Construction Technology Innovator Collaborates with Construction Engineering Firm to Bring Generative Construction Scheduling Technology to the APAC Region
Menlo Park, CA – ALICE Technologies today announced its strategic partnership with Cranborne, a construction engineering firm based in Hong Kong. This strategic collaboration aims to enable Cranborne’s clients with construction optimization technology and provide ALICE Technologies with the opportunity to expand the reach of their pioneering solution for capital construction projects in the APAC region.
ALICE Technologies’ construction schedule optimization platform, ALICE, helps owners, and contractors worldwide to leverage the power of AI to plan, bid and build complex capital industrