Las Vegas-style Casino

Las Vegas-style casino completed under budget.

Miller Bonded, Inc.

Challenge: Miller Bonded, Inc. (MBI), a $25 million mechanical HVAC contractor and fabrication shop, using construction accounting software without integration to project management or service, needed to find integrated software to overcome this lack of control and become more competitive as they prepared to undertake the construction of a Las Vegas-style casino with a $7 million mechanical budget.

Solution: MBI selected AMSI's StarBuilder job cost accounting, StarProject project management and Servicom service management and dispatch software to deliver the tight integration they needed for the casino project. Through the implementation of these applications project managers can immediately view project data, including monitoring change orders, purchase orders, payments and costs, allowing them to see and address potential cost overruns. The integration of StarBuilder to Servicom allows service department data to flow directly onto accounting for AR, inventory and GL purposes. The ease of use and visibility of data provided by these programs created a 90% drop in requests for reports, allowing the accounting department to do more with less staff.

Results: According to Laurie Highfill, Vice President - Administration for MBI, "AMSI's integrated construction software provided hands-on access to project data and costs that made our under budget, on-time completion easier to deliver, and we continue to deliver at that higher level of control." Through the significant and cumulative benefits of AMSI's integrated software, MBI saved over $75,000 in salaries annually and saved another $50,000 on subsequent projects extending the value of their investment.