Coastal Construction Selects Vela Systems Solution to Track Work Quality and Accelerate Building Progress

Vela Systems®, a developer of mobile software that streamlines field administration for the AEC (Architecture-Engineering-Construction) industry, announced today that Coastal Construction Group will use its technology to track work quality and accelerate progress on all building projects. The solution is already being used to support the company’s work on the Trump Royale Hotel and Axis High-rise Residential Condominiums. One of Florida’s largest builders, Coastal Construction selected Vela Systems after an review of competitive vendor solutions, citing Vela’s uniquely powerful capabilities and features as a means to enhance overall work quality, cost-efficiency and building progress. “We have earned a leadership position through superior work quality and the introduction of new practices that yield even greater benefits for our clients,” said the Vice President of Operations for Coastal Construction, Sean Murphy. “After comparing Vela Systems to other vendor solutions, the company’s great references and powerful set of features clearly distinguished it as a leader. By using Vela, field personnel can save eight to sixteen man-hours each week, time that otherwise would have been spent shuffling paper and transferring information from clipboards to computers. Vela Systems is the ‘new standard’ tool for our industry.” Vela Systems’ mobile software streamlines and accelerates the field administration processes in construction, capital projects and capital equipment management. By replacing the paper and clipboard normally used by field personnel with the easy-to-use Vela software suite and Tablet PCs, Vela’s customers save time, reduce risk and increase profitability. The Vela Software Suite includes multiple modules, each facilitating and accelerating a specific field administration process of the AEC industry professional. Analogous to the way that field personnel have used separate, pre-printed paper forms to accomplish each distinct task, project teams use a similar targeted Vela module focused on a specific field administration needs. Founded in 1988, Coastal Construction has gained a reputation as one of Florida’s premier construction firms. The company blends the professionalism and financial resources of a large company with the integrity and hands-on approach of a small organization to provide superior value through quality construction, timely performance and outstanding customer service. The company operates five divisions: Coastal Construction Company, focusing on hospitality, commercial, industrial and academic projects; Coastal Condominiums, active in the construction of mid- and high-rise condominiums; Coastal Homes, building one-of-a-kind ultra high-end homes; Coastal Interiors, building interiors of homes, condominiums, offices and commercial properties; and Coastal Construction Services, which focuses on large luxury specialty projects. With more than $1.5 billion worth of projects in progress, Coastal Construction has been consistently recognized by major publications as one of the top builders in the state of Florida and was named one of the Top 400 Contractors in the United States by Engineering News-Record. For the Trump Royale and Axis projects, Vela’s solution will incorporate Worklist and Punchlist Modules to ensure optimum project tracking and work quality control. A Walkthrough Module will be deployed to accelerate unit closeout and provide a high level of service to occupants. Vela’s Warranty and Management system will also link all critical quality information, offering instant access to the history of work activities in a given unit which has enabled Coastal to instantly provide accurate and up-to-the-minute details to owners. A centralized reporting feature will also allow Coastal to measure the performance of subcontractors. “That Coastal Construction selected Vela Systems after a thorough vendor review is a validation of the dramatic gains we can help them realize on building projects,” said Vela Systems CEO, Tim Curran. “We are gratified that industry leaders such as Coastal Construction continue to realize our technology offers the most advanced tools available for delivering the highest standard of work quality, dramatic cost and time savings, as well as expedited work progress.” About Vela Systems, Inc.:
Vela Systems is The Leader in Field Software for the AEC Industry™. Vela Systems software streamlines and accelerates all field processes in construction and capital projects. By replacing their field notebooks with Vela software and Tablet PCs, Vela’s customers save 4-8 hours per week per user, accelerate project delivery by two days per month, capture the true cost of quality and reduce litigation risk through standardized documentation. Industry leading architects, engineers, contractors and owners agree that Vela Systems helps them Work Faster, Collaborate Easier, and Finish Sooner™. To see how Vela’s customers are improving construction delivery from Las Vegas to Dubai, please visit www.velasystems.com.