Stephen George and Partners (SGP) have purchased TIMEminder for Architects - a practice management system for UK architectural practices.

The main benefits of the system are:
Early warning of over spending on projects and individual work stages
Faster billing and charging for additional work and variations
Instant desktop reporting for partners and job runners
Using a solution that is specific to their business and not having to make do with a spreadsheet of a generic system.

Established in 1970, Architects & Planners, Stephen George & Partners are led by a strong management team supported by 80 architectural and technical staff located at offices in Leicester, Nottingham, Leeds and Solihull. Their varied and diverse portfolio of work demonstrates clear success within both the private and public sectors, with particular expertise in master planning, urban regeneration, commercial, retail, leisure and residential development.

The management team had been relying on a bespoke database system to help them to manage the business. As the practice grew and diversified, the Filemaker database no longer delivered the required level of information that the managers required. After evaluating several options on the market the decision was made to implement TIMEminder for Architects.

"Over the course of several months we put together a shopping list' of requirements for our ideal solution - TIMEminder covered 95% of our requirements in an off the shelf package. This coupled with the flexibility of a Web based solution, the low capital outlay and monthly licence fee made it the right solution at the right price" said Michael Barker, Partner.

To allow the practice to effectively evaluate past performance, 1500 past projects are being imported into TIMEminder by PH-media. All future projects will be setup and monitored in the new system - the advantages of desktop reporting for the managing associates are clear: instant access to costs to date on projects and stages, standardised reporting on project progress across the whole practice and better resource and cost management.

"SGP is a very dynamic practice who have identified that a business needs up to date information to ensure growth and profitability. This is the perfect practice for us to work with - with SGP we have now exceeded 2000 users and 100 practices which is testament to the quality of our product and the service we provide to our clients" concludes Andy Heath, Sales Director, PH-media.

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