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Summit > RedSky IT

summitConstruction Industry SolutionsFrom planning to completion Summit does it all. Construction is a diverse industry with unique methods of working and a complex supply chain, it is also a highly competitive industry that operates with tight margins. Managing business processes and the resultant costs is fundamental to business survival and success.

Many construction projects are characterised by limited visibility of day to day events. The very fact that the majority of work is often carried out remotely means that it is difficult to manage risk, reduce errors and avoid project overruns without effective integrated business tools.

Today, Construction organisations are seeking tighter control of projects and better integration of project data.

UNIQUE FEATURE

Summit covers all of the key business processes in the Construction industry. It is unique in its ability to manage Construction and Professional Service

processes in one integrated system. By selecting the modules relevant to your business, you can tailor the system to your business needs.

RedSky IT are a £10m turnover, 100 employee organisation. We have been a competitive player in the IT marketplace for over 30 years. Our strength is based on being a market specialist, developing solutions and knowing the industry we supply. With over 1,000 customer organisations, more than 50,000 users login to our systems each day.

RedSky IT support Construction and Professional Service/AEC businesses with

core financial and operational solutions all in one integrated software application.

RedSky IT have an experienced group of staff who are tasked with developing the software, delivering systems and supporting our customer base. We have a track record of delivering on time and within budget. We pride ourselves on providing a first class professional service.

The award winning Summit solution offers the best of the best – Construction specialism with industry functionality and with a choice of financials based on either a SQL or an Oracle platform.

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Summit - Operational and Financial Management Software

Estimating & Tendering • Full Estimate production and

comparisons • NRM2, SMM7, CESMM and

specialist libraries available• Import fully resourced estimates

from other applications including CITE formatted and Excel

Planning & Budgeting • Create revisions• Rework estimates • Compare estimate revisions• Trade tagging, Subcontractor

enquiry and comparisons • Material comparisons and

enquiry • Export & import from/to

project planning tools including Microsoft Project and Primavera

• Buying lists based on project plan

• Variations register, status and pricing

• Import from other estimating applications

Procurement • Supplier/Subcontractor

management - Supplier/Subcontractor records, performance, certifications, price agreements

• Supplier and subcontractor selection

• Requisitions & order management

• Subcontractor orders & comparisons

• Plant orders, tracking & accrual• Ability to email, use PDF, fax or

print • Electronic Trading of Purchase

Orders and Invoices

Costing • GRNs • Plant management - on/off hire • 3 way Invoice match• Timesheets• Applications and invoices • Drill down enquiry to transaction

level• Document attachments• Multiple Cost head analysis• Switch between resource or

activity/build stage views• Compare multiple budgets,

costs, valuations, sales on jobs/projects

• AEC option to break down by work package

Subcontractor Management • CIS management • Applications/ certificates &

invoicing• QS/ Accounts approval workflow • Liabilities • Contras • Retentions • RTI

Valuations • Quick & detailed valuations• External valuation and

application • Internal for overvalue and

subcontractor liability• Subcontractor valuation and

certificate

Monitoring & Reporting • Cost cut off• Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) • Cost To Complete (CTC) • Earned Value Analysis (EVA) • Cost analysis enquiry by

resource, activity and account• Contract summary by tags e.g.

type, sector, CM, QS• Enquiry drill to source

documents

House Building• House type maintenance • House type and site estimating • Site planning using site mix• Planning & scheduling • Plot valuations & subcontractor

payments• Housing sales

Service Management • CRM helpdesk and call centre • Maintenance management • Configurable workflows for

Highways/ Utilities/ Buildings/ Housing

• Small works processing • Engineer diary & stores control • Location and asset register • Workflow process • Cost to task, job or project • Schedule of rates with

configurable uplifts• Flexible invoicing including cost

plus, profile billing, consolidated invoicing

• Covers reactive & preventative• Mobile data capture options on

PDA, smart phones, tablets

Professional Services (AEC) Modules

• Electronic time capture• Electronic expense capture• Fee forecasting• AEC Invoicing• AEC Cashflow• AEC Personnel• AEC Project Ledger• AEC Percentage Complete

Financials• General ledger • Purchase ledger• Contract accounts receivable • Cash book • Subcontractors ledger • Fixed assets • Cashflow Forecasting • Payroll & HR

Other Features• Customisable alerting options

flag key milestone activities to alert staff

• Contract Email archiving• Database module for

customising additional fields in Summit

• Form and field security and customisation

• Importing Modules • BACS• Supply chain database• Mobile device access• Analysis tags• Workflow & approvals

