News
Portsmouth City Council begins rolling out P2 for property management
13th October 2009
Portsmouth City Council is in the process of rolling out the P2.net condition, suitability and sufficiency modules to support the work within the Education service. All of the condition data collected by consultants NPS Property Consultants Ltd has been transferred to the Portsmouth database and the authority plans to roll out the system to all of the schools over the coming months.
Edinburgh City Council choose P2
13th October 2009
Edinburgh City Council has procured the P2.net project solution to improve their project management and collaboration between team members for a wide range of construction projects. The system will streamline the process of distributing project-related information, documents and communications and will be live by December 2010.
Bassetlaw Council purchase P2
13th October 2009
Bassetlaw Council is latest District council to appreciate the cost effective and ease of implementation of P2.net software. The authority has introduced the P2.net solution to manage both their asset, helpdesk and project management requirements.
Leicestershire County Council procure P2
13th October 2009
Leicestershire County Council has procured the P2.net FM Contract Management Information System that will support the main FM contract comprising of the following components:
Building Cleaning
High Level Kitchen and Fan Cleaning
Premises Support
Security Services
Waste Collection and Recycling
Grounds Maintenance
The system will be used by the FM management team within the County Council's Property and Asset Management Service, a part of the Corporate Resources department and includes county hall, the organisation's democratic and administrative centre, accommodating over 2500 employees and elected officials, plus a further 385 administrative, libraries, school and Registrar's offices.
Devon County Council become the latest users of P2 for property management
13th October 2009
Through its partner NPS South West Ltd, Devon County Council has procured the P2.net Asset Management solution to replace the existing Tribal system. The P2.net solution will provide the council with the full asset management to replace their current Evolution database and a comprehensive property helpdesk to replace the current Bumper solution. The authority will also have access to the P2.net Project module as part of the Concerto Support Services site wide licence arrangement with NPS Group.
Blackpool Council extend P2 use within the authority
13th October 2009
Blackpool Council continues to extend their use of P2.net and has recently appointed Concerto to replace their exiting South Bank Systems Helpdesk solution. The integrated solution will give the authority the ability to quickly identify all reactive, planned maintenance and capital on their entire asset database through a central source.
Barnsley Council and Nottingham City Councils employ P2 to handle their IT projects
13th October 2009
Barnsley Council and Nottingham City Councils have procured P2.net Project Management solution to manage their IT Projects and to improve the project management and collaboration between team members for a wide range of IT projects. The system has been configured to reflect the different Prince2 based methodologies adopted by both authorities however in both cases will streamline the process of distributing project-related information, documents and communications across their internal team and with external partners.
We have embraced the Government's Cycle to Work Scheme, supporting our staff should they wish to make the switch from the car to pedal power to get them into work.
15th April 2009
Cycle to Work offers substantial discounts on bicycles to those workers who wish to use a bike to commute to and from work. Official guidance can be found here.
Concerto are keen to take any steps they can to improve their environmental footprint and Cycle to Work can only contribute to that goal.
We are pleased to welcome two new clients, Lincoln City and Gateshead Councils
31st March 2009
Lincoln City and Gateshead Councils have both decided to implement P2.net to enhance their asset management function.
Both organisations trawled the market, dismissing other solutions before plumbing for P2.net.
They chose the P2.net suite following attendance of several workshops and site visits, which clearly demonstrated our software's intuitive interface and innovative approach. Of particular importance was the future potential of P2 to provide and integrate additional core operational functions, particularly with respect to project management.
Kevan Davey said "We are delighted that the two organisations are working with us. They both recognise the flexibility of the p2 web interface and the importance of using new technology to deliver the required outcomes"
Belfast City Council select P2 for capital works project management
2nd February 2009
BCC has selected P2.net to automate and facilitate control of their capital works programme, with an emphasis on the Royal Institute of British Architects' work stages and the Chartered Institute of Building methodology.
P2 replaces their current paper based management and control system. It is expected this will result in efficiency and cost savings in the future.
The Council's Capital Project Management Unit is responsible for the delivery of capital (mainly construction) projects and the monitoring of expenditure and anticipated final costs, including the processing of payments to contractors and consultants.
The unit co-ordinates project delivery using multi disciplined design teams of architects, quantity surveyors, structural engineers, M&E engineers and back office staff. The feature set P2 provides potentially enables these different team members to always be in touch with the progress and status of their projects, no matter where they may be in the world.
