December 02, 2009 Meridian Systems announces The Annual Meridian Kick-Off 2010 conference, on January 11-14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch in Arizona. The Meridian Kick-Off conference brings together Meridian's partner community, sales representatives, marketing, professional services and product marketing teams for educational knowledge sessions and networking opportunities. November 16, 2009 TCG announces the availibility of The OBA Store, an online source for Microsoft Office Business Application. Click here to read the real article November 13, 2009 The Cram Group, an authorized Meridian Business System Integrator, is now offering The OBA Store. The OBA Store is an online source for Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBAs) that work with PrologŪ software, the industry standard for successful construction project delivery. November 12, 2009 The Cram Group commits to Gold Sponsorship as an Exhibitor at the Meridian Systems 2010 User Conference. The conference will be held May 24th through 26th at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in Washington, DC. November 11, 2009 Meridian Systems Launches Registration for 2010 User Conference in Washington DC Read More October 22, 2009 The Cram Group participates in the San Diego Design & Conference event by Kelar Pacific. Gina Rondinelli, Business Development Manager for The Cram Group would be one of the speaker sharing the importance of Best use of technology in the San Diego Construction Industry. October 6, 2009 Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate (PBO) technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today that Constructech Magazine has honored IMTC-MEI with a Silver 2009 Vision Award. Technology Enabler awards were presented to the Cram Group, Project 3 Technologies, and Meridian Systems. September 16, 2009 Robinson Industries uses ProjectXnet solutions to keep the lights on in New Orleans. TCG releases a case study profiling Robinson's use of ProjectXnet for managing their Timberline Solution while they replaced more than 55,000 lights in New Orleans after the effects of Hurricane Katrina. September 2, 2009 Meridian Systems invites The Cram Group to speak at the annual Technology Summit. This two day event covers topics related to the Meridian Developer Network. TCG will be speaking on their technology developments related to TheOBAStore and their OBA management technologies. August 26, 2009 Houston Independent School District selects The Cram Group's ProjectXnet solution for hosting Prolog Manager, Prolog Website and Microsoft Enterprise Reporting Technologies for use on their multi-year capital projects program. The selection was the result of teamwork between Project 3 Technologies, a (Meridian Systems Value Added Reseller based in Texas), Meridian Systems, and The Cram Group. In addition to the technology, key factors were the local support and the Industry proven track record of Meridian and The Cram Group. August 20, 2009 The Cram Group customer IMTC-MEI has been awarded the highest level award for their class at the Constructech Vision Awards. TCG congratulates them on their success and use of ProjectXnet hosted solutions. August 7, 2009 Bright Horizons Family Solutions (www.brighthorizons.com) a leading provider of employer-sponsored child care uses ProjectXnet to improve electronic processes. August 5, 2009 Hensel Phelps Construction Co. selects The Cram Group for Encompass Mobile platform services. TCG's Professional Services team assisted with design, procurement and implementation of the turnkey solution which integrates Encompass Mobile Software with Prolog Manager and Motion Computing tablet PCs. TCG's award winning ProjectXnet Service team will continue to host and support the solution. July 28, 2009 The Cram Group, the industry proven provider of online services and support for the construction industry has been named one of 2009's Hottest Companies by Constructech Magazine. July 27, 2009 Constructech Magazine features Wes Smith, Founder & Principal of The Cram Group, in a featured article entitled "Extending the Core Product". The article is focused on the benefits of extending core applications for the AEC Industry. This particular article is focused on TCG's development of Office Business Applications for the Meridian Prolog Platform. July 22, 2009 Meridian Systems Announces New Prolog Developer Network Program. The Cram Group is a long standing member and is noted along with many other 3rd party developers that create value added solutions around the Prolog Platform. TCG works closely with Meridian team members and other developer partners to enable the integration and deployment of their ProjectXnet Hosted solutions as well as on premise deployments. July 15, 2009 The Cram Group implements the Encompass Mobile field solution in a SAAS model for ProjectXnet customers. In addition to their Managed Host offering of the full suite of Encompass Products, this will enable TCG to offer the Tablet based mobile application to a wider group of customers with different needs. June 3, 2009 The Cram Group has become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Based on their unique combination of skills in consulting, hosting, and software development around the Microsoft product line, this certification establishes TCG among a select group of companies with the certified capabilities. May 13, 2009 Constructech Magazine conducts interview with Wes Smith, Founder & Principal of The Cram Group, to discuss the future of web services, collaboration, and products like Prolog Connect. April 30, 2009 The Cram Group formalizes Partner Network and extends relationships with Project 3 Technologies, Southern Precision, E3 Synergy and Note Vault as value added resellers for ProjectXnet hosted services and other offerings developed for AEC Industry specific solutions.
April 22, 2009 The GSA Mid-Atlantic Region invites The Cram Group to attend the next National GSA BIM Workshop in Philadelphia, PA, May 19-21st. TCG will be partnering with Meridian Systems and Horizontal LLC to educate attendees on the value of integrated ePM and BIM solutions that leverage the internet. Customers of The Cram Group, including Hensel Phelps and Tocci will be speaking at the event.
April 8, 2009 North Shore Long Island Jewish Health system selects The Cram Group's ProjectXnet services for Prolog Manager, eInvoice, & Office Suite hosting & supports to extend the value of existing solutions over the web.
April 1, 2009 The Cram Group attends the New York Construction BIM conference event.
March 25, 2009 IMTC selects The Cram Group's ProjectXnet services for Prolog Manager and Office Suite hosting & support to extend robust online solutions to their highly mobile fast track construction management workforce.
March 18, 2009 The Cram Group and their ProjectXnet Hosting services & support become a Microsoft Certified Hosting Provider based on valued participation in the Microsoft ASPLA program and more than 5 years of consistent delivery of Microsoft products to enterprise customers.
March 11, 2009 Bright Horizons Family solutions select The Cram Group's ProjectXnet services for Prolog Manager and Office Suite hosting & support to extend their existing IT department capacity.
March 4, 2009 Faithful and Gould Selects The Cram Group's ProjectXnet managed hosting services to expand their on demand solutions.
February 25, 2009 Ensphere Solutions selects ProjectXnet Office Suite for their hosted remote desktop solution including Microsoft Office Professional and Document Locator.
February 11, 2009 Tilson Technologies partners with The Cram Group to extend additional web development services to customers. Initial projects are completed on time and on budget.
February 4, 2009 The Cram Group Partners with Kelar Pacific to deliver webinars educating customers on the use of hosted solutions to leverage the internet for today's construction projects.
January 14, 2009 Meridian Systems selects The Cram Group to speak at the Meridian User Conference with Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to discuss the potential of Prolog Connect and extending the Power of Prolog Manager.
January 7, 2009 Torcon Inc. selects The Cram Group's ProjectXnet services for Prolog Manager, Prolog Connect, Prolog Website & Office Suite hosting & support to extend the value of existing solutions over the web.
January 23, 2009 The Cram Group Offers Prolog Connect via their ProjectXnet Hosting Service. The Solution facilitates collaboration for Prolog Manager Customers and collaborators. Read more
January 18, 2009 Constructech Magazine features Wes Smith, Founder & Principal of The Cram Group, in a featured print article entitled "Outsourcing Projects". The article is focused on the benefits of Hosted Services for the AEC Industry. Pick up a copy of the January issue for the full magazine article.
January 12, 2009 The Cram Group commits to Silver Sponsorship as an Exhibitor at the Meridian Systems 2009 Annual User Conference. The conference will be held May 4th through 6th at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville Tennessee.
December 28, 2008 Enterprise customers of The Cram Group, including Hensel Phelps and Torcon select ProjectXnet Managed Hosting services for their Meridian Systems Prolog Connect deployment and Implementation.
December 22, 2008 The Cram Group sponsors past employee Sam King in his work with Habitat for Humanity and the Unite for Site program servicing communities around Chennai, India.
December 18, 2008 Ahmadiah selects ProjectXnet Managed hosting for a multi-year agreement to provide Project Controls Technologies for the al-Hamra Tower Project.
December 15, 2008 The Cram Group joins in sponsorship of the Bright Horizons Bright Spaces Foundation on behalf of our customers for the Holiday Season. Read more about the foundation at brighthorizons.com/foundation.
November 23, 2008 Cox Commercial Construction selects The Cram Group's ProjectXnet managed hosting services for deployment of Prolog Manager, Quickbooks Enterprise, and Cubis one ProIntegrator. This was the result of a joint effort between The Cram Group, Project 3 Technologies, and Cubis One.
November 18, 2008 North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System selects The Cram Group to develop an automated PDF Invoice archival system. Technologies include use of custom .NET framework based utilities & Adobe Systems API's, to compile large AIA documents from multiple sources and automate archival in Document Locator Software from Columbiasoft.
November 16, 2008 The Cram Group expands its technical partnerships by joining the Meridian Developer Network. This enables TCG to create robust solutions required by customers that use Meridian Systems Software.
November 7, 2008 Thermal Climate Control selects ProjectXnet Managed Hosting Services for Cost Controls deployment using Quickbooks Enterprise Software.
November 1, 2008 TCG completes upgrade to MS Office 2007 for ProjectXnet hosting services Prolog Manager customers.
October 23, 2008 Torcon, a multi-year customer of The Cram Group and our ProjectXnet Hosting Services is featured in a recent Case Study by Meridian Systems. "Torcon Takes Long Term Use of Prolog® Software to the Next Level by Adding Off-Site Hosting and a Mobile Field Solution". Case Study
October 08, 2008 The Cram Group attends/joins in sponsorship of the Bright Horizons Golf Tournament to benefit the Bright Spaces Foundation. The annual event held at the Blackstone National Golf Course included a day of Golf with other companies that work with Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Read more about the foundation at brighthorizons.com/foundation.
October 03, 2008 TCG completes farm wide upgrades to Exchange 2007 for ProjectXnet hosting services email customers. This includes customers ranging from 5 to 500+ users. Additional support was added for newer Blackberry devices as well as native integration of Apple iPhones.
September 24, 2008 The J Companies was awarded a Gold Constructech Vision Award for innovative use of technologies. The winning solution included integrated use of applications such as Prolog Manager, Document Locator, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange and Blackberry handheld devices hosted in the ProjectXnet environment.
September 17, 2008 Projacs the largest Pan-Arab project management firm, selects ProjectXnet Managed Hosting services to deploy Primavera Contract Manager.
September 10, 2008 Faithful & Gould selects ProjectXnet Managed Hosting services to deploy Primavera P3.1 and Primavera P6.1.
August 30, 2008 Standard Aero selects ProjectXnet ASP subscription services for use of Prolog Manager and Document Locator as their project controls solution for construction Management.
August 15, 2008 United States Postal Service selects ProjectXnet ASP subscription services for use of Prolog Manager and Document Locator as their project controls solution for construction management. This was the result of a joint effort between The Cram Group, Project 3 Technologies, and Jacobs Global Buildings.
August 01, 2008 TCG releases V3.5 of it's Global Report Manager (GRM) software. This new version includes the ability to run reports based on Microsoft SQL Reporting Services (MSSRS) as well as tighter integration with Prolog Manager.
July 28, 2008 TCG releases V3.5 of it's Passport Time Tracking software. This new version includes significant enhancements including .NET framework upgrades, ProjectXnet Portal integrations, feature consolidation and use of Microsoft SQL Reporting Services via TCG's Global Report Manager. Passport 3.5 is a web native timesheet application that enables users to seamlessly manage jobs, employees, and work items for consulting service providers and companies that manage projects on an hourly basis.
July 21, 2008 TCG releases V3.5 of it's ProjectXnet Portal software. This new version results in a 60% speed increase in automated application loading resulting in a better overall user experience for customers. Other significant enhancements include upgrades to current Microsoft .Net Frameworks which will enable faster, more scalable integrated solutions for forthcoming offerings.
July 15, 2008 Faithful & Gould selects ProjectXnet Managed Hosting services to deploy EOS Advisor software. The solution includes dedicated systems resources and use of Apache Tomcat Java server.
June 21, 2008 Alexandrina selects ProjectXnet Managed Host services for deployment of Prolog Manager and Prolog Website as their project controls solution for construction management. This was the result of a joint effort between TCG and long time Meridian Systems partner Project 3 Technologies.
May 1, 2008 Keen Partners selects ProjectXnet Managed Host services for use of Prolog Manager as their project controls software for construction management.
April 21, 2008 Torcon selects ProjectXnet Managed Host services to deploy Encompass Mobile software as their tablet PC based field solution. This exemplifies the flexibility of the ProjectXnet environment to manage numerous integrated applications while providing enterprise level infrastructure and support.
April 28, 2008 The Cram Group launches new website. We are pleased to announce our new website, consolidating the previously separate sites into one streamlined site. We hope you will find the new look and feel to be a refreshing take on our overall direction to bring simplified solutions to the AEC Marketplace.
	April 9, 2008 Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading Co. selects The Cram Groups ProjectXnet Hosting Services. As part of this Multi-year agreement, The Cram Group will provide managed hosting services for various projects throughout the Middle East territory. The services were initially used on the Al Hamra Project, and are now being expanded for use on others throughout the region.
	March 31, 2008 The Cram Group and key Sales Partner, Project 3 Technologies (Houston Texas), complete integration of Prolog Manager and the Encompass Suite of Prolog Web Extensions from Project Team Solutions.
The seamless partnering efforts of these 3 entities enabled a rapid deployment of robust Project Management solutions for Carter & Burgess on the San Antonio Airport Project. The combined solution enables all the project participants to work in an efficient, web native interface leveraging the convergence of mature, proven software with cutting edge technologies.
March 24, 2008 The Cram Group deploys Columbiasoft‘s Document Locator integration platform for use with Prolog Manager from Meridian Systems. During 2007, The Cram Group and Columbiasoft worked together to carry out their vision for the ability to couple a robust, application neutral Document Management system with industry proven vertical solutions. The result was a platform level integration capability that ships with a user configurable integration to cross link documents between Document Locator and Prolog Manager. Early adopters are Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and Torcon, Inc. In the future, this same technology platform can be utilized for other application integrations, for example with Accounting, CRM, and Human Resources.
	March 5, 2008 Linbeck/Nabholdz joint venture selects The Cram Group‘s ProjectXnet ASP solution for use on the Crystal Bridges Project in Bentonville, Arkansas.
The Cram Group and it‘s Sales Partner Project 3 Technologies, based in Houston, TX, worked with the Linbeck/Nabholdz team to identify and implement flexible, collaborative solutions for collaboration among the entire project team. The solution enables all of the project stakeholders to collaborate from geographically dispersed locations via role specific workflow processes.
	March 3, 2008 HITT Contracting launches collaborative file management initiative for their Retail Construction team. The Cram Group has worked with HITT Contracting since 2001 on numerous initiatives for Project Management, Document Management and custom internet accessible solutions.
One of the latest initiatives was the enterprise wide Intranet powered by Document Locator, robust document management software from Columbiasoft. The most recent implementation efforts are focused on the nationally dispersed Retail Construction team aimed at creating a more efficient, secure, and simplified line of communication with Subcontractors for project documents.
	February 25, 2008 North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System renews and extends all service agreements. This includes ProjectXnet managed hosting services for Prolog Manager and Proprietary technologies; ProjectXnet ASP Subscription services for eInvoice (an online invoicing solution integrated with Prolog Manager); and ProjectXnet ASP subscription services for Document Locator (a robust document management software).
	February 11, 2008 The Cram Group is set to exhibit as a Silver Sponsor at the 11th annual Meridian Systems International User Conference. The Cram Group remains committed to it‘s investment in the Meridian Systems suite of technologies and it‘s long list of customers that depend on them.
This marks our 8th year attending the conference. We will be showcasing our industry leading ProjectXnet hosted services, key integrations based on Industry leading Document Management software from Columbiasoft, and our capabilities to engineer and deploy custom software solutions. We are particularly excited about the launch of new programs such as Prolog Connect that will enable service oriented companies like us to extend our clients investments in the best of breed products from Meridian Systems.
	February 4th, 2008 The Pentagon Wedges 3 through 5 Renovation project renews onsite consulting services. The extension of this multi-year agreement will result in an 8 year relationship between Hensel Phelps and The Cram Group working on the Pentagon Renovation Program. The Cram Group provides comprehensive onsite Prolog Manager Administration and training to the Owner, General Contractor, Engineers, and Subcontractors working on the program.
	Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Signs multi-Year agreement for ProjectXnet managed hosting services. The extension of this multi-year agreement will result in a 10 year relationship between Hensel Phelps and The Cram Group. Since 2000, The Cram Group has worked with Hensel Phelps to manage their enterprise wide deployment of Prolog Manager, Prolog Website, and other proprietary technologies.
Rich Cummins, Senior Application Administrator for Hensel Phelps, says "This is proof that the solutions are working for the users, supported by great people, and both companies are committed to working toward adoption of sustainable, cost effective enterprise level solutions."
	November 12, 2007 SpawMaxwell Company signs enterprise hosting agreement with ProjectXnet Managed Hosting Services for Prolog Manager.
The Cram Group and Texas based sales partner Project 3 Technologies worked together to design, deploy and implement an enterprise level solution for this Texas based contractor. The ProjectXnet hosting services and the use of Prolog Manager will enable them to stay current at all their jobsites from any location.
	October 8, 2007 Robinson Industries, Inc. signs enterprise hosting agreement with ProjectXnet Managed Hosting Services for Timberline Accounting. The Cram Group and Texas bases sales partner Project 3 Technologies worked together to design, deploy and implement an enterprise level solution for this Texas based firm. The ProjectXnet hosting services and the use of Timberline Accounting will enable them to collaborate among several office locations.
	RADCO, Inc., a California Based engineering firm signs multi-year agreement with ProjectXnet ASP services for Document Management Collaboration. RADCO will utilize ProjectXnet ASP for Document Locator to facilitate online collaboration between numerous partners and branch offices.
	Torcon, Inc. signed a three-year agreement for ProjectXnet managed hosting service. ProjectXnet will allow Torcon to deploy Prolog Manager, their choice of construction project management applications and access critical project information via one centralized, secure, web-based environment.
	Tocci Building Corporation Selects Document Locator for Document Management.