Perrysburg, OH  May 14, 2020 – Critical Business Analysis, Inc. (CBA), a leading provider of project management related software, training, staffing, and services and proponent of local senior care providers, is giving back to the community with a donation of 50+ meals from Stella’s Restaurant and Bar to The Manor at Perrysburg.

During this unprecedented time in history, where caregivers and healthcare workers are going above and beyond the call of duty to care for people in need, CBA wants to show them that they are appreciated.  In line with their core values of supporting the local Perrysburg small business community and its workers, CBA is employing Stella’s Restaurant and Bar in downtown Perrysburg to make and deliver the meals for lunch on Thursday, May 14, 2020.  “We appreciate the opportunity to serve Perrysburg’s frontline workers as we go through this unprecedented time.  It’s companies like CBA that really make a difference in our community, ” said Stella’s owner, Patrick Lahey.

“While many caregivers are risking their lives and working longer hours than normal, CBA is blessed to be able to provide them a little support and, at the same time, help stimulate a local small business whose industry has been turned on its head,” explained John Gordon, CEO of CBA.  “We would like to ask other businesses and individuals who have been fortunate enough to continue to work, to do the same and pay it forward.  The employees at The Manor at Perrysburg have earned a special place in my life as they worked relentlessly to care for my father until his final days during this pandemic.  We witnessed healthcare workers enduring 12 hours shifts but still providing dedicated loving care.  I hope they accept this small token as a demonstration of our appreciation.“     

“The health, safety, and well-being of our residents and staff is always our top priority,” states Abbie George, Administrator at The Manor at Perrysburg. “During this pandemic we’ve had to quickly put strict precautionary measures in place to protect the residents we care for and the staff we value. Those successful quick shifts in our operations is a testament to our team, their dedication, and concern for the health of our residents. This act of kindness from CBA is greatly appreciated and is sure to put a smile on our staff’s faces during this challenging time. We are grateful for their support of The Manor at Perrysburg and honored they chose to recognize our staff” states George.  

About CBA

For over 36 years, Critical Business Analysis, Inc. has been committed to the advancement of project and program management expertise. Our real-world experience offers a wide-range of professional services in a variety of industries including public agencies, utilities, petrochemicals, corporate engineering, construction management and design. CBA, Inc. has distinguished itself as a leader in Primavera P6 and related software implementation and knowledge transfer. Additionally, CBA provides project team extension through staff augmentation of highly qualified project management professionals.  We take pride in every service we provide, knowing that even small enhancements can achieve great results. Let CBA’s project management related professional services, project staffing, software and training help you reach your project management goals. For more information, visit www.cbainc.com

About The Manor at Perrysburg

The Manor at Perrysburg is a skilled nursing facility, part of HCF Management, Inc. in Lima, Ohio that is owned and operated by a local family. We are honored to care for our community by offering high quality care services such as short-term rehab, using resources like a private rehab for alcoholics. They have cheap rehab in uk that offers great treatment for their patients. If you want to learn more about them, visit their website at www.rehabilitationclinic.co.uk. The Manor at Perrysburg has proudly served the Perrysburg, Maumee, Rossford and Toledo areas for over twenty years. Throughout this time, The Manor at Perrysburg has maintained, nurtured, and enhanced the foundation of our approach to delivering these services to our families, friends, and neighbors- a tradition of caring. For more information, please visit www.manoratperrysburg.com and learn more about the hidden dangers of cocaine.

About Stella’s Restaurant and Bar

Stella’s is a locally owned eclectic restaurant and bar with a speakeasy feel in Historic Downtown Perrysburg.  Locally renowned Chef Ian Regent features steaks, house made pastas, seafood and his own one of a kind gastronomical creations.  Stella’s bar includes expertly crafted cocktails, a selection of local draft beers, and an extensive wine list. For more information, visit www.stellasrestaurantandbar.com

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On October 29th, 2012 Superstorm Sandy hit the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission facility in New Jersey causing a complete plant shutdown for the first time in the facilities’ 108-year history. In the aftermath, a ten-year, $2 billion program was initiated to upgrade and build new wastewater treatment facilities. The challenge of building new and upgrading existing facilities, increasing capacity, meeting increased regulatory requirements and improving the resiliency of the plant to avoid Superstorm Sandy level damage was daunting. The project demanded a solution for the management of records for hundreds of projects and hundreds of thousands of files, as well as, mitigating the possibility of paper files being destroyed. The solution also needed to be able to quickly search and find the files by building, project, location, or other criteria. PVSC’s project team, as well as, FEMA required quick access to detailed and accurate information from paper legacy records in PMWeb Document Manager.

Solution

CBA was able to provide PVSC with a powerful tool called Extract IQ that utilizes natural language processing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to recognize the required metadata from the various digitally scanned file types, organizes the metadata and bulk loads the records into PMWeb Document Manager (physical scanning of paper files was provided by a local record conversion contractor). Not only can this software help organize and create searchable digital files for legacy documents, it also provides the same quick, detailed access to newly created documents and project drawings.