Their core requirement is for payments to parties associated with a project to be displayed in a clear and concise way. P2 with its strong collaborative tools enables teams to highlight areas needing corrective action quickly and easily.
COPROP membership discussion forum delivered by Concerto Support
23rd December 2008
We are delighted to report that the new COPROP membership website is now live.
We were approached by the Association of Chief Corporate Property Officers to design and develop a new members' area, to significantly improve and enhance the look, feel and functionality of their existing provision.
The new site allows users to share documents and discuss, via an on-line forum, any aspects of property based asset management.
For more information contact webmaster@coprop.org.uk.
NPS Property Consultants roll out P2.net across the organisation
5th June 2008
NPS Property Consultants Ltd. selected the web based P2.net software suite for its flexibility and ease of use and have been impressed with the speed of roll out this has facilitated.
Our P2.net Asset Management solution is now live and NPS have turned their attention to rolling out additional software across the company. As part of their strategy to make Concerto a key solution provider they are in the process of implementing our software modules across the UK; including additional web based Asset Management solutions, Helpdesk facilities and the P2.net projects module.
Currently, Concerto Support has implemented the P2.net Help Desk at the Hampton Court office and is extending this into the Norfolk HQ, NPS London and NPS Woodbridge. Alongside this NPS is utilising P2.net AMP on behalf of Suffolk Coastal Council. In tandem there is an ongoing programme to implement the P2.net Projects system across the whole NPS organisation. The strength of P2.net is that all this is achievable with one centralised solution - reducing costs, improving efficiencies and streamlining processes and management throughout.
NPS Property Consultants made a strategic decision in 2006 to replace the Tribal Evolution and Estateman software solution it had been running since 1998. The Management's vision was to introduce robust, well integrated systems that allow staff to enter information once and have it centrally available to all personnel regardless of geographic or organisational location and without the need to deploy costly remoting solutions or desktop software. This is now being delivered uniquely by P2.net.
NPS Property Consultant's management are confident that they are in good hands with Concerto Support Services. Peter Kean-Cockburn says: "Our relationship with Concerto is excellent, and we have found their people to be very helpful throughout the exercise." He added "the efficiencies gained from consolidation and better management of assets will be significant."
Kevan Davey, Director of Concerto said "We are pleased at how NPS are using P2.net to its full extent. Concerto Support Services has formed a very close relationship with NPS and we look forward to providing additional high quality solutions to support the NPS portfolio as it grows throughout the UK."
HBC select Concerto for the Mersey Gateway Project
1st June 2008
Concerto Support is delighted to announce that Halton Borough Council have taken the decision to implement the Concerto P2.net Property Transaction Solution to manage the council’s on-going interests as part of the development of the Mersey Gateway Project. The Mersey Gateway project will provide a new road bridge across the River Mersey between Widnes and Runcorn in order to relieve traffic congestion on the Silver Jubilee Bridge, improving local links and communication and aiding future growth and business development. The new route will be to the east of the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
The web based solution will allow the authority to track the progress of all the legal steps where property, business and residents are affected by the proposed new route. Halton will also use the system to track all communications with interested parties to ensure that a full picture of the views and comments is understood. All communications will be logged as the project develops and decisions are made regarding the exact route.
"HBC are very happy that this software has been made available, not only for the Mersey Gateway Project but for all major acquisition and disposal programmes the council are involved with. It will allow us to build on the success of the Concerto P2 Property software implementation within the authority, maintaining the fully integrated property solution we have come to expect from Concerto."
NPS Property Consultants extend P2.net use
9th March 2008
NPS Property Consultants extend the use of P2.net software into their Hampton Court Office following the successful bid to retain the contract with Kinston upon Thames council to provide a range of Technical services. The extension of the licence will allow The Hampton Court office to manage the Helpdesk using the p2.net Helpdesk Manager and provide the client real-time data.
Bristol City Council choose P2.net for project management
18th December 2007
Bristol City Council has selected P2.net Projects solution to manage their Transforming Bristol projects. The system is being used by the Business Transformation team who have uploaded their full project management methodology and templates. The system is currently under evaluation in the authority with a view to rolling it out across the whole organisation over the next year.
