The second decade of the millennium began with a high-octane celebration that was an eye-opener, launch pad, annual report, and really really good time all rolled into one. A warm welcome address from Varghese Daniel (CEO) set the stage for a colourful day that will be long remembered. It was great to see our hardworking colleagues let down their hair for some good old-fashioned FUN! Creativity blossomed, as various WRENCHineers experimented with karaoke, followed by some truly enjoyable "fusion songs ", courtesy Jis Joy, Achuthanathan, Ganesh, Shibu, Jojo, Nikhil, Deepthy and Bibina - thanks guys, for showing us the "artistic side " of WRENCH! And thanks to the DJ (who encouraged us to burn up the floor later on with some absolutely rocking music) and to all the outstation associates who came in specially for the occasion.
We had a wonderful opportunity to meet and mingle, especially with new members of the WRENCH family. Vincent Chia (APAC Director) was MC for the day and kept us lively with his inimitable wit and sense of humour, and formally welcomed latest addition Rex Chee (Project Consultant) into the fold. A lavish cocktail dinner ended the event in style.
It was a also a time of reflection and inspiration, as CEO Varghese Daniel helped us look back at the achievements of the past year before setting forth our goals for the coming one. As a team, we now step forward with renewed hope, enthusiasm, and confidence — that in 2011 we will look back and say "Mission Accomplished! "
The first UAE-based seminar of WRENCH Enterprise took place on 28th February 2010 at the Knowledge Village, Dubai. It was organized by WRENCH partner infraCAD. The seminar concentrated on EPC critical business issues and challenges, and their impact on the neverending ‘race to completion’ faced by every project company today. Seminar participants included leading contractors, engineering and construction organizations, local government agencies and prominent design consultants of UAE.
Agenda
8.45 am
Registration & Coffee
9.00 am
Welcome Address
(Varghese Daniel - WRENCH Solutions, Majo Varghese - InfraCAD Solutions)
9.10 am
How WRENCH impacts your business
(Vincent Chia, Marketing Director, WRENCH Solutions)
9.30 am
Working with WRENCH: A customer testimonial by Rajasekhara Menon, Engineering Manager of CHALMERS Engineering CO. (LLC)
10.00 am
Break
10.20 am
Demo - on Wrench
(Varghese Daniel, Solutions Director, WRENCH Solutions)
11.30 am
Q & A Session and closing
12.00 pm
Session Adjourns
Feedback:
Participants were asked to fill out a short questionnaire after the seminar, to assess their satisfaction with the presentation content, the event and facilities of the seminar overall, as well as comments on WRENCH itself.
“I was impressed with the presentation in that i have seen that Wrench could integrate with various other software used within a business. This increases the likelihood of being accepted by senior managers. Workflows provide opportunity to work seamlessly with outsourcing centers in a systematic and controlled manner”- Eben Pieters of WSP
All participants were satisfied given that in Abu Dhabi the event was delayed due to heavy traffic. Seeing a system like Wrench, which they have never seen before, and hear WRENCH successfully deployed through real customer presentations by CHALMERS Engineering and CH2MHILL VECO Engineering.
Participants from Mott MacDonald and Parsons invited us over to their offices for more detailed analysis of their business processes which Wrench could potential impact. Hyder Consulting gave full marks to the
Event Log:
Heavy storms had lashed Dubai the day before the event and this led to some roads being blocked. We received text messages from people who were stranded in the rain for more than 8 hours before being rescued by the police.
The number of participants exceeded our expectations – we were pleasantly surprised to see people from WSP (leading consultant), RTA (government agency), and Lamprell (offshore contractor) attending.
An introduction was given by our marketing director Vincent Chia, followed by the Chalmers customer testimonial about WRENCH. Rajasekhara Menon of Chalmers said that WRENCH is the one reliable system available today where all engineering information is available for all users - with 100% uptime in a single location. He said that WRENCH was very useful leveraged in a ‘worksharing’ project situation, as the teams felt like their Indian office was right next door, thanks to WRENCH.
This was followed by a detailed product demo by Varghese Daniel.
ePETROL SERVICES SDN BHD, the Malaysian listed DIALOG owned group of companies specialized in providing quality Engineering Design and complete range of Program Management, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning choose to implement WRENCH-Enterprise for their operational capabilities. DIALOG E&C is a major contractor in the oil & gas infrastructure industry.
The areas of operation include Petrochemical storage and refineries. The Group provides the complete range of services needed to conceptualize, design, procure and construct projects to meet the specific requirements of various clients.
