HKA Tech and Primaned join forces in PMWeb domain

HKA Tech, one of the world's largest partners of project management software provider PMWeb, has agreed a collaboration with Primaned, a Dutch consultancy specialised in portfolio and project management. Together the two partners aim to help clients across Europe with professionalising their project management and change delivery operations. 

The partnership between HKA Tech and Primaned focuses on services in the PMWeb domain – software that helps companies in sectors such as construction, healthcare, chemicals, government and oil & gas with running large, capital intensive projects. Among the firms using PMWeb are AECOM (construction), CBRE (real estate), the European Investment Bank (banking), Dubai Parks & Resorts (travel), Cisco (technology), Samsung (electronics) and the United Nations (government). 

Having identified the tool’s unique benefits, Primaned collaborated with US-based PMWeb on its launch in Europe around two years ago. Founded in 1985, Primaned is a consultancy focused on project control. The firm’s consultants provide support in the areas of portfolio management, project and risk management, and technology implementation – with the firm’s digital experts specialised in implementing tools from vendors such as Orcale, PMWeb, MainTasc Enterprise and Primavera.

Together with HKA Tech, Primaned now wants to expand its work for PMWeb across the continent. The offices of HKA-Tech in the UK – launched last month – and Primaned in the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland will cooperate on both business and client development and the delivery of combined projects. 

To showcase their joint offering, the two firms have in recent weeks presented at several events. During the event ‘Technology that drives Construction Management’ in London they shared their PMWeb experiences with several European stakeholders. One of Primaned’s main clients is the NHS, which is using PMWeb to gain a better grip on its capital expenditures supporting healthcare services. Alasdair White, Head of Construction at the NHS stated: “PMWeb enables us to make our internal operations much more efficient, and for the first time in five years we are now able to invest 100% of our allocated budget.” 

Mid-March Primaned managing partner Paul Vogels will provide a presentation on PMWeb during the National Construction Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Next month he will also be speaking at the Building Holland Expo in the Netherlands, which takes place in Amsterdam. 

The PMWeb solution portfolio covers four main working areas: CapEx planning and management, project portfolio management, facilities management and real estate management. As the name suggests, its solutions are entirely web-based. Core product modules cover planning, engineering forms, cost management, scheduling, asset/facility management, and visual workflow.