Technology • Document imaging and file

attachments • Complete desktop integration

for Microsoft Office • Inbuilt Business intelligence and

reporting tools • Web Client technology - run

complete processes in a web browser/Client extranet access for Open Book contracts

• Drill anywhere capabilities• Configurable user templates

for all searches/ enquiries and posting views

• Option to host the server• Software as a service options

SubcontractorManagement

Valuations

Monitoring& Reporting

HouseBuilding

Management

Service & Facilities

Management

FinancialSuite

Planning& Budgeting

Procurement

Costing

Estimating& Tendering

Estimating& Tendering

BusinessAnalytics

“The Summit solution offers us everything we need to manage our jobs. The RedSky team are always at hand should we need any assistance and we are pleased with the service we receive.” Director, Renelec

“RedSky IT provides a first-class service, an excellent product and first-class support. We deal with them direct - not through a reseller. RedSky IT look after us very well.” FD’s comment in Real Finance Awards magazine

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Developed in partnership More than a thousand organisations use our specialist industry applications every day. In excess of 50,000 users work with RedSky IT applications to run their key business operations.

The strength and relationship with the customer base gives RedSky IT vital feedback and input into product development. Thus ensuring that RedSky IT continue to meet the needs and demands of the Construction industry.

Our Customers Include:

Arup Group

Al Futtaim Carillion

Arden Construction

Baxall

BDP

Bell Group

Bowmer & Kirkland

Bolt & Heeks

Braidwater

CA Blackwell

Carillion

Kendrick Group

Knight Group

Laker UK

London Square

Manchester & Cheshire Construction

McGill Electrical

Midas Group

Morrison Utility Services

New Charter Housing

North Midland

O’Hare & McGovern

Pell Frischmann

PJ Livesey Group Ltd

Robertson Group

Rotherly Construction (Barbados)

Rydon Group

T&A Kernoghan

Turner & Townsend

Walls

Westerman Homes

Colas Rail

Cormac

Designer Group

Dyer & Butler

DPP

Edinburgh Road Services

Gardiner & Theobald

Hargreaves

Interserve

J Guest

JW Rihoy

What will Summit help you to do?

Manage

operations while on-site•

complex, large multi-•location projects

vendors, subcontractors, •suppliers, 3rd parties

the complete project •lifecycle from tender, design, build, through to maintenance

the financial performance •of your projects, companies and business

Reduce

islands of information•

data re-keying and data •errors

manual intervention•

project decisions made •without up-to-date performance data

projects that over run and •exceed budget

complexity of owning •and managing several software solutions

Produce

a single interface onto •your business information

a real-time view of your •business performance

a tool for operational staff •to manage their projects

information that is •relevant

integration of information •across multiple locations

Enhance

visibility on all projects for •improved control

integration with •customers, partners, suppliers, subcontractors and staff

project performance and •control

bottom line profitability •of both projects and the business

performance against client •service level agreements

cash flow and invoicing •management

“Moving to Summit has allowed us to reduce the amount of disparate databases, spreadsheets, with associated overhead costs, in our organisation along with giving us much greater functionality in financial and operational areas. The ability for us to customise the Summit screens and add additional data fields and validation has enabled us to bring together, in one place, all the information our staff need to work with.”Finance Director, CA Blackwell

Summit allows operational teams to access important project information wherever they are - on site or in the office.

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“We are now clearer and more confident with the information the software is giving us. Overall the Summit system has delivered a significant time saving solution with improved quality of information all round.” Finance Director, Pollard

Extensive Security and Access Controls

The features listed below are dependent on how user access and visibility are configured by super users or administrators.

Security can be individual, group or role based and can range from high level menu options to field level within a form.

Fields can have mandatory drop down selection options for input and can be hidden if required, which results in quick and easy retrieval of

data items fast: as you type, suggestions will appear that match your query. This means quick and easy retrieval of data.

Extensive on Screen Enquiry Options

Enquiry selection options can be pre-defined at implementation, or user defined as required. Fields can be added, subtracted, multiplied or formula applied to combine results.

Multiple drill enquiries retain a tracking record, so it is possible to compare

details on different contracts at various drill down levels. Data can be defined on an ad hoc basis, saved at any time or dropped straight in to Excel without any need for manual formatting.

Dashboards

Summit screens can be configured to present data in either traditional tabular views or graphically. Whichever view is displayed, all data can be drilled down to transaction level.

data for any user across any module.