WRENCH-Enterprise will be implemented on the current running projects to help the management monitor the projects in real time dynamic reports, management dashboards and reports for optimum utilisation of resources.
The objective of the seminar was to demonstrate how information technology can help companies to plan and execute turnkey projects more efficiently and cost-effectively.
Upcoming Event
As a result of the success and positive response from the participants of the Lean & Green Project Execution Seminar held in Mumbai, we will be hosting a similar event in Dubai where we will be sharing our knowledge and experience for turnkey project companies on our new concept "Lean & Green Project Execution".
Customer Sharing
Coleridge Shelley, Deputy General Manager - ERP
VA TECH WABAG Ltd., India
Break
Demo - Wrench in action Daniel Varghese, Solutions Director, Wrench Solutions & Jerry Lim, Solutions Manager, Crown
Systems
Closing
Vincent Chia
End
Customer Sharing
Experience:
Mr. Coleridge Shelley will share his experiences of implementing Information Technology solutions for Project
Management, Engineering Data Management, Enterprise Resource Planning and integrating them for efficiently executing turnkey
EPC projects.
WABAG is one of the world’s leading companies in the water treatment field. WABAG’s key
competences, which are based on over 80 years of plant building experience, lie in the planning, completion and operation of
drinking water and wastewater plants for both the municipal and industrial sectors. The company was established in Vienna,
Austria and executes projects in Europe, Middle East, Indian subcontinent and ASEAN countries. www.wabag.com
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WRENCH Solutions signs up with Crown Systems (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore as their Business associate. Crown Systems is the leading provider of quality and cost-effective project management and design & engineering solutions. Crown Systems is an authorized distributor, reseller and training center for Oracle Primavera in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner and an authorized Autodesk Value Added Reseller and Training Center. They are also an authorized eTimeMachine Reseller in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei and partner in the joint venture, ASEP Technologies, which specializes in Strategy & Performance Management.
WRENCH has signed up with Project Management Research Institute (PMRI) as an associate. WRENCH and PMRI will now jointly offer both Project Management and Engineering Business Process Management expertise for their clientele.
With this agreement, PMRI and its partners will work closely with WRENCH in Product Development, Product Promotion, Consulting, and Project Management Competency Development. PMRI's standards based project management expertise and WRENCH's highly effective product suite will help both organizations in leveraging each other's strengths to deliver complete project management solutions to their customers. The partnership will provide the customers with end to end project management solutions such as PM capability assessments, PM strategy definition and Implementation.
PMRI has expertise in project management training and consulting in IT, Construction and MEP domains. PMRI has trained more than 2000 project managers worldwide on PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge by Project Management Institute Inc. USA), PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environment), and Agile project management.
QDC plans to implement WRENCH-Enterprise to track the deliverables in real time that are executed by their multiple Engineering and associates offices located in Qatar and India. Wrench would also help in the enforcement of ISO processes and standards across the various offices of QDC.
QDC is an Engineering Consultancy Office offering professional consultancy services in Concept Proposals, Architectural Designs, Civil & Structural Designs, Building Services Designs, Project Management and Quantity Surveying. Established in 1977, QDC provides Architectural Services in the State of Qatar. Since then QDC has grown into a multi disciplinary Consulting organization employing 140 professionally qualified experienced staff that includes Architects, Engineers, Auto Cad technicians, Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers.
Metito (U.A.E) plans
to implement WRENCH for Engineering data management: World leader in water treatment systems chose to update WRENCH as
its primary I.T. infrastructure for project monitoring and Engineering data management.
Since 1958, Metito (U.A.E) has earned a
reputation for excellence in the design and supply of water / wastewater treatment and water desalination systems. With a highly-trained
staff of over 800 professionals, Metito's approach combines theoretical expertise with the practical experience of an engineering and
contracting company.
From ‘document management' to project, quality, process and Engineering data
management. Some time earlier Metito had invested in the popular EDMS software Documentum in a bid to capture and
hopefully be able to reuse project information like drawings and other documentation. Going by the example of many other
engineering companies who had also installed this s/w, Metito went ahead and got Documentum, and thus were reluctant to explore the
new solution WRENCH. However, the WRENCH team managed to make a demo to a senior team at Metito, who were so impressed by
the process-driven approach of WRENCH EPC that they were willing to evaluate further, even though at the time had already decided to
invest in another software called Mclaren (which had a workflow module) to run on top of Documentum.
