Kansas City, MO; March 28, 2012--- MySmartPlans is proud to announce they are featured in the March 2012 CenterPoint Zimmer newsletter.

A Smart Plan: Marathon Digital Services
Shelley Armato identified a problem and solved it through innovation and technology.
 

Through her husband Dominick’s 38 years’ experience as a commercial paint contractor, she knew that getting the right information at the right time is an issue that subcontractors routinely face. The problem is with the inefficiencies of common electronic methods of information-sharing. Lack of organization, incorrect and incomplete information, and the constantly-changing nature of design and construction documents present time and monetary challenges. “You don’t have to sleep with that every night,” Armato said. “It shouldn’t have to be a constant worry.”

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Kansas City, MO - MySmartPlans is pleased to announce they are presenting at the ASHE PDC Summit March 5-7.

The PDC Summit is composed of senior leaders from hospitals, architecture firms, and construction companies who are interested in working together to advance the health care physical environment. The 2012 PDC Summit provides exceptional networking opportunities and peer-reviewed programming that focuses on strategic perspectives for the health care built environment, as well as, current trends and practices.

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Kansas City, MO - MySmartPlans is a proud to announce they are a recipient of the 2012 Annual 25 Under 25 Award from Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc.

“We are so very proud to be selected as a recipient of this very honorable award,” said Shelley Armato, President of MySmartPlans. “My husband Dominick and I are life-long entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Kansas City area.”

The 25 Under 25 program was created to recognize 25 outstanding Kansas City area companies with fewer than 25 employees each year. Selected companies demonstrate consistent growth, commitment to the community and an ability to overcome challenges.

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KANSAS CITY, MO - Purdue University, in association with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), is conducting a case study on the 2E Surgical Services renovation for the University of Arkansas for Medical Science. ASHE chose Gregory Lasker, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Construction Management at Purdue University, and his ASHE student chapter to conduct the case study in examination of the implementation of ASHE’s “Health Facility Commissioning Guidelines” (HFCG), published in 2010. Lasker chose to utilize the services of MySmartPlans to enable this ongoing evaluation.

The MySmartPlans dashboard creates a bridge between all of the different programs and applications that individual contractors use throughout the construction process, giving Lasker and his student assistants a single destination from which they can view the project’s current documents, communications, reviews, and schedule to ensure the process adheres to ASHE’s Commissioning Guidelines. Lasker said, “Since I can’t be there [in Arkansas] as everything is happening, MySmartPlans gives me eyes to track and document the process so I don’t miss any of the details.”

In addition to study involvement, MySmartPlans is providing Project Information Management services for all project stakeholders, including the general contractor and architect, Nabholz Construction and Polk Stanley Wilcox, respectively. The entire construction team, including owners, consultants, and subcontractors, utilize MySmartPlans for photo documentation and storage, redline review, and tracking & review of submittal documents, in addition to keeping project participants current with updated plans, specs, addenda, RFI’s, and other construction information.

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KANSAS CITY, MO - MySmartPlans will be assisting in the build-out of Joplin East Middle School's temporary facility after a tornado significantly damaged the original school building, causing over $150 million in damages throughout the district. The district's leadership is dedicated to having the temporary facilities ready for the first day of school on August 17, 2011. To accomplish this goal, they have partnered with Crossland Construction, who chose to utilize the MySmartPlans software to expedite the document management process.

The temporary facility will be in the Crossroads Industrial Park until the re-construction of the school building is complete. The building must be fitted to accommodate the needs of the hundreds of students that are enrolled, and MySmartPlans will enable the contractors to perform at their maximum efficiency as they retrofit this space.

MySmartPlans' Chief Operating Officer Tim Harrison stated, "I am glad that we are able to help the community of Joplin rebuild through this difficult time. Because the school district is on such a restricted time frame and there are so many variables within the current infrastructure, the reconstruction process is incredibly complex and time sensitive. MySmartPlans will be a critical part of the process to ensure milestones are being met and the entire project team is on the same page."

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