Solution Will Assist City to Increase Predictability and Reduce Volatility of Capital Projects
MENLO PARK, Calif., October 31, 2011 - Skire, Inc. (www.skire.com), the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for managing capital projects, facilities and real estate, today announced that the Engineering Department for the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan has chosen Skire Unifier to support its department’s business operations, improve the planning and forecasting processes for its five-year capital project plan, and strengthen the City’s Asset Management Planning efforts. The Unifier solution will centralize all project information in a single repository while maintaining the transparency of individual projects required by a variety of specific users. Grand Rapids will use Skire to help manage critical functions, including revenue and workload forecasting, timesheet tracking, fund management and asset management planning.
The Engineering Department for the City of Grand Rapids designs and manages approximately 80 ongoing projects averaging $30 million in annual construction costs. Unifier will provide Grand Rapids with robust project tracking capabilities down through fund management, cost accounting, workload forecasting and time accountability. The cloud-based solution will also enable the City to view funding all project budget information from other funding sources such as bond issues, state and federal grants, and loans. Unifier’s online reporting will deliver concise and easily readable snapshots into project status that are accessible by multiple stakeholders.
“We are pleased to be chosen by the City of Grand Rapids as its capital program management solution,” said Sateez Kadivar, vice president of business operations at Skire. “The City of Grand Rapids is undergoing an impressive transformation initiative and we are proud to play a role in this effort. Our Unifier solution will equip the City’s Engineering Department with more control and detail over its project and fund management, project initiation and cost accounting, revenue and workload forecasting, and timesheet tracking processes. Additionally, Grand Rapids will benefit from collaborating with our substantial customer base of cities from across the country.”
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About Skire
Skire is the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for managing capital projects, facilities and real estate. Skire’s Unifier system has helped manage over $300 billion in capital projects and over three billion square feet of facilities and real estate. From Global Fortune 1000 companies, including five of the Fortune 10, to universities, local municipalities and small businesses, organizations of all sizes utilize our best-in-class system to improve operations, reduce costs and enhance service delivery. Skire’s solutions are purpose-built, flexible, and simple to deploy and use, and range from a full lifecycle IWMS approach to targeted solutions such as Project Controls, Document Management, Bid Management, Cash Flow Forecasting, Work Order Management, Lease Management, Space Management and more. For more information, visit http://www.skire.com.