Skills for Care to manage their project portfolio with P2.net
25th November 2007
Skills for Care (SfC) has selected P2.net Projects solution to manage their project portfolio. P2.net will deliver real-time project and performance information across the entire range of Skills for Care activity, which will be used to demonstrate the value of SfC to the social care sector and to support the business care for funding. Skills for Care has grown very rapidly over the past few years and the number and scope of projects that are being delivered has also grown enormously.
Using p2.net Skills for Care staff have ´on demand´ access to information on all activity being undertaken both nationally and regionally. The system enables the organisation to easily capture performance information at every level e.g. from individual project milestones to overviews by strategic objective.
Nottingham City Council Transport Department select P2.net
14th November 2007
Following a rigorous selection process Nottingham City Council has selected Concerto’s P2.net Project System as their Local Transport Plan Programme Monitoring System. Nottingham City Council acquired the system to assist in the management of its annual transport programme which consists of some 300 individual projects that aggregate into a programme valued in the region of £16 million. The system will link to the authority’s ESRI ArcView database to show graphically project data across the City and link to their One World financial package to ensure budget, commitment and expenditure detail is recorded within P2.net.
Shropshire County Council select p2.net Asbestos solution
6th June 2007
Shropshire County Council is to start using the p2.net Asbestos module. A dynamic link is in the process of being developed to allow survey data to be imported remotely as surveys are completed by their current consultants DMW Environmental Services Ltd.
CPA partner on service delivery
25th April 2007
Clinical Psychology Associates partner with Concerto to provide delivery of web based services to their clients.
NPS Property Consultants pick P2.Net
25th March 2007
NPS Property Consultants select Concerto Support as the preferred supplier of their Property and Asset Management portal solution.
Blackpool Borough Council switch to P2 for AMP management
20th February 2007
Blackpool Borough Council has chosen to replace their existing Asset Management System with P2.net Property Portal and select KPI.Net for their benchmark reporting.
Fenland select P2.net
3rd February 2007
Fenland choose p2 to manage both their IT and Housing projects.
CWDC utilise P2 for their complex project financial management
17th January 2007
CWDC (Children’s Work Development Council) select P2.net to manage their projects across the organisation.
Nottinghamshire County Council select P2 for property and project management
5th January 2007
Nottinghamshire County Council choose P2.net Property to help manage their Property and Project data.
13th October 2009
Portsmouth City Council is in the process of rolling out the P2.net condition, suitability and sufficiency modules to support the work within the Education service. All of the condition data collected by consultants NPS Property Consultants Ltd has been transferred to the Portsmouth database and the authority plans to roll out the system to all of the schools over the coming months.
Edinburgh City Council choose P2
13th October 2009
Edinburgh City Council has procured the P2.net project solution to improve their project management and collaboration between team members for a wide range of construction projects. The system will streamline the process of distributing project-related information, documents and communications and will be live by December 2010.
Bassetlaw Council purchase P2
13th October 2009
Bassetlaw Council is latest District council to appreciate the cost effective and ease of implementation of P2.net software. The authority has introduced the P2.net solution to manage both their asset, helpdesk and project management requirements.
Leicestershire County Council procure P2
13th October 2009
Leicestershire County Council has procured the P2.net FM Contract Management Information System that will support the main FM contract comprising of the following components:
Building Cleaning
High Level Kitchen and Fan Cleaning
Premises Support
Security Services
Waste Collection and Recycling
Grounds Maintenance
The system will be used by the FM management team within the County Council's Property and Asset Management Service, a part of the Corporate Resources department and includes county hall, the organisation's democratic and administrative centre, accommodating over 2500 employees and elected officials, plus a further 385 administrative, libraries, school and Registrar's offices.
Devon County Council become the latest users of P2 for property management
13th October 2009
Through its partner NPS South West Ltd, Devon County Council has procured the P2.net Asset Management solution to replace the existing Tribal system. The P2.net solution will provide the council with the full asset management to replace their current Evolution database and a comprehensive property helpdesk to replace the current Bumper solution. The authority will also have access to the P2.net Project module as part of the Concerto Support Services site wide licence arrangement with NPS Group.
Blackpool Council extend P2 use within the authority
13th October 2009
Blackpool Council continues to extend their use of P2.net and has recently appointed Concerto to replace their exiting South Bank Systems Helpdesk solution. The integrated solution will give the authority the ability to quickly identify all reactive, planned maintenance and capital on their entire asset database through a central source.