Project Breakdown

1. PVSC Engineering and Operations personnel worked with CBA to identify indexes (metadata) for the records that are migrated to PMWeb, to allow the users to quickly identify and access all aspects of the required records.
2. PVSC provided the business DNA for PVSC, identifying all terms and actions such as building name, contract number, date, project name, etc. These are being used to create consistent search and filter capability.
3. Extract IQ is then utilized to process legacy files including record drawings, submittals, and photos. Extract IQ creates the proper metadata and, utilizing the Extract IQ bulk loader, uploads the files directly into PMWeb.

During the first phase of this project, over 30,000 records were processed and uploaded in 60 days. Over 300,000 legacy records will eventually be loaded in PMWeb.  Measurable reductions in existing Engineering and Project Management time, currently spent in researching for the proper records, is projected to result in a 20% bottom line savings in project costs.  

Contact CBA for more information on PMWeb and Extract IQ.

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CBA Subject Matter Expert on BIM, Cynthia Stiffler, President of VDC Services for Rock Ridge Virtual Design Construction, describes the different maturity levels of BIM, through the concepts of 4D, 5D and 6D scheduling, which are used to indicate the elements and benefits of increasingly complex BIM models.

There is a wide spectrum of possible uses of BIM on construction projects. At one extreme architects and engineers can use BIM simply to produce better quality design documents without providing the digital model to any other party. Contractors, likewise, can separately create models for estimating, fabricating or simulating construction without sharing the models.

Used in such limited ways, BIM does not come close to realizing its full potential. At the other end of the spectrum, BIM can provide a collaborative framework among all project parties, allowing the free-flow of data about what is being designed and how it will be constructed. Collaborative use of BIM takes full advantage of BIM’s capabilities. For more information on project management for horse arena construction, you can check out this resources at https://horsemenageconstruction.co.uk/project-management-for-horse-arena-construction/.

3D – Model

• Model walkthroughs. These provide a great visualization tool enabling designers and contractors to work together to identify and resolve problems with the help of the model before walking on-site.
• Clash detection. Traditionally design drawings must be coordinated to assure that different building systems do not clash and can actually be constructed in the allowed space. Accordingly, most clashes are identified when the contractor receives the design drawings and everyone is on-site and working. With clashes being detected so late, delay is caused and decisions need to be made very quickly in order to provide a solution. BIM enables potential problems to be identified early in the design phase and resolved before construction begins. Illustrating the advantages of BIM, one project for the General Services Administration in America saw BIM model reviewers find 257 constructability issues and 7,213 conflicts. On the same project, traditional plan reviewers found six constructability issues and one conflict.
• Project visualization. Simple schedule simulation can show the owner what the building will look like as construction progresses. This provides a very useful and successful marketing tool for all those involved in a project. In addition, billboard advertising can be incorporated to further enhance the marketing strategy. Contractors can also use project visualization to understand how the building will come together.
• Virtual mock-up models. Often on large projects the owner will request physical mock-up models so they can visualize, better understand and make decisions about the aesthetics and the functionality of part of the project. BIM modelling enables virtual mock-ups to be made and tested for a fraction of the cost.
• Prefabrication. The level of construction information in a BIM model means that prefabrication can be utilized with greater assurance that prefabricated components will fit once on-site. As a result, more construction work can be performed offsite, cost efficiently, in controlled factory conditions and then efficiently installed.

4D – Time

• Construction planning and management. BIM models provide a means of verifying site logistics and yard operations by including tools to visually depict the space utilization of the job site throughout a project’s construction. The model can include temporary components such as cranes, heavy equipment, and fencing. Traffic access routes for heavy equipment, cranes, lifts, and other large items can also be incorporated into the model as part of the logistics plan. Tools can further be used to enhance the planning and monitoring of health and safety precautions needed on-site as the project progresses.
• Schedule visualization. By watching the schedule visualization, project members will be able to make sound decisions based upon multiple sources of accurate real-time information. Within the BIM model a chart can be used to show the critical path and visually show the dependency of some sequences on others. As the design is changed, advanced BIM models will be able to automatically identify those changes that will affect the critical path and indicate what there corresponding impact will be on the overall delivery of the project.

5D – Cost

• Quantity Takeoffs. To determine a project’s construction cost and requirements, contractors traditionally perform material ‘take-offs’ manually, a process fraught with the potential for error. With BIM, the model includes information that allows a contractor to accurately and rapidly generate an array of essential estimating information, such as materials quantities and costs, size and area estimates, and productivity projections. As changes are made, estimating information automatically adjusts, allowing greater contractor productivity.
• ‘Real Time’ cost estimating. In a BIM model cost data can be added to each object enabling the model to automatically calculate a rough estimate of material costs. This provides a valuable tool for designers, enabling them to conduct value engineering. However, it should be noted that overall project pricing would still require the expertise of a cost estimator.

6D – Facilities Management

• Lifecycle management. Where a model is created by the designer and updated throughout the construction phase, it will have the capacity to become an ‘as built’ model, which also can be turned over to the owner. The model will be able to contain all of the specifications, operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals and warranty information, useful for future maintenance. This eliminates the problems that can currently be experienced if the O&M manual has been misplaced or is kept at a remote location.
• Data Capture. Sensors can feed back and record data relevant to the operation phase of a building, enabling BIM to be used to model and evaluate energy efficiency, monitor a building’s life cycle costs and optimize its cost efficiency. It also enables the owner to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of any proposed upgrades.

For more information about 4D Scheduling or BIM, contact CBA at 419-874-0800 or by email.

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