May 20, 2009 - McCarthy to use FreightTrain during construction of Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
San Diego, CA - The $350 million addition to the San Diego based Rady Children's Hospital, and the only hospital in the San Diego area devoted solely to pediatric care, came with help from a generous donation from its namesake, businessman and philanthropist Ernest Rady. McCarthy Building Companies was nominated to construct the new 279,000 square foot Health Center which will house a surgical center, neonatal intensive care center, cancer center, meeting space and 84 patient beds. The hospital is anxious to open its new doors, in part because at times they are way beyond capacity. “There are times in the winter when there are no empty beds.” said Dr. Paul Kurtin, chief quality and safety officer at the hospital in an interview with the San Diego Union Tribune.
Ground broke on the expansion in 2007, and with an anticipated debut in 2010, McCarthy nominated HTS LLC and FreightTrain® Software as a Service (SaaS) to provide its IRM, COW, CPL, and APL modules to help monitor and manage inspection & construction progress. HTS LLC is a leading Los Angeles-based consulting firm specializing in building Commissioning and Transition Planning and in 2002 launched FreightTrain® as an online construction management system whose bottom line is generating significant reduction in construction costs, faster project completion, and improved quality. McCarthy knew what they were doing when they selected the web-based software after winning results from previous projects which included the Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center and St. John's Medical Center. "Prior to this technology, we would spend man hours per room verifying status and identifying issues. FreightTrain allows this to occur within minutes." said a McCarthy Punch Team Manager on the Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center.
To find out more information on how your company can beat deadlines and budget costs, please contact Bill Clemenson wmclemenson@consulthts.com
About FreightTrain
Founded in 2002, FreightTrain, a division of HTS, LLC, provides graphical, web-based systems for construction management. FreightTrain's room-based database provides instant access to project status and a common framework for communication between owner, contractor, subcontractors and inspectors. Our tablet PC’s enable instant field updates of construction status. Our Visual Fragnet® drawings provide colorized maps of construction status by date and by any selected parameter.
FreightTrain has been used on construction projects totaling over $5B in value. Our users report significantly reduced construction costs, better quality, improved communication between all parties to the construction process, and faster project completion. http://www.freighttrain.com
About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was founded in 1864 by an Irish immigrant named Timothy McCarthy. The general contracting firm is now one of the largest and most diversified construction companies in America. For 138 years, we were primarily a family owned business. That changed in 2002 when the company became 100% employee owned. Each of us now has a personal — and financial — stake in the company's future, and each of us now has a greater responsibility to each other to innovate and provide real value. The net result is an empowering environment that is entrepreneurial in nature, and is directed towards providing our clients with creative and value-oriented building solutions.
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San Diego, CA - The $350 million addition to the San Diego based Rady Children's Hospital, and the only hospital in the San Diego area devoted solely to pediatric care, came with help from a generous donation from its namesake, businessman and philanthropist Ernest Rady. McCarthy Building Companies was nominated to construct the new 279,000 square foot Health Center which will house a surgical center, neonatal intensive care center, cancer center, meeting space and 84 patient beds. The hospital is anxious to open its new doors, in part because at times they are way beyond capacity. “There are times in the winter when there are no empty beds.” said Dr. Paul Kurtin, chief quality and safety officer at the hospital in an interview with the San Diego Union Tribune.
Ground broke on the expansion in 2007, and with an anticipated debut in 2010, McCarthy nominated HTS LLC and FreightTrain® Software as a Service (SaaS) to provide its IRM, COW, CPL, and APL modules to help monitor and manage inspection & construction progress. HTS LLC is a leading Los Angeles-based consulting firm specializing in building Commissioning and Transition Planning and in 2002 launched FreightTrain® as an online construction management system whose bottom line is generating significant reduction in construction costs, faster project completion, and improved quality. McCarthy knew what they were doing when they selected the web-based software after winning results from previous projects which included the Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center and St. John's Medical Center. "Prior to this technology, we would spend man hours per room verifying status and identifying issues. FreightTrain allows this to occur within minutes." said a McCarthy Punch Team Manager on the Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center.
To find out more information on how your company can beat deadlines and budget costs, please contact Bill Clemenson wmclemenson@consulthts.com
About FreightTrain
Founded in 2002, FreightTrain, a division of HTS, LLC, provides graphical, web-based systems for construction management. FreightTrain's room-based database provides instant access to project status and a common framework for communication between owner, contractor, subcontractors and inspectors. Our tablet PC’s enable instant field updates of construction status. Our Visual Fragnet® drawings provide colorized maps of construction status by date and by any selected parameter.
FreightTrain has been used on construction projects totaling over $5B in value. Our users report significantly reduced construction costs, better quality, improved communication between all parties to the construction process, and faster project completion. http://www.freighttrain.com
About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was founded in 1864 by an Irish immigrant named Timothy McCarthy. The general contracting firm is now one of the largest and most diversified construction companies in America. For 138 years, we were primarily a family owned business. That changed in 2002 when the company became 100% employee owned. Each of us now has a personal — and financial — stake in the company's future, and each of us now has a greater responsibility to each other to innovate and provide real value. The net result is an empowering environment that is entrepreneurial in nature, and is directed towards providing our clients with creative and value-oriented building solutions.
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