Evaluating with
reference customers and pilot implementation Metito's Quality manager and Project manager visited 5 WRENCH EPC
customer sites, and speaking directly to the end users and implementation team at these sites, gave a very positive report back to the
management. They decided to go ahead with a WRENCH pilot implementation, which was a great success, and got positive response
from Metito's consultant partners also.
Roll out The consultant recommended that WRENCH be
implemented across the entire organization to improve reduce cycle time and ensure quality. WRENCH was then rolled out across all
Metito's offices, starting from their head office in UAE and in Qatar, India, cairo and Manila.
Results Along with faster cycle time and assured quality, Metito was able to Streamline the entire product process from inquiry - to -
delivery, with special attention to enquiry processing. Tackle manpower constraints by automating workflows, make quality control
foolproof and non-tamperable.
Khatib
and Alami(U.A.E), is the biggest Architectural Engineering and
project management companies in the middle east region, with a reputation for creating some of world's largest and most unique
buildings in the world, including the very prestigious Jeballi Airport (one of the largest cargo airport in the world).
Khatib and
Alami (U.A.E), ranked among the top 50 International Engineering firms in the world, turns to WRENCH as I.T partner for faster
engineering, quality compliance assurance, and enhanced productivity. K&A to implement WRENCH-EPC on one of the largest
infrastructure project (SHAMS Abu Dhabi - US$3 Billion) and soon to extend it to all its projects.
K&A is located in 12
countries and has projects are in the field of infrastructure, District and city waste management system, Transportation (Roads, bridges,
Airports), Oil and gas engineering in collaboration with ARAMCO (Saudhi Arabia), GIS etc.,
Manual process, insufficient
support from existing I.T threatens continued growth To support its rapid growth, K&A had put together a file-based
system and identified a document controller in each location to upload and download file from a common FTP server. The challenge of
this system was there was a lot of manual labour and huge dependency on the document controllers. This combined with the many
bottlenecks, delays and challenges inherent in any manual-driven working environment made K&T decide to opt for a more robust
and comprehensive I.T. system that could offer proven business value for real-world requirements.
After checking out the
various solutions available in the market, K&A chose WRENCH based on its strong track record and good domain
expertise.
Results K&A is extremely happy with the results it has seen so far from WRENCH.
WRENCH-EPC is now being rolled out across all the other office locations and all project handled by K&A. WRENCH-EPC is also
being implemented for in the Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Transportation and GIS business of K&A.
Simon Carves (UK) one of the Global Engineering Leader
has partnered with WRENCH to set up an integrated I.T. infrastructure across its offices worldwide for managing global turnkey
projects. With the implementation of WRENCH, Simon Carves will have total control of all projects across multiple locations.
Distributed project teams can work as a single 'virtual' team online, without depending on FTP or email to share information,
collaborate, release to site or monitor work. WRENCH will be rolled out at Simon Carves' UK, India and Singapore offices during a 16
week period. (The Punj Lloyd group also has standardized on WRENCH as its in-house IT infrastructure.)
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Murray & Roberts, a leading construction giant in South Africa chooses Wrench Enterpsie as their mainstream Enterprise data management system. 
WRENCH has been successfully implemented in Al Habtoor Leighton's 1.9 billion AED Jafza project in a record 3 weeks. Wrench-Enterprise was selected after a detailed evaluation done over a period of 6 months against product such as Aconex and other entry level DMS system by the team from HLG corporate IT and functional team. 
Wrench Signs up with Alpha Data as business associates, to provide integrated solution to companies catering in the EPC sector.
Qatar. - Oct 19th , 2009 - Energy City to adopt ‘lean & Green methodology' in project Lifecycle management using WRENCH Enterprise™, a technology which maximizes efficiency in planning, monitoring and execution of Infrastructure projects across the globe. By replacing manually-driven processes with an automated, integrated platform, the region's first energy business-hub expects to reduce the cycle time by at least 40%, ensure 100% quality/compliance in project deliverables, and allow timely and effective collaboration among stakeholders, including its 70-plus contractors. 
Energy City Qatar (ECQ) is a pioneering development that will be the Gulf's first hydrocarbon industry hub. ECQ will be a single point of access to markets and expertise, the Middle East home for global players in the hydrocarbon value chain. Developed by Gulf Energy, ECQ aims to attract the industry leaders in O&G production, International Oil Companies, National Oil Companies, support services, infrastructure and downstream activities, shipping and trading, market and resource data, intellectual property and energy trading.
infrastructure and EPC industry in the Republic. The solution, WRENCH | enterprise™, streamlines how organisations tackle complex engineering projects in a collaborative manner which forces teams to work more efficiently together to deliver timely project deliverables that are on budget.