General Features

The modern look and feel of Summit using a Web interface means users will find the application simple and enjoyable to use. The menus can be easily tailored to suit the needs of the individual or role that is performed within the business.

Quick Search

The Quick Search feature enables the user to find

Web Client

Many other software packages have a separate software layer that provides the Web interface which adds overhead to managing your software. Summit has a Web Client inbuilt into the application which has the same functionality as the desktop client. Therefore, should any changes be made to the input forms using the Summit database module, these would be replicated in the Web Client automatically. Any user can choose to use the Web or Desktop Client as a matter of personal preference or as dictated by your Company policy.

Database Module

This powerful module gives the customer, with the right security level, full control over the look and feel of the forms within the software. Fields can be amended to suit Company preferred descriptions or added for additional record keeping or deleted for simplifying look and feel of data input forms such as Subcontractor Ledger data or Payroll information. Data fields can be made mandatory for input or drop down boxes can be added for selection to achieve consistent record keeping.

Easy Reporting

In addition to the straight forward enquiry formatter being used to arrange information on screen, the data can also be presented using Crystal Reports or integrated to Excel using RedSky’s Excel Add-in. This allows Excel cells to be linked direct to fields in the Summit system, whilst still incorporating the systems security controls.

Easy Input

Summit allows input operators the ability to key data in quickly and efficiently by using the keypad rather than relying on the mouse.

Apps

Summit has a range of pre-formatted views, dashboards or “apps” that can easily be expanded as required or can be developed by in house IT.

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Some of the Construction Processes managed by Summit

Project costing •

Project life-cycle management •

Subcontractor management •

Plant and asset management •

Procurement & vendor management •

Service & facilities management •

Human resource management •

Reporting •

Estimate, tender & bid management •

Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) •

Retention, CIS certification and tax•

Payroll and RTI •

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) •

Customer relationship management•

“We have chosen Summit because of the total integration that the system offers. From the estimate production through purchasing, quantity surveying and accounts to the final account we are able to monitor the financial performance of a project. The detailed feedback of information will enable us to control our costs more closely and improve accuracy of tendering and ultimately increase our profitability.”Finance Director, Baxall Construction

Project Costing

Undertaking Construction projects with time and budget constraints requires an ability to closely monitor cost and value and provide performance management for your contracts. Summit integrates the Estimating, Commercial operations and Finance parts of your business to provide the detailed analysis that is required.

Valuations and Billing

Summit helps manage costs and reduce risk and time spent preparing valuations and producing accurate cost reports for CVR processes.With an integrated and real-time view of project progress and costs you are able to ensure that cash flow is controlled and variations claimed.

Subcontractor Management

Summit provides an integrated solution for supply chain management including tendering,

offers a complete solution; managing calls, quotations, job allocation and final invoicing.

Professional Services (AEC)

Any business that manages chargeable people will know that ensuring they are costed and charged out correctly is vital to running the business. Summit AEC modules help customers monitor the costs and charges as they happen, and the Project / Cost ledger will provide all the analysis required: Fee forecasting, capturing of time and expenses and accurate billing are all handled by this application.

Financial and Operational Management

Increasingly Construction companies face the demands of reporting against many operating and financial criteria.

Businesses need to understand their performance and

profitability, at a Company and project level. They have to be able to focus on the issues. The core of any business is managing the financial and operational processes, this is the heart of the award winning Summit product.

Document Management

A powerful secure content or document management module. The system allows for document check in and check out with full revision history and published and unpublished versions. As a result, altered content is not visible until authorised, and detailed history can identify who has read which revision of a document and when. In addition the system allows creation of documents from context sensitive user defined templates. Content created this way will be placed in the correct folder automatically ensuring consistent filing of documents in the system.

selection, evaluation and ordering through to contracts, performance monitoring, valuations, payments and CIS.

Plant Management

Managing owned or hired plant and ensuring maximum utilisation is another key challenge Construction businesses face. Summit offers complete visibility of all plant, its type, charge rate and current location. This helps achieve maximum utilisation. Effective costing based on hourly, weekly or timesheet charges means that each project takes account of plant charges giving an accurate view of project performance.

Service Management

With services and buildings maintenance becoming an increasing part of the Construction industry focus, many businesses have a need to integrate this function into their core business solution. Summit

Summit delivers contract cost and profitability information to the people that need it in operational teams.

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Reporting

Whether your role is operational and project based or within the central financial team, easy access to and analysis of business data is key to effective control.

Summit is developed using the world’s leading database platforms; Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server - these are secure, scalable, reliable and powerful databases.

