning through to post-contract execution enabling users to manage project planning, estimating and cost management activities efficiently and effectively. A bi-directional interface between Primavera scheduling software 5.0 and RIB Construction Suite enables seamless integration of cost data.
In simple words, RIB C-Suite is composite, cost estimating database which enables to improve the consistency and accuracy of estimates and cost models throughout the pre-contract phase.
How customers achieve success with RIB C-Suite:
RIB C-Suite assists in construction projects.
Planning,
Tendering,
Awarding
Controlling
ATKINS Railway Project
Atkins Rail, one of the UK's leading international railway consultants, adopted a cautious approach to selecting a cost management system that would meet its needs. Choosing RIB Software's industry-leading software is now proving to be a sound investment.
Atkins Rail is the largest UK-based international railway consultancy. Its unique capability is delivered by more than 1,700 staff and embraces control and systems integration, civil engineering, vehicles, electrification and programme management.
The software is bringing tangible benefits to Atkins Rail's operations, including timely evaluation and analysis of subcontractor and supplier bids, collaborative working with clients and synergies of effort associated with streamlined estimating processes.
"We were looking for a system that was flexible and versatile enough to ensure that the benefits to Atkins and our clients always outweigh the installed cost of the system," explained Will Bentley, Head of Project Controls at Atkins Rail. "Therefore, it was vital that our internal evaluation of RIB Software's cost management software product, 'RIB Construction Suite', was detailed and thorough."
An essential stage in Atkins's assessment process was a pilot evaluation study involving more than 50 senior cost managers, quantity surveyors and project controllers from across the organiztion. This representative sample of opinion confirmed that RIB's system compared more than favourably with other products on the market, offered significant competitive advantage and that Atkins should continue to pilot and prove the product.
Foster Wheeler
Foster Wheeler embarked on a programme to enhance its estimating processes and systems approximately three years ago. A key element was the decision to invest in an estimating database. As an international engineering and construction contracting company, it produces estimates from major centres in Europe, USA, Asia-Pacific and Africa.
The system has been implemented by the customisation of an available database from RIB Software. This was a collaborative effort across the major Foster Wheeler centres. The most significant benefits were expected for estimates with accuracies of +/-10 per cent, but conceptual estimates at +/-30 per cent would also benefit.
Synergy Software Systems: RIB's Middle East Partner
Synergy Software Systems, an IT services company, specializes in the areas of enterprise business software and management consultancy. Established in 1990, Dubai-based Synergy is located on Zabeel Road in Dubai and employs 27 IT professionals, with 17 qualified technical staff for support.
Synergy's core business activities are software implementation, integration services, project management and consultancy. Over the years, Synergy has developed very strong project management skills due to the experience that it has gained by providing numerous software implementation and maintenance services.
Synergy's corporate philisopy is to forge strong partnerships with its customers, help manage change through the use of technology, and provide customers the flexibility and power to use information technology to the greatest possible advantage.
Synergy offers enterprise IT solutions based on MS Windows NT/SQL, Oracle, Informix and internet platforms on Unix Linux Windows.
Four Operating Divisions
Enterprise Management Solutions (EMS)
Customer Interaction Solutions (CIS)
Software Integration Projects
Application Service Provider
Synergy represents world-renowned Quality Application Software in the Middle East. Applications offered by us come with a sound mix of rich functionality, industry-specific business functionalities and best practices, wide referable customer base within respective industries, and state-of-the-art technology support.
Key Products and Solutions
Sun Systems - Finance and order fulfilment management software - 300 clients in Middle East, over 70 of them in UAE
Oracle e-Business Suite - Tier-one ERP Solution specifically configured for regional construction and property management industry
RIB C-Suite - World-class estimating software for construction industry.
Interflex - Time and attendance, and security management system.
Horizon - Property management solution
Miquest - Assets and facilities maintenance software
Navision Axapta - Comprehensive ERP solution from Microsoft
Services offered by Synergy
Requirement scoping study
Project management, product implementation, training and support
Migration and conversion
Integration services
Web/Internet solutions and services.
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