Construction | Case Study

Construction Engineering Consulting Group, Inc. “We ran two or three services in tandem for a couple of weeks to see what would work best for us. ShareFile, by far, was the best product.”

Maxwell Erwin, project manager

CECG uses Citrix products to send project files to clients, collaborate with coworkers and access files from anywhere.

Construction Engineering Consulting Group (CECG) specializes in providing a variety of construction Industry management services for general contractors in the heavy civil construction industry. One service, Construction a “take-off” package, provides information about what materials are needed on a job and allows

Location contractors to bid for work more strategically. When CECG began offering these take-offs, the need Fremont, California for a consistent, scalable file-transfer solution to send plans and bids became apparent. A history of using other Citrix products — GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC and — brought CECG to ShareFile. Number of Employees 5 “We ran two or three services in tandem for a couple of weeks to see what would work best for us,”

Business Challenges says Maxwell Erwin, project manager at CECG. “ShareFile, by far, was the best product.” • Needed a better way to send large project files to CECG found a unique way to use Podio and ShareFile together as a comprehensive CRM system. clients and vendors. Customer information is logged in Podio and relevant documents are connected to each contact

• Could not collaborate from ShareFile using the Podio File Picker. That way, anyone looking at a particular contact can view with remote employees. any of the related jobs files as well.

• No access to files when Most of the communication with clients involves sending 3D-model design files and large PDFs that traveling or at home. consume storage and make it impossible to send emails back and forth. CECG uses ShareFile heavily to communicate with clients and collaborate on projects with coworkers. Business Results • Team can send all project files without using email. “ShareFile is great; we use it on a daily basis,” says Erwin. “Because we have people working remotely it’s the way we keep all of our files together so everybody can be looking at the • Remote employees can view same documents.” and work on documents in different locations. CECG frequently relies on GoToMyPC and ShareFile mobile apps to increase mobility. They can remotely • ShareFile mobile apps access engineering software on their desktop computers from any other device, including a tablet or provide access to files smartphone. ShareFile mobile apps make it easy to show clients files on the road or send a file when outside the office. away from the office.

“I use the mobile apps frequently when I travel,” says Erwin. “Instead of pulling out my laptop to bring up different PDF files, I just store them locally on my iPad through the ShareFile app.”

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