Blois Construction Selects Hard Dollar Enterprise Project Lifecycle Management Solution to Streamline Management Processes and Optimize Resources.

Blois Embraces Integration Strategy Using Performance Management Tools to Improve Efficiency

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Hard Dollar Corporation[R], a leading provider of integrated project lifecycle management solutions, today announced that Blois Construction has upgraded to its Enterprise edition in order to connect previously disconnected systems and information used to manage its projects and the company's revenues. Hard Dollar software integrates Blois Construction's project planning, budgeting, scheduling and cost estimation processes and systems, which will result in improved business processes and long-term productivity gains.

"Hard Dollar's enterprise performance reporting and integration, with applications like Primavera, are critical to our success," said Jim Blois, President of Blois Construction. "It is essential for us to be able to assemble project data from a number of sources in order to ensure safety, quality and production across all jobs. We upgraded to the latest Hard Dollar solution in order to better utilize our resources and manage the company growth, while providing our people with the best tools to have a complete picture of their projects and make it easier to get their jobs done well." Blois has upgraded to the Enterprise edition after a 10-year history of success and growth using the Hard Dollar Workgroups edition.

Hard Dollar's enterprise performance reporting enables engineering and construction organizations like Blois to look across all projects - or selected groups of projects - for a comprehensive view of labor and equipment needs, current resource assignments, actual and forecasted costs, earned revenue, material requirements, and more. With a more complete picture of how existing resources are allocated, companies can avoid costly, last-minute rentals, and defer new resource investments that could total into the millions of dollars per year. The cross-project view also allows users to aggregate procurement processes across many projects, which could ultimately reduce procurement costs by 10% or more.

Dynamic integration with Primavera[R] and Microsoft[R] Project provides Hard Dollar visibility across the project's budget, work plan, and schedule, allowing users to easily perform "what if" analysis and view cash flow in order to optimize projects before they are bid. The integration also eliminates manual entry or import/export processes and provides a single view of both cost and resource data in one location. With a single click, Hard Dollar allows data to be shared across cost and schedule systems in real-time, and synchronizes the information as changes are made on either side.

"Our solution is focused on giving project-driven enterprises the control and complete, single view needed to make the best business decisions and drive project success," said Alistair Johnson-Clague, president and chief executive officer, Hard Dollar. "Deploying the Enterprise solution will allow Blois Construction to empower its employees with productivity while arming the company with the tools and processes to maximize efficiencies and stay ahead of the competition. Our continued relationship with Blois is further testament to Hard Dollar's dedication to providing superior project lifecycle management solutions to the industry."

To date, Hard Dollar's Project Lifecycle Management Solutions have been utilized worldwide to estimate and execute projects totaling more than $1 trillion. The Hard Dollar solutions are highly scalable, and easy to integrate with existing systems, including Accounting Systems, ERP, Primavera, Microsoft Project and Microsoft[R] Office.

About Hard Dollar Corporation

Founded in 1989, Hard Dollar Corporation is the world's leading provider of integrated project lifecycle management solutions. The company's patented technology is the only functional, single-view solution on the market that offers real-time, multi-user collaboration to manage the interaction of resources, cost, schedule and cash flow throughout the entire life of a project. The comprehensive software is designed specifically to manage the rigorous and ever-changing demands of enterprise scale projects to maximize profits.

Hard Dollar systems are deployed today by thousands of users to manage billions of dollars worth of projects every month spanning multiple industries. For more information on the company or its products, visit http://www.harddollar.com/.