Paris, France – March 16, 2009 – CTSpace, global provider of document control and project collaboration solutions for the design, engineering and construction of capital-intensive projects, today announced that Pizzarotti selected its solutions to manage the design and construction of a new €140 million hospital in Marseille, France.
Pizzarotti is an Italian construction company which employs over 1700 people. The company has achieved steady growth in project designing and the construction of infrastructures and large public works such as civil works for thermoelectric and nuclear power stations, Road, highway and railway infrastructures, Civil and military airports, Hydraulic works and Civil works. The company operates in Italy and abroad, specialising in France, Switzerland, Algeria, Romania and Morocco.
Pizzarotti won a bid for the project design and construction of the new Medical Technological Centre of La Timone Hospital, Marseilles (France), worth €140 million. The construction phase started in April 2009, and is expected to last 35 months. Pizzarotti is working with CTSpace solutions to manage documentation and workflow, and to effectively communicate and collaborate on this project.
About CTSpace‘s Fusion solutions
CTSpace is unique in offering both online ‘software as a service’ (SaaS) solutions (FusionLive) and on premises enterprise solutions (FusionEnterprise).
FusionEnterprise® is a specialist Content Application for your Capital Projects and Operations that works hand-in-hand with your current ECM platform. It has been specifically designed to manage engineering documentation in the context of a construction project or operating plant or facility. It supplements an organization’s chosen ECM system (such as IBM FileNet®, EMC Documentum®, Microsoft SharePoint®, Oracle UCM®, or CTSpace’s Cimage®) with modules that optimize the business processes of an enterprise from top-to-bottom, from project management to workflow management. FusionEnterprise also provides a complete integration with CTSpace's dynamic Cloud-based Document Management & Project Collaboration solution FusionLive.
FusionLive® is a new Cloud-based Document Management & Project Collaboration solution, specifically designed for the construction and engineering industries. As a next-generation Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, FusionLive brings together advanced document management features from BuildOnline with the robust business processes of Citadon CW, while upgrading its user interface to the most state-of-the-art technology available today. It is hosted at several secure Data Centers around the world. It offers low cost of ownership and the system can be implemented within 24 hours. It takes literally minutes for any new organization to start collaborating on a project.
When integrated, CTSpace’s global solution provides a best practices environment that supports a project’s entire lifecycle: from design, through construction, and into operations and maintenance.
About CTSpace
CTSpace provides document control, cost management and business process automation solutions to companies with capital assets to design, engineer, construct and maintain in any location in the world. More than 145,000 professionals on 13,000 projects in 56 countries benefit through improved collaboration, enhanced ability to manage schedules and risks, and improved regulatory compliance. CTSpace is unique in offering both online ‘software as a service’ (SaaS) solutions and on premises enterprise solutions, the latter of which leverage an organization's existing investment in leading ECM platforms. CTSpace is part of the Group of companies. For more information, please visit www.sword-ctspace.com
About Group
Group (NYSE Euronext: FR0004180578 SWP) delivers high value business applications to the world’s largest companies globally. With operations in 37 countries, today employs around 1,700 people and generates more than $270m in consolidated revenue. An international leader in the delivery of Business Process Improvement solutions, Sword’s skills, infrastructure and experience help our customers across regulated industries optimize performance, increase efficiencies and maximize return on investment. With flexible delivery options, including On Demand and On Premises, combined with our extensive industry expertise, provides comprehensive support to customers across insurance & healthcare, energy, banking & finance, telecoms, utilities, engineering & construction and the public sector. For more information, please visit www.sword-group.com.
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