Overview

"ViaNovus" is Latin for "new way." We chose this name because it exemplifies our business and technology philosophy. Through the ViaNovus® vision, we have blended yesterday's values with tomorrow's technology to create program management solutions to help our customers succeed.

ViaNovus is the leading provider of owner-focused program management solutions for the construction industry.   Our development and implementation staff consists of professional engineers of all disciplines.   For the past 10 years our firm has provided software and implementation for the largest projects in the world.  The ViaNovus Consulting Team has performed over 100 implementations for a variety of public and private agencies on projects worth over $85 billion.  Although we serve the entire construction industry, we do focus on the following target markets:

Clients
As an owner-focused company our client base includes several of the leading private sector companies as well as several of the top 100 CM firms in the world.  Below is a representative sampling of our client list

URS	Multiple projects nationwide totaling over $4 billion to include BART, Sacramento Light Rail, Pittsburgh Light Rail, San Francisco Airport, Richmond Airport and the Chicago Transit Authority Roadway Program.
KJM Associates	Software and integration services for Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
Bechtel	Software and integration services for several programs totaling over $4 billion to include the Caltrans Toll Bridge Retrofit Program and facilities for the 2002 Salt Lake City Organizing Committee.
Continental Airlines	Software for management of several airport terminal renovations to include Newark, Cleveland and Houston airports.
Southern Company	Implementation of PARGON for the management of several new and renovated facilities nationwide.
Veterans Affairs	Uses PARAGON to manage hospital construction and renovation at 40+ sites across the US

Technology Partnerships and Credentials  
ViaNovus Development and Technical Support staff has developed COTS and custom systems for several of the top 100 CM firms in the country.  All ViaNovus products are developed using the Microsoft Development Suite and are designed to integrate with third-party systems to include existing database and Notes-based systems.  Our developers are skilled in several software languages to include Visual Basic, Java, XML, Visual FoxPro and MS Access.  Our developers have experience in integration with several COTS third-party financial systems to include PeopleSoft and have strong experience with Oracle, Access, FoxPro, and SQL Server.  In addition, our developers have written several interfaces to custom financial and project management systems.  A partial list of current technology partners include:

• Microsoft (Microsoft Certified Partner)
• Oracle (Certified Alliance Partner)
• Autodesk
• Welcom

In addition to the formal relationships above, PARAGON has built-in integration with:

• Microsoft Excel, Word and Project
• All MAPI-compliant e-mail to include MS Outlook and Lotus mail systems
• Adobe Acrobat Reader and Writer
• Welcom Open Plan
• Primavera Project Planner (P3)
  

Support Focus
ViaNovus provides 24 x 7 support for our ASP clients and guarantee a 30-minute response time for all support issues.  Although our standard upgrade policy states an annual release of our products, bug fixes in the ASP environment are immediately deployed to our website with release notes provided to our clients.  For all our engagements, there is a dedicated Consulting Account Manager provided to the client to support standard ViaNovus technical support staff.

What Makes us Different
ViaNovus specializes in the development and implementation of owner focused program management software.  We currently are the only software company that develops products for owners that are written by developers who come from a resident engineer/project controls background.  This owner-focused vision initiated by the founders is still in place today, with the original founders in charge of initial development of our products 9 years ago still in senior management positions today.  Our flagship product PARAGON is designed to perform all areas of cost management from an owner’s to include cost, change and risk management.  Written using standard APIs and leveraging Microsoft DCOM architectural standards, PARAGON has built-in interfaces to most best-of-breed project management tools to include MS Word, Excel and Project; Primavera Project Planner (P3); AutoCAD and Adobe Acrobat.  In addition, our object-oriented architecture has enabled us to develop custom interfaces to many third-party and custom applications and our experienced staff is capable of performing integration to the COTS as well as custom systems.