Summit offers a range of enquiry tools to satisfy every level of user. It can provide a simple Web based enquiry on contract performance for operational teams through to highly configurable industry standard reporting tools for detailed corporate financial analysis.

Summit ensures you can report against internal & external Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). It is even possible to configure reports and forms to meet each client’s needs.

Project Folders

A Web based landing point for those involved in each project. It is possible to link contacts, create new documents (using built in templates), attach and view MSOffice documents/drawings/pdfs, and drill down on financial enquiries.

Email Archiving

This module is able to act as an integrated part of your e-mail infrastructure. Mail can be classified and attached to the correct project or related contact record. Responses to e-mails issued from the

Contact Management Modules are automatically linked to the original e-mail. This allows the complete history of correspondence with a contact to be maintained. This module can be used as part of your compliance strategy for holding a complete e-mail history.

Contacts Management (CRM)

The contacts management module integrates with the project document storage to provide a single point of access to information about the project. All the suppliers, subcontractors, internal and customer contacts on the project can be defined or referenced from the database. Any interaction with those contacts is then recorded; the interaction may be sending a letter in which case the system can automatically “mail merge” a template document with the contact information.

On Line Forms

This module allows Company forms to be set up and data captured electronically. Any form can be analysed as the captured information is held as data within Summit. This is ideal for Health & Safety, PPE, Accident/Incident and HR forms. Customers can use tablets or any smart devices that use standard Web browsers such as IE, Firefox, Chrome or Safari to record the data on their forms.

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“We selected Summit as it gives us the complete contract management solution, allowing us to utilise procurement, contract costing and comprehensive reporting to review and increase profitability across our business. As we have grown Summit has allowed us to expand without adding to the overheads.” Roger McGill, Financial Director, McGill Electrical

The JDM Technology Group

TechnologyGroupJDM

RedSky IT is part of the JDM Technology Group, a group of four companies that span the globe providing Construction industry software to companies with focus on their relevant local requirements.

With 250 staff and a total of over 3,500 customers on six continents we are ideally placed to support construction companies located in any part of the world.

Our goal is to provide solutions and services that help our clients while minimizing our carbon footprint by supporting environmental sustainability.

Group companies actively embrace the virtual office model and use the Internet for collaboration between employees and customers. Employees are encouraged to work from home to minimize travel and CO2 emissions associated with commuting.

The Group’s mission is to become the leading global supplier of enterprise construction software. In all of our dealings we will act responsibly, ethically and with a sense of public accountability.

March 31, 2011 Explorer Software Group purchased CSSP, marking their eleventh acquisition since 2004 and reinforcing their on-going commitment to growth and stability.

With its head office based in Adelaide, Australia, they provide solutions throughout the Australasia region.

www.cssp.com.au

Computer Guidance Corporation was founded in 1981 and has been committed to setting industry standards in financial and project management software development for North America’s largest construction companies.

www.computerguidance.com

Founded in 1977, RedSky IT was acquired by the Explorer Group in 2007. With its head office in Hemel Hempstead, England and a satellite office in Dubai, RedSky IT is responsible for the UK, Ireland and MENA regions.

www.redskyit.com

StrategyGroup strategy is to provide robust leading edge construction solutions

that can be focused and supported for a particular region. Each individual company employs its own development, support, sales and administrative teams. This ensures that the legislative and best practice needs of that region are maintained.

JDM Technology Group brings benefits when developing software tools that have no region specific functions by utilising the development teams across all the businesses to collaborate on producing new software modules. Examples of this team approach are the Web based modules that can be wrapped around each of the region specific modules.

JDM Technology Group continues to look at adding new companies that have either a strong regional offering or products that enhance the Group’s portfolio of construction focused solutions.

We strive to provide our clients with exceptional software and services that will create a meaningful impact on their bottom line. We believe our success stems from the excellence of our people and our unwavering commitment to our clients. Our team of highly trained and skilled professionals specialise in the complex and evolving requirements of the construction industry - ultimately creating powerful solutions designed for today’s contractor.

www.jdmtechnologygroup.com

Group CompaniesExplorer Software[North America] was founded in 1984 to service contractors in the region. They have since grown through a combination of organic growth as well as through various acquisitions.

Based in Vancouver, Canada they provide construction solutions for Canada and North and South Americas.

www.explorer-software.com

CSSP was founded in 1983 as a privately owned Australian company. On

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RedSky

RedSky IT is part of the JDM Technology Group of Companies, one of the largest global specialists in Construction software with businesses on six continents and in excess of 3,000 construction and AEC customers worldwide.