Case Study
GULF Companies – 10% Reduction in Estimating Man-hours, Improved Productivity and Standardization
About Gulf Companies
This case study explores how GULF Companies, a project management, engineering and construction management company, utilizes Contruent Enterprise’s estimating capability to improve standardization, quality control and reduce estimating man-hours.
GULF Companies no longer has to deal with a labor intensive validation process or insufficient quality control in estimates. They have standardized setup and reporting which has increased productivity especially on large projects with multiple facilities.
Industry
Utilities
Company size
1,000+
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
Founded
1953
Challenges
- Insufficient Quality Control in Estimates
- Labor-Intensive Validation Process
- Lack of Standardization
Solution
- Quality Control
- Data Management
- Standardized Setup & Reporting
Results
- 10% Reduction of Estimating Man-Hours
- Standardization of Setup and Reporting
- Increased Productivity Especially on Large Projects with Multiple Facilities
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With Contruent Enterprise, we have been able to reduce the effort to track down and fix formula errors in our previous estimate worksheets. This, we believe, has saved us up to 10% of our estimating man-hours.