CVG Construction Management 

• Portfolio of residential developments
• Required transparent information access
• Aconex reduced IT infrastructure costs
• Supported on-time delivery
• System and training provided in English and Spanish

User-friendly system reduces IT costs and improves transparency 

Client

Construction Management operates in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and the United States, specializing in residential developments.

Project

Recent projects include: Ball Desimone, a 7,000-foot luxury home in Costa Rica; Villas Caceres, a multi-unit residential development in Costa Rica that includes related infrastructure works; a 186-unit condo project in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; and Beacon Villa Escazu, a five-star boutique hotel and resort located in San Jose, Costa Rica. 

Challenges

CVG found that using traditional communication tools such as paper documents and individual email accounts were not sufficient to manage the extensive flow of information between team members. Standard practice was for documents to be filed in archives and taken offsite, making it difficult to locate required information.

Socrates Bueno, President-CEO of CVG Construction Management, said, ““On our projects we have a massive amount of information and we don’t want to store it on our servers. The method of scanning, faxing and email was very time consuming. As much as we worked we could never keep up to speed and on top of project documentation and communication requirements. We looked to find a product that could automate this.”

CVG required a company-wide solution that would manage all their project information and facilitate communication with other organizations, particularly those based in the US. Bueno said, “Our main concern is to have transparent information access for our clients located in America.”

CVG also had concerns about the time and cost associated with installing and hosting document management software. “The ongoing hardware costs and IT personnel is a big cost and a lot of time to set up,” added Bueno. 

Solution

After reviewing available products, CVG selected the Aconex online document management and collaboration service. Bueno said, “When I spoke with Aconex I knew we weren’t just dealing with a company that sold software. They were very good; everything was very smooth and quick.” 

Results

Delivering information on time

Bueno said, “We don’t need to be sending emails or faxes. Because of this, Aconex will help us to deliver our projects information on time. It’s important that an organization can locate everything and has fast access to information. We’ll have this information forever, which could be important in the event of claims or litigation.”

“I knew we weren’t just dealing with a company that sold software.”

Socrates Bueno, President-CEO of CVG Construction Management

User friendly

Bueno said, “In training I was surprised how easy to use everyone found Aconex. They immediately understood how Aconex worked because it’s simple and user-friendly.

“One of the main reasons we selected Aconex was because the system will be available in Spanish and each user will be able to select their language preference.”