Saudi-based Tatweer said it has inked a deal with Trimble Engineering and Construction to deploy its software to help support the development and maintenance of public school buildings and educational facilities across the kingdom.

A leader in technology for construction project optimization across the design-build-operate (DBO) lifecycle, Trimble said its Proliance Software would help Tatweer Building Company to standardise its capital program management.
 
Proliance will enable Tatweer to expedite construction and improve communication between global project teams, which can improve the financial management of current and future projects, said a statement from Trimble.

Tatweer is the building agency for the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia and is responsible for managing the construction, renovation and maintenance of school buildings throughout the kingdom.

The company supports infrastructure and maintenance needs of approximately 33,000 schools throughout all regions of the Kingdom and will manage the construction of many of the nation’s new facilities planned for the coming years, it added.

"The construction of new schools and related infrastructure improvements is part of an unprecedented public spending program by the Saudi government," said Fahad Hammad, the CEO of Tatweer Building Company and former deputy minister for the Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia.

"Proliance is an extremely scalable program management solution that standardises the flow of critical project data across global teams to provide key stakeholders with the control, visibility and confidence we need to ensure project success - today and for years to come," stated Hammad.

"We consider Trimble a strategic technology partner enabling Tatweer Building Company to continually enhance the quality of educational facilities in support of our Kingdom’s education reform," he added.

Using Proliance, Tatweer Building Company is automating project and program management capabilities across a portfolio of ongoing construction projects with an estimated value of $14 billion over the next five years.

According to the 2014 national budget, Saudi Arabia is allocating $56 billion to education and training, three per cent higher than the 2013 allocation, and the highest increase since 2007.

Tatweer had recently signed a contract with Aecom, a global provider of professional technical and management support services, to develop internal project and program management capabilities.

Aecom has standardised on the use of Proliance and several other solutions from the Trimble Buildings portfolio of Design-Build-Operate (DBO) software.   

“Aecom’s knowledge and innovative use of Proliance was a key factor in our selection of Trimble’s software. We look forward to using Proliance to establish the same caliber of world-class capital program management processes within our own organization,” explained Hammad.

"Standardizing project and portfolio management on a common information system drives project efficiency and insight across the project lifecycle from planning and design, through building occupancy and operations,” said Peter Hedlund, the regional director for Trimble Buildings in the Middle East and India.

“We are honored that Proliance has been selected by Tatweer Building Company to improve educational facilities construction programs throughout Saudi Arabia,” he added.-TradeArabia News Service