Perkins+Will and Newforma Sign Three-Year Enterprise License

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Perkins+Will and Newforma Sign Three-Year Enterprise License

Wednesday, 12 December 2007

Newforma™ Project Center to be deployed firm-wide as the Perkins+Will enterprise platform for Project Information Management (PIM)

Manchester, N.H.—December 13, 2006—Newforma, Inc, a software company addressing the project information management needs of the design and building industry, announced today that Perkins+Will, an internationally-renowned architectural practice, will deploy Newforma Project Center as the standard Project Information Management (PIM) solution across the firm. After a year of implementation in the Chicago office, Perkins+Will chose Newforma based on the benefits being realized by the project teams who were using Newforma Project Center on live projects – benefits that include better project email management, AEC-oriented search, superior file sharing, and easy-to-use issue management. These benefits, coupled with Newforma’s track record for continuous product improvement and integration with Deltek Vision®, provided a compelling justification for Perkins+Will to include Newforma Project Center on their standard enterprise desktop for a three-year commitment.

“Our investment in the Newforma solution is both eagerly anticipated by our staff and crucial to our continuous improvement of project process and communication. We expect, in short order, to realize at least a five-fold ROI and to simplify key aspects of the project environment for our users,” said Perkins+Will Principal and CIO Rich Nitzsche. “Newforma Project Center provides an easy-to-use project environment that helps us proactively manage project data and communications with minimal effort – leaving valuable time for more creative pursuits.”

Newforma CEO Ian Howell said Newforma is pleased to have the proven the value of Newforma Project Center at Perkins+Will. “In this increasingly information-intensive and process-challenged world of AEC, Newforma restores order to the day-to-day challenges of project execution. We look forward to supporting Perkins+Will with the successful adoption of Newforma firm-wide,” Howell said.

About Perkins+Will

Established in 1935, Perkins+Will (www.perkinswill.com<http://www.perkinswill.com/>) is an integrated design firm serving clients from offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Research Triangle Park, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Vancouver, and Washington, DC. With the highest number of LEED Accredited Professionals of any design firm in the world, Perkins+Will is recognized as the preeminent sustainable design firm in the country. The firm practices architecture, interior design, branded environments, planning + strategies and urban design with clients in corporate + commercial + civic, healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, and science + technology markets. Perkins+Will routinely ranks among the world's top design firms and has received hundreds of awards, including the prestigious "Firm of the Year Award" from both the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the American Institute of Architects.

About Newforma

Newforma is a software company serving architecture, engineering, construction and owner/operator (AECO) organizations worldwide. Its mission is to develop and market industry-leading software solutions which significantly improve the productivity of the building project team by streamlining work processes, reducing exposure from errors and omissions, improving coordination and communication, increasing visibility into costs and quantities, and enabling greater repeatability of project success. Newforma™ Project Center, Newforma’s flagship product, creates a more productive environment for project managers and the project team by organizing project information, facilitating information exchange, and enabling efficient project process. Newforma Project Center is currently at work on thousands of projects in industry-leading AECO firms.

www.newforma.com