Case Study: Barton Malow achieves real-time cost transparency and stronger collaboration with Join

Why Barton Malow went “all in” with Join for their preconstruction processes

The customer, Barton Malow, faced challenges with its manual, Excel-based preconstruction cost tracking process for a major hospital project. The Excel system was error-prone, lacked version control, and could not provide the transparency or collaborative features needed to effectively manage decisions and budgets with the owner and design teams, prompting the search for a better solution from the vendor, Join.

Barton Malow implemented Join as its exclusive cost management platform for the Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital project. The solution from Join automated change tracking, ensured real-time data visibility for all 65 users, and created a centralized hub for documentation and decision history. This resulted in streamlined communication, dramatically reduced email, the complete elimination of manual reporting, and the successful achievement of the project’s budget goals, leading Barton Malow to adopt Join as an integral part of its preconstruction process.

Barton Malow

Elizabeth Geiser

Vice President of Preconstruction