Case Study: Memorial Hermann achieves $700,000 in reallocated savings and improved cost certainty with Trimble's e-Builder Enterprise

Memorial Hermann Capitalizes on an Integrated Project Cost Control Solution

Memorial Hermann, one of the largest not‑for‑profit health systems in the U.S., operates 15 hospitals in the Houston area and was managing a $2 billion capital program with about 400 projects. The system struggled with costly overruns (one $66M project exceeded budget by $4M), time‑intensive audits (an employee spent over 1,700 hours gathering data), contingency‑heavy budgets and a slow invoice process that led to up to 31% of 400 monthly invoices being paid late.

Memorial Hermann implemented e-Builder Enterprise as a single-entry project management information system, integrated with Lawson, to replace a triple‑entry process. The change automated reconciliations, reduced duplicate entry and reporting time, improved cost visibility and estimating, and freed staff for project work. As a result, the organization identified $700,000 in savings that were re-deployed to other projects, improved cost certainty, and gained more resources to support capital projects and charitable missions.

Memorial Hermann

Paul Shearon

Director of Financial Services