Vela Systems, Inc. proudly announces that two of the 2009 FIATECH CETI Awards were presented to Vela Systems customers last night during FIATECH’s Technology Conference & Showcase. The CETI Award is presented to companies, or individuals, whose technology implementations or research and development efforts clearly demonstrate tangible and significant results and benefits. The winners, project submissions and award categories are listed below:
Submission: Linking BIM to Commissioning and Facilities Management at Maryland General Hospital Central Care Expansion
Award Category: Technology & Knowledge-enabled Workforce
Company: DPR Construction
Submission: Real-Time Supply Chain Management Using VDC and Lean
Award Category: Integrated, Automated Procurement & Supply Network
“We are thrilled for our customers that they were selected by a panel of leading industry professionals, academics and the press to receive the 2009 CETI awards. This validates Vela’s leadership position in tying the power of Building Information Models (BIM) to construction, commissioning and operations. We congratulate the winners and look forward to continuing to innovate with them in the years to come,” said Tim Curran, CEO of Vela Systems, Inc.
FIATECH established the CETI Award – Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation – in 2006 to promote and showcase innovative construction-related technologies that benefit the capital projects industry. The CETI Award is given annually to organizations that have conducted new and emerging technology implementations as well as research and development.
Congratulations to these Vela Systems customers!
NOTE: On Tuesday, April 6th, Maryland General Hospital will be the focus of the webinar: “Linking BIM to the Field to Facilities Management – A Hospital Case Study with Barton Malow.” This live webinar will discuss how BIM and field software (including Tablet PCs) were linked to Facilities Management on the Maryland General Hospital Central Care Expansion project. This multi-phase addition and renovation project included over 75,000sf of newly fit-out spaces and over 5,000sf of renovated facilities. Speakers from Barton Malow, Vela Systems, Motion Computing and Tekla will present an overview of the project, describe the connection of BIM to Commissioning to Handover to Facilities Management, present photos of the technology in action and report on the business benefits to the contractor and owner.
About Vela Systems, Inc.
Vela Systems construction field software automates the execution and oversight of field activities on construction and capital projects. Instead of carrying a field notebook and paper plans or specs, jobsite users work with Vela Systems software on mobile computers to electronically access documents and to complete field reports, QA/ QC inspections, worklists, punchlists, update the BIM and many other critical field activities. Construction happens in the field – Manage it.™
FIATECH
FIATECH is an industry consortium that provides global leadership in identifying and accelerating the development, demonstration and deployment of fully integrated and automated technologies to deliver the highest business value throughout the life cycle of all types of capital projects. More information at http://fiatech.org
