Complete site-to-client project management solution - improved management reporting and faster site progress updates

Asta Development announces its new site-to-client project management and reporting solution for construction - Asta Powersuite. Comprising three powerful elements - Asta Client Reporter, Asta Powerproject and Asta Site Progress - Asta Powersuite provides not only industry-leading project management and reporting functions, but it also gives companies a competitive advantage when tendering for contracts.

Designed principally for clients, main contractors and major housebuilders, and ideal for major projects including PFI schools and hospitals, Asta Powersuite enables companies to better manage progress reporting from construction sites.  In addition, it keeps clients informed about project status - providing accurate management reporting and instant web-based access to reports. A compelling benefit that construction companies can offer potential clients with Asta Powersuite is the ability to offer access to flexible, up-to-date reports tailored to their specific requirements.

As Asta Powersuite is designed as a flexible, modular package, organisations can choose which elements they take. Some companies prefer to start with Asta Powerproject and Asta Site Progress for progress reporting, and then later add on Asta Client Reporter for higher level management reporting. In addition, Asta can write bespoke reports as required.

Michael McCullen, MD of Asta Development, says: "Asta Powersuite manages the information flow for planners, site managers, senior management and clients throughout the project lifecycle, from tender to completion.  The key benefits are the accuracy and speed of reporting provided to senior managers and clients - rather than an old manual system which could be weeks out of date, this is virtually real-time. Basically, it provides up-to-date management information about projects 'at a glance' in an easy-to-understand way."

HBG Construction used to use hardcopies on site for progress reporting, now with Asta Site Progress, site managers use a PDA as they walk around the site. Kyprianos Kyprianou, Senior Planner at HBG Construction, comments: "The biggest benefit for us is saved time. It used to take us at least one hour to update progress from each site - the link between the PDA and Asta Powerproject now takes just a few minutes."

Asta Powersuite can be used by a broad range of construction companies. Michael McCullen explains: "It is already being used by major contractors and house builders and is proving to be of interest to existing Powerproject users and users of other Project Management software. In fact, one the UK's largest housebuilders is using this system to help manage their entire housebuilding process: from land purchase, to build, to sale."