{"id":299016,"date":"2020-12-21T09:02:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T16:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/?post_type=yardi-testimonials&#038;p=299016"},"modified":"2022-05-10T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T22:10:48","slug":"cousins-properties-on-construction-manager","status":"publish","type":"yardi-testimonials","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/success-stories\/cousins-properties-on-construction-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Cousins Properties on Construction Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uk-container-expand uk-cover-container uk-height-medium uk-background-secondary uk-light uk-margin uk-flex uk-flex-center uk-flex-middle\">\n    <div class=\"uk-position-cover uk-background-image uk-background-cover uk-flex uk-flex-center uk-flex-middle\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/cmw-client-success\/images\/story_header_web.jpg);\">\n    <div class=\"uk-width-4-5 uk-margin-auto uk-grid\">\n        <div class=\"uk-width-1-1 uk-width-auto@m uk-text-center uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h2 uk-text-bold\">Client Success<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-width-expand uk-text-left uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small uk-visible@m\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff; border-left:0px; min-width: 200px;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h2 uk-text-bold\">Cousins Properties<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-width-expand uk-text-left uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small uk-hidden@m\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff; border-top:0px; min-width: 200px;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h3 uk-text-bold\">Cousins Properties<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uk-container-large uk-margin-auto uk-padding-small uk-padding-remove@m\">\n<!-- breadcrumbs & download link -->\n        <div class=\"uk-align-left\">\n        <p class=\"uk-text-small\" id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <span>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/about-us\/success-stories\/\">Success Stories<\/a> \u00bb \n            <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Cousins Properties on Construction Manager<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-text-right\">\n            <p class=\"uk-text-small\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/success-stories\/cousins-properties-on-construction-manager\/?format=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"uk-link-text\">view\/download the pdf<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uk-clearfix\"> <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-container-expand\">\n    <div class=\"uk-grid uk-grid-collapse uk-overflow-hidden\" uk-grid uk-height-match>\n        <div class=\"cmw-hm uk-width-2-3@m\">\n            <div class=\"uk-padding-large uk-padding-remove-vertical\">\n                <div uk-slider=\"center: true\">\n                    <div class=\"uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                        <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-padding-horizontal uk-child-width-2-3@s uk-grid\">\n                                                                                    <li>\n                                <div class=\"\">\n                                    <blockquote>\n                                        <p class=\"uk-margin-small-bottom\">Construction Manager is providing more visibility and easier trackability across the entire portfolio.<\/p>\n                                        <footer class=\"uk-text-right\">Brandon Van Orden, Senior VP and Chief Information Officer<\/footer>\n                                    <\/blockquote>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                        <li>\n                                <div class=\"\">\n                                    <blockquote>\n                                        <p class=\"uk-margin-small-bottom\">It provides real- time reporting, but also real-time decision making. Management can now see [data] in real-time and ask questions then, which is extremely beneficial for us.<\/p>\n                                        <footer class=\"uk-text-right\">Brandon Van Orden, Senior VP and Chief Information Officer<\/footer>\n                                    <\/blockquote>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n                        <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\"><\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"uk-padding-large uk-padding-remove-vertical\">\n                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Company<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Cousins Properties is a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1958 by Tom Cousins, the company has expertise in development, acquisition, leasing and property management of Class A office towers. Cousins currently manages a 21.8-million square foot trophy office portfolio in the high-growth Sun Belt markets of Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dallas, Tampa and Phoenix. Cousins is committed to creating exceptional value for all its stakeholders by executing attractive investment opportunities, understanding the business strategies of its customers and providing exceptional customer service.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Challenge<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Data management was a significant and time-consuming process for Cousins as it developed their Class A office portfolio. The development team needed a more user-friendly interface from previous solutions they had tried, and they wanted to use a single platform for analysis and reporting at the most detailed levels, especially for the volume of jobs they manage simultaneously. <br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Solution<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Construction Manager<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Construction Manager, part of the Elevate suite of products, gives portfolio-wide visibility necessary to track job progress in real-time. It is critical to have accurate, real-time data when managing multiple projects, connecting users and managing vendors. Project managers can compare and contrast jobs based on numerous metrics, enter their own risk assessments and drill down to detailed analytical components. <br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Story<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Greater Visibility, More Detailed Reporting<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Yardi&#8217;s Construction Manager solution has helped Cousins Properties manage an entire portfolio across six markets in one user-friendly platform. Cousins uses the flexibility of Construction Manager to track a wide variety of tasks, from the smaller volume \u201ctenant improvement-type\u201d jobs, as CIO Brandon Van Orden referred to them, to vast vertical buildouts up to 1M square feet. <br><br>Cousins previously struggled to gain visibility on projects across the entire team, as well as to analyze individual construction builds within a portfolio. Construction Manager has solved these challenges, especially at the senior management level. <br><br>The Cousins team&#8217;s previous positive experience with Yardi Voyager and Deal Manager led them to successfully implement Construction Manager as well. As Van Orden explained, John S. McColl, Cousins\u2019 executive vice president \u2013 development, was instrumental in guiding the company toward implementing more of the Yardi suite of products. \u201cWhat [John] was missing was the ability to easily see the status of each job. Where is the portfolio for development and projects from a milestone standpoint?\u201d<br><br>The level of detail in Construction Manager gives Cousins the ability to drill down from jobs at market level to portfolio level, then into individual buildings, and within buildings even into specific jobs within job groups. <br><br>One of the major breakthroughs for the company was the progress they made moving from manual processes and weekly or bi-weekly meetings to the instant ability to ask questions and get answers. \u201cIt provides real-time reporting, but also real-time decision making. Management can now see [data] in real-time and ask questions then, which is extremely beneficial for us,\u201d Van Orden explained.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>            <\/div>\n            <div><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cmw-hm-target uk-width-1-3@m uk-flex-first@m\" >\n\n            \n            <div class=\"uk-display-block uk-width-1-1 uk-padding-remove uk-height-1-1 uk-margin-remove uk-cover-container\">\n                <div class=\"uk-position-cover uk-background-image uk-background-repeat\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/cmw-client-success\/public\/images\/plus_dark_tileable.png);\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"uk-position-relative uk-margin-left\">\n                    <div class=\"sidebar-inner uk-width-2-3@l uk-float-right uk-margin-small-right\">\n                        <p class=\"uk-text-muted uk-margin\">Overview<\/p>\n\n                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Markets<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                                                            <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Portfolio<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">21.8 million square feet of office space across six markets<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Client Since<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">2004<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Product Highlighted<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/construction-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Construction Manager <\/a><\/li>\n                                                        <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Additional Products<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-deal-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Deal Manager<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/facility-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Facility Manager<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/commercialcafe\" target=\"_blank\" >CommercialCafe<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-procure-to-pay\" target=\"_blank\" >Procure to Pay Suite<\/a><\/li>\n                                                        <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">The Benefits<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Construction Manager helps Cousins Properties track data across their entire portfolio in real time, with clear visibility into their most important details.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">About Cousins Properties<\/p>\n                            \n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cousins.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cousins.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <a class=\"uk-button uk-button-default\" href=\"\/about-us\/request-information\">Request Info<\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n       \n             \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n    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