Awards

Synchro Ltd has been highly commended at the ICT Excellence Awards 2009 in the "Best Innovative Product" category for Synchro Professional.

The ICT Cluster is one of thirteen clusters established by Advantage West Midlands as part of its economic development strategy. These clusters have been chosen on the basis of their current strength in the region and their potential to create jobs and economic growth. Advantage West Midlands is one of nine Regional Development Agencies in England.

Synchro's 4D construction model simulation, planning and project management software was named first runner-up in the category of "Project Planning Product of the Year 2010" in the Hammer V Awards presented by Construction Computing Magazine.

Synchro was honoured as a finalist in two additional categories, including Construction Computing's "One to Watch Product" and "One to Watch Company."

Synchro is working with Innovative Actions and the CITB to deliver smooth supply chain integration in the refurbishment of Coventry's social housing programme. It is hoped that the improvement in turnaround and ultimately unit cost in a continuous improvement environment will also raise the standard of living in the local community.

The Innovative Actions West Midlands Programme is a two-year initiative offering regional individuals and organisations a unique opportunity to experiment with the development and delivery of public support promoting economic development.

Strategic Themes:

• Regional economies based on knowledge and technological innovation
• E-EuropeRegio: the information society at the service of regional development
• Regional identity and sustainable development
• Making innovation and knowledge management real
• Finding new ways of measuring impact
• Exploiting regional assets and identity
• Creating new partnerships
• Using ICT to improve economic development performance
• Influencing structural funds
• Transfer of best practices

As Start-Global Ltd, Synchro was chosen to receive a SMART Award for on the basis of performing a feasibility study into the process of coordinating construction projects to successful conclusions by applying the factor of space and theory of constraints (TOC) to the planning equation.

The feasibility study showed that the process could realise a distinct cost reduction and improvement in reliability for complex, unique or reproduced projects where a large number of independent suppliers combine to deliver the goal.