City of Wichita Chooses Skire Unifier to Manage Annual Portfolio of Infrastructure Improvements

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skire, Inc. (www.skire.com), the leading provider of capital program, integrated workplace, and project portfolio management software, today announced that the City of Wichita, Kansas, has chosen the company’s flagship Unifier™ platform for integrating project management, communication, funding, and reporting processes across its portfolio of infrastructure improvement projects. The new system will provide authorized city engineers, department project teams, developers, consultants, and contractors with immediate access to vital project information and is expected to significantly improve planning, schedule, cost, document, and funding management.

“The city manages hundreds of improvement projects annually, each with a complex set of requirements,” said Jim Armour, city engineer of the City of Wichita. “We are pleased to find a solution that will enable us to track every aspect of each project and deliver deep visibility into costs, project status, and funding sources. Unifier represents a tremendous step forward in our ability to maximize the efficient use of taxpayers’ dollars for maintaining Wichita’s reputation as an All-American City and great place to live.”

Skire Unifier will be instrumental in helping city engineers and project managers closely coordinate between multiple city departments and enable them to work effectively with outside contractors, consultants, and developers. The platform’s ability to provide visibility into schedules, approvals, and milestones will allow Wichita to submit timely applications for state and federal funds and to accelerate project completion. By leveraging Unifier’s strong cost accounting controls, the city will be able to track budgets, costs, change orders, and commits with unprecedented accuracy, as well as accurately track expenditures against multiple funding sources. Wichita expects that improvements to its project management processes will result in less disruption for residents, better communication between communities and the city, and more accessible information for all project participants.

“We are extremely pleased that Wichita chose Skire Unifier,” said John Leet, director of marketing for Skire. “Managing hundreds of small, ongoing projects presents different challenges and risks than a managing a few large capital projects. Municipalities that have chosen Unifier have found that it delivers significant cost savings and process improvements within a short period of time.”

Skire Unifier is a powerful business process automation platform for managing programs, projects, resources and assets. The platform centralizes comprehensive management capabilities and makes them available to everyone who needs them through a standard Web browser. With robust cost management and project controls capabilities, Skire’s Unifier delivers the best combination of pre-defined workflows, best practices, ease-of-use, and adaptability.

About Skire

Skire, Inc. is the leading provider of capital program, integrated workplace, and project portfolio management software. The company’s flagship Unifier platform leverages the company’s deep industry experience, giving customers unprecedented visibility and control over major programs and projects. Skire’s solutions are used by global Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and educational institutions for managing billions of dollars in capital programs, real estate, and IT portfolios. The company is privately held and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. For more information, visit http://www.skire.com

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