Case Study: University of Southern California achieves centralized control and visibility over its $1.5B capital construction program with Trimble e-Builder

University of Southern California - Customer Case Study

The University of Southern California Facilities Group was tasked in 2015 with managing a $1.5 billion capital construction program but found its distributed, paper-based processes and email-driven communication left project managers overloaded and the program lacking visibility, traceability and consistent controls across multiple locations.

USC implemented e-Builder as a centralized program management information system, integrating estimating, scheduling, cost control and document management, and added office/project engineers while standardizing workflows. The change tripled average annual construction throughput (FY2011–FY2015), gave directors and PMs a single system of record for earlier trend analysis and risk review of change proposals, sped up invoice and change document processing, and increased stakeholder confidence.

University of Southern California