Barnsley Council and Nottingham City Councils employ P2 to handle their IT projects
13th October 2009
Barnsley Council and Nottingham City Councils have procured P2.net Project Management solution to manage their IT Projects and to improve the project management and collaboration between team members for a wide range of IT projects. The system has been configured to reflect the different Prince2 based methodologies adopted by both authorities however in both cases will streamline the process of distributing project-related information, documents and communications across their internal team and with external partners.
We have embraced the Government's Cycle to Work Scheme, supporting our staff should they wish to make the switch from the car to pedal power to get them into work.
15th April 2009
Cycle to Work offers substantial discounts on bicycles to those workers who wish to use a bike to commute to and from work. Official guidance can be found here.
Concerto are keen to take any steps they can to improve their environmental footprint and Cycle to Work can only contribute to that goal.
We are pleased to welcome two new clients, Lincoln City and Gateshead Councils
31st March 2009
Lincoln City and Gateshead Councils have both decided to implement P2.net to enhance their asset management function.
Both organisations trawled the market, dismissing other solutions before plumbing for P2.net.
They chose the P2.net suite following attendance of several workshops and site visits, which clearly demonstrated our software's intuitive interface and innovative approach. Of particular importance was the future potential of P2 to provide and integrate additional core operational functions, particularly with respect to project management.
Kevan Davey said "We are delighted that the two organisations are working with us. They both recognise the flexibility of the p2 web interface and the importance of using new technology to deliver the required outcomes"
Belfast City Council select P2 for capital works project management
2nd February 2009
BCC has selected P2.net to automate and facilitate control of their capital works programme, with an emphasis on the Royal Institute of British Architects' work stages and the Chartered Institute of Building methodology.
P2 replaces their current paper based management and control system. It is expected this will result in efficiency and cost savings in the future.
The Council's Capital Project Management Unit is responsible for the delivery of capital (mainly construction) projects and the monitoring of expenditure and anticipated final costs, including the processing of payments to contractors and consultants.
The unit co-ordinates project delivery using multi disciplined design teams of architects, quantity surveyors, structural engineers, M&E engineers and back office staff. The feature set P2 provides potentially enables these different team members to always be in touch with the progress and status of their projects, no matter where they may be in the world.
Their core requirement is for payments to parties associated with a project to be displayed in a clear and concise way. P2 with its strong collaborative tools enables teams to highlight areas needing corrective action quickly and easily.
COPROP membership discussion forum delivered by Concerto Support
23rd December 2008
We are delighted to report that the new COPROP membership website is now live.
We were approached by the Association of Chief Corporate Property Officers to design and develop a new members' area, to significantly improve and enhance the look, feel and functionality of their existing provision.
The new site allows users to share documents and discuss, via an on-line forum, any aspects of property based asset management.
For more information contact webmaster@coprop.org.uk.
NPS Property Consultants roll out P2.net across the organisation
5th June 2008
NPS Property Consultants Ltd. selected the web based P2.net software suite for its flexibility and ease of use and have been impressed with the speed of roll out this has facilitated.
Our P2.net Asset Management solution is now live and NPS have turned their attention to rolling out additional software across the company. As part of their strategy to make Concerto a key solution provider they are in the process of implementing our software modules across the UK; including additional web based Asset Management solutions, Helpdesk facilities and the P2.net projects module.
Currently, Concerto Support has implemented the P2.net Help Desk at the Hampton Court office and is extending this into the Norfolk HQ, NPS London and NPS Woodbridge. Alongside this NPS is utilising P2.net AMP on behalf of Suffolk Coastal Council. In tandem there is an ongoing programme to implement the P2.net Projects system across the whole NPS organisation. The strength of P2.net is that all this is achievable with one centralised solution - reducing costs, improving efficiencies and streamlining processes and management throughout.
NPS Property Consultants made a strategic decision in 2006 to replace the Tribal Evolution and Estateman software solution it had been running since 1998. The Management's vision was to introduce robust, well integrated systems that allow staff to enter information once and have it centrally available to all personnel regardless of geographic or organisational location and without the need to deploy costly remoting solutions or desktop software. This is now being delivered uniquely by P2.net.
NPS Property Consultant's management are confident that they are in good hands with Concerto Support Services. Peter Kean-Cockburn says: "Our relationship with Concerto is excellent, and we have found their people to be very helpful throughout the exercise." He added "the efficiencies gained from consolidation and better management of assets will be significant."
Kevan Davey, Director of Concerto said "We are pleased at how NPS are using P2.net to its full extent. Concerto Support Services has formed a very close relationship with NPS and we look forward to providing additional high quality solutions to support the NPS portfolio as it grows throughout the UK."
HBC select Concerto for the Mersey Gateway Project
1st June 2008
Concerto Support is delighted to announce that Halton Borough Council have taken the decision to implement the Concerto P2.net Property Transaction Solution to manage the council’s on-going interests as part of the development of the Mersey Gateway Project. The Mersey Gateway project will provide a new road bridge across the River Mersey between Widnes and Runcorn in order to relieve traffic congestion on the Silver Jubilee Bridge, improving local links and communication and aiding future growth and business development. The new route will be to the east of the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
The web based solution will allow the authority to track the progress of all the legal steps where property, business and residents are affected by the proposed new route. Halton will also use the system to track all communications with interested parties to ensure that a full picture of the views and comments is understood. All communications will be logged as the project develops and decisions are made regarding the exact route.
"HBC are very happy that this software has been made available, not only for the Mersey Gateway Project but for all major acquisition and disposal programmes the council are involved with. It will allow us to build on the success of the Concerto P2 Property software implementation within the authority, maintaining the fully integrated property solution we have come to expect from Concerto."
NPS Property Consultants extend P2.net use
9th March 2008
NPS Property Consultants extend the use of P2.net software into their Hampton Court Office following the successful bid to retain the contract with Kinston upon Thames council to provide a range of Technical services. The extension of the licence will allow The Hampton Court office to manage the Helpdesk using the p2.net Helpdesk Manager and provide the client real-time data.
Bristol City Council choose P2.net for project management
18th December 2007
Bristol City Council has selected P2.net Projects solution to manage their Transforming Bristol projects. The system is being used by the Business Transformation team who have uploaded their full project management methodology and templates. The system is currently under evaluation in the authority with a view to rolling it out across the whole organisation over the next year.
Skills for Care to manage their project portfolio with P2.net
25th November 2007
Skills for Care (SfC) has selected P2.net Projects solution to manage their project portfolio. P2.net will deliver real-time project and performance information across the entire range of Skills for Care activity, which will be used to demonstrate the value of SfC to the social care sector and to support the business care for funding. Skills for Care has grown very rapidly over the past few years and the number and scope of projects that are being delivered has also grown enormously.
Using p2.net Skills for Care staff have ´on demand´ access to information on all activity being undertaken both nationally and regionally. The system enables the organisation to easily capture performance information at every level e.g. from individual project milestones to overviews by strategic objective.
Nottingham City Council Transport Department select P2.net
14th November 2007
Following a rigorous selection process Nottingham City Council has selected Concerto’s P2.net Project System as their Local Transport Plan Programme Monitoring System. Nottingham City Council acquired the system to assist in the management of its annual transport programme which consists of some 300 individual projects that aggregate into a programme valued in the region of £16 million. The system will link to the authority’s ESRI ArcView database to show graphically project data across the City and link to their One World financial package to ensure budget, commitment and expenditure detail is recorded within P2.net.
Shropshire County Council select p2.net Asbestos solution
6th June 2007
Shropshire County Council is to start using the p2.net Asbestos module. A dynamic link is in the process of being developed to allow survey data to be imported remotely as surveys are completed by their current consultants DMW Environmental Services Ltd.
CPA partner on service delivery
25th April 2007
Clinical Psychology Associates partner with Concerto to provide delivery of web based services to their clients.
NPS Property Consultants pick P2.Net
25th March 2007
NPS Property Consultants select Concerto Support as the preferred supplier of their Property and Asset Management portal solution.
Blackpool Borough Council switch to P2 for AMP management
20th February 2007
Blackpool Borough Council has chosen to replace their existing Asset Management System with P2.net Property Portal and select KPI.Net for their benchmark reporting.
Fenland select P2.net
3rd February 2007
Fenland choose p2 to manage both their IT and Housing projects.
CWDC utilise P2 for their complex project financial management
17th January 2007
CWDC (Children’s Work Development Council) select P2.net to manage their projects across the organisation.
Nottinghamshire County Council select P2 for property and project management
5th January 2007
Nottinghamshire County Council choose P2.net Property to help manage their Property and Project data.
