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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR CONSTRUCTIONAND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Version 11

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powerproject

The benchmark project management solution

For over 21 years, companies across the construction andengineering industries have turned to Asta Powerproject to helpget ahead: delivering professional tenders; managing resourcessuch as labour and materials; communicating with stakeholdersand trades; and retaining accurate, up to date information, toprotect from the risk of delay, disruption and litigation.

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Asta Powerproject Version

Used by 90% of the top UK maincontractors* and sold worldwide to over20 countries in 5 different languages.

Driven by construction customers independent user groupfeedback, Asta Powerproject Version 11 is designed to handlethe business challenges that face construction projectmanagement today and provides robust tools that are easy touse and offer the power and flexibility to plan and manageprojects more proficiently and successfully.

*C.I.O.B Construction Manager of the Year Awards 2009

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Suitable for any size of company and any type of project

Asta Powerproject can provide any size of company – fromthe smallest planning consultancy to the largest globalcontractor – with a firm foundation for project managementachievement and future growth.

It is used on all types of projects including: house building;general commercial build such as schools, offices andhospitals, as well as road and rail construction andmaintenance.

1988 1995 2000

for construction and engineering

ASTA POWERPROJECT DELIVERSIMPROVED:

High performance scheduling

Control of project and resource plans

Prevention and protection against project

claims

Acutely accurate progress reporting

Proven scalability – from 1 to 1000+ users

Enhanced presentation of plans

Easy management of sub contractors

Powerful, tailored reporting

Improved communication and collaboration8 9 10 11 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

Asta Powerproject Version 11 has been builtand honed following continuous developmentand integration of user feedback.

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Flexible licensing options to managesingle or multiple projects instandalone or multi-user environment

Asta Powerproject is available with supported licensingoptions – unnamed standalone, network or enterprise –making the software cost-effective no matter whether youneed it for 1 or 1000+ users.

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2005 2010

Asta Powerproject is used on ahost of small, mid and high

profile projects including:Edinburgh Royal Infirmary,

Harrogate Royal Hall, Wimbledonand the Lloyds Gherkin.

ASTA POWERPROJECT KEY FUNCTIONALITY

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Intuitive, easy to use toolbars, menus and features

Manages over 100,000 tasks (hardware dependant)

Customisable, construction-specific project templates

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) or hierarchal projectbreakdown

Formulae and calculations displayed in spreadsheetcolumns

Accurate Critical Path Analysis

Unlimited baselines – compare the evolving plan againstthe original

‘Jagged’ and ‘As Built’ Progress views

Create any type and number of links between tasks

Schedule accurately with mixed calendars

Monitor resources with customisable histograms

Record and track costs with extensive Earned ValueAnalysis

Get seamless integration with Oracle Primavera,Microsoft Project & Excel

FREE Project Viewer to share project plans

Key software features at a glance

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Presentationof plans Scheduling

DataExchange

Free PDFWriter

CostManagement

ResourceManagement

ProjectReporting

ProgressReporting

NetworkDiagram

Risk Analysis

SiteManagement

FreelyDistributable

ProjectViewer

ProjectComparison

Multi-ProjectManagement Asta

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POWERPROJECTENTERPRISE

ASTAPROJECTANALYSER

ASTAPROJECTVIEWER

ASTA SITE PROGRESSS

ASTARISK

ANALYSIS

ASTAPOWERNET

Highlighted features are additional modules to an Asta Powerproject Standalone License


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Using Asta Powerproject immediately raised our image as a serious industry player and the

impact it has had on my business hasbeen tremendous. I am amazed at

how quickly it has taken off.

Simon HeadCooper James Consultancy Ltd

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Asta Powerproject is the recognised standard for high performanceproject management, scheduling and resource control. Its unrivalledpresentation tools help to win project tenders and communicateeffectively.

Highlight important information with annotations – add text,BMP, WMF, EMF, JPG and GIF graphics etc.

Import Microsoft Windows objects: Excel spreadsheets,AutoCAD etc.

Create graphical surrounds to your output. Borders can becreated with the included PowerDraw software

Gain output quality that is fully ‘what you see is what you get’

Get to what you want quickly with multiple scaling aspects

Choose which features are displayed such as float, non-drivinglinks etc.

Save Views, certain aspects of a Project, or the full Project, as HTML output with graphics if required for Intranet/Extranet/Internet Publishing

Communicate and present outstanding project plans

Communicate and present outstanding project plans

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Asta Powerproject is the fastest way to create construction andengineering project plans.

Familiar Microsoft-style interface

Unique project view for easy manipulation andassignment of tasks

Intuitive ‘drag and drop’ assignment of resources,codes etc

Classic spreadsheet with formulas and bar chart (Gantt)

Integral pre-defined templates

Unlimited Undo and Redo even after saving

Publishes or imports tasks to/from Microsoft Outlook

Customisable Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Asta Powerproject is far easier to use than other planning tools and far more visual. In addition it is great

for communicating information – in fact it is the best tool I’ve

ever seen for this.

Gavin CleggContract Services Manager, North Midland Construction.

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Get planning quickly and efficiently

Get planning quickly and efficiently with classic spreadsheet and bar chart (Gantt)

Protect against claims and plan for the unexpected, with analytical toolsthat can help you: control and schedule accurately, quickly identify andresolve any potential problems, and keep unequivocal records.

Multiple critical paths if required

Comprehensive calendar control, withall working conditions accommodatedand any task or resource having anycalendar

Links can be drawn to maintain offsetsbetween tasks

Projects (and parts of projects) can berescheduled (Critical Path Analysis)

Tasks can be summarised into hierarchical work breakdown structure(WBS) of any complexity

Unlimited number of Baselines with alloriginal details retained

Jagged progress line can highlightproblem areas

Create any type and number of linkswithout having to specify the link type or lead/lag

Control and schedule more precisely

Every year we need to make significant

improvements to the clubwhile ensuring that The

Championship is notadversely affected by thebuilding work, there is noroom for delay or floats.

Asta Powerproject helps usto ensure we deliver on

schedule each year without fail.

Mike BridgesProject Director,

Galliford Try, Wimbledon.

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Jagged progress line can highlight problem areas

Tasks can be summarized into hierarchal work breakdownstructure (WBS) of any complexity

There are times, particularly in house building or the procurementand finishing stages in all construction projects, when users need toplan and manage repeated tasks along one row of the plan. In Asta Powerproject you can:

Save planning time and space on the Gantt chart byoverlapping repeated tasks on the same bar line

Build in the required lead/lag time by overlapping tasks

Copy and paste the complete line, saving time settingup a new project

See more detail, e.g. when updating progress, with oneclick of the mouse, opening up tasks onto separatelines

Address data from individual build stages in theSpreadsheet columns

Plan and manage repeated tasks

It is not only during the construction stage that we use Asta Powerproject. Wealso utilise the software for tasks suchas, for instance, the production of our

Master Project Plans covering the wholespectrum of the development processfrom planning consent through to the

completion of each project.

Alfred TiltConstruction Director, Antler Homes

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Useful for house builders and procurement in construction

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Overlapping tasks on the same bar line


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Compare plannedversus actual cost

Meet targets with Asta Powerproject. Gain the tools to beproactive with ‘what if’ analysis and store historical reports andanalysis of costs, resource assignments and earned value. AstaPowerproject enables you to compare planned versus actual coststo help you to improve processes or enable estimates to be moreaccurate.

Manage different resources – labour, plant, materialsetc.

Develop cost centres and assign monetary values totasks or resources

Control the appearance of activities, resources and costswith colour-coding and legends

Multi-currency support £, $, DM etc.

Define own currencies and fixed exchange rates betweenany of them

Create your own formulae and display the results in thespreadsheet columns

Understand and control project costs and resources

Asta Powerproject enabled us to predict the cost and impact on the

overall delivery schedule of the projectwhen implementing new activities. It

enabled us to provide ‘what ifscenarios’ for a number of different solutions to a given requirement.

Derek Clayton, MCIOBPlanning Engineer, BAM Construction Ltd

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Manage differentresources - labour,plant, materials etc.

Whether you are a trade or small contractor or oneof the largest building contractors, you will no doubtneed to share your project data and plans with otherconstruction companies as well as with clients.

No matter the size of project or the number ofstakeholders involved, Asta Powerproject enables youto exchange project data quickly, easily and cost-effectively.

Open plans created in Oracle Primavera,Microsoft Project, Excel, Asta Easyplan and more

Use the freely available Asta Project Viewer,downloadable from our website, to enableanyone to view an Asta Powerproject file, orplan created in Microsoft Project or OraclePrimavera software

Improve collaboration and communication

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Open plans created inOracle Primavera,Microsoft Project, AstaEasyplan, Excel and more.

Timely and accurate reporting improves decision making. With Asta Powerproject you gainan instant snapshot of project performance, expectations of the job and saved historicalrecords in very fine detail, all of which can protect against litigation and claims.

Record events in every progress reporting period – actual cost, effort, % of work remaining

Record multiple gaps and ‘resume dates’ showing the true record of intermittent activities

Display recorded progress percentage against baseline tasks in special JaggedProgress View – ideal for managers who don’t want to show the effects on theforecast date

Monitor planned versus actual progress by taking unlimited baselines

Easily create various tabular reports to enable you to export data to Excel andproduce graphical reports to make diagnostics easier.

Acutely accurate progress reporting

The outputs we were able to get from Asta

Powerproject were veryimpressive. The flexibility in

being able to tailor reports inthe formats we require was

important, the reports had tobe able to be understood byall stakeholders, as well as

provide the info we wereobliged to supply

contractually.

Andrew CampbellConstruction Manager,

Hansen Yuncken, Australia

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“Example of a Project Summary Report.

Asta Development offers consultancy to help set up data import and exportbetween Asta Powerproject and other software systems, such as Excel,accounting, estimating, asset management and Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP) systems. These include:

COINS

Hummingbird

MIMS

Autodesk Navisworks

PlanWeaver

CMS Contractor

RIB

Optional consultancy to integrate with accounting, estimating, assetmanagement and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems

Asta Powerproject is our standardplanning tool. It is very easy for a plannerto pick up another planner’s work and to

convey messages to people using thefilters and colour coding features. We work

with simple communications tools butneed the detail behind them to prove thatthe plan is realistic and Asta Powerproject

gives us that capability.

Phil SolomonPlanning Operations Director, Mace

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“The unique combination of the original softwarecapabilities, hands-on

development people, and themodest extensions that Asta

were able to rapidly provide, metthe precise requirements of a

collection of projects.

Martin ChambersProject Director, Debut Services

“ “ Responsive technical support is key to protecting your licenceinvestment. Our technical support team are highly trained andcertified specialists, based in the UK, and are on-hand to provide one-to-one support by phone, email or on the web.

Our annual support cover includes:

Highly skilled analysts to submit problems to and getadvice

All maintenance updates and upgrades

Re-activation cover if your hard drive should fail or if yourlaptop is lost or stolen

Asta Development provides training courses for both novice andadvanced users at our Oxfordshire Training Centre, UK regionallocations and at customers’ premises.

Training and technical support

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Asta Development Product Family

Product Description Find out more

Asta Powerproject Enterprise A multi-user version of Asta Powerproject www.astadev.com/software/enterprise

Asta Powerproject Available either as a concurrent network www.astadev.com/software/powerprojectlicence or standalone

Asta Siteprogress Allows site managers to report back on www.astadev.com/siteprogressprogress from site via the internet, email or PDA/phone

Asta Sitecontrol Provides a site diary for irrevocable record of www.astadev.com/sitecontroldaily activities, manages change and variation requests, and provides a comprehensive document management system.

Asta Executive Reporting Customise reports on project performance www.astadev.com/software/reportingfrom one or many projects

Asta Easyplan Entry-level project planning software www.astadev.com/easyplanto plan smaller construction projects

Asta Project Viewer Freely available and easy way to open, navigate www.astadev.com/projectviewerand print project plans created in different file formats

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Download our free 30-day trial and experience the benefits of Asta Powerproject for yourself

Request a demonstration or quotation by calling Sales on +44(0)1844 261700 or email [email protected]

Find out more online at www.astadev.com/powerproject

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