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RLF/Ellerbe Becket, Veterans Administration Utilize
ProjectDox Collaboration Platform To Coordinate $350 Million
Orlando Medical Center Planning, Construction
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — May 2, 2006 Informative Graphics
Corporation (IGC), a leader in content visualization, secure
publishing and collaboration technology, announced today that
Ellerbe Becket, a global leader in architecture, engineering and
construction headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, has selected
IGC’s ProjectDox™ communication and collaboration platform to
help manage planning and construction of the new $350 million VA
Orlando Medical Center.
Ellerbe Becket, a seasoned veteran in medical facility
planning and construction for the VA, created a joint venture
with RLF — a leading architecture, engineering and design firm
based in Winter Park, Florida and designers of the existing
Orlando VA Hospital — to provide the VA with a very strong and
winning project management team. The two companies have worked
together successfully on other Central Florida healthcare
facility projects, including the Walt Disney Memorial Cancer
Institute, also in Orlando.
“ProjectDox allows the design team to communicate and
maintain close coordination with the significant number of
principals, contractors and subcontractors who will converge
over a multi-year period to complete the project,” said
Principal Mike Hnastchenko, Director of Technology at Ellerbe
Becket. “Having a flexible, easy-to-use system that helps us
control costs and maintain optimal control over project assets
gives us a real advantage in meeting all of our objectives —
ProjectDox fits the bill,” he added.
The design team will provide programming, planning,
architecture, interiors, engineering, medical equipment
planning, environmental graphics, MEP, sustainable design and
construction administration services for the VA project. The
1.158 million square foot facility will incorporate 134
inpatient beds, expanded outpatient services, a nursing home and
a domiciliary. The project is slated for completion in 2010.
“On a large, extended project such as this, timely team
communication that utilizes best project management practices
and is supported by a tool and technology that is easy to use by
all project stakeholders is critical. ProjectDox is helping
improve our project management processes and also helps us
achieve our goals, which includes providing the best possible
healthcare facility for our Veterans,” said Bil Catron, Senior
Project Management Professional (PMP) for the project.
For more information about ProjectDox, visit
www.projectdox.com.
About Ellerbe Becket
An innovator since its founding in 1909, Ellerbe Becket is a
leader in architecture, interiors, engineering and the
construction industry with office locations worldwide.
About Informative Graphics
Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), founded in 1990, is a
leading developer of commercial software products for content
visualization, secure publishing and collaboration. IGC products
are renowned for their cost-saving value, ease-of-use, features
and scalability. With its products deployed by hundreds of
corporations, OEM partners and service providers worldwide, IGC
is an international company maintaining offices in the United
States, as well as key distribution partners in Europe, Japan,
Asia and Latin America. The company maintains a Web site at
www.infograph.com.
Contact
Bill Gould
Informative Graphics Corporation
Tel: (602) 971-6061, ext. 144 Fax: (602) 971-1714
Email:
bgould@infograph.com
Stuart Smith
Ellerbe Becket
Tel: 816-360-4426
Email:
stuart_smith@ellerbebecket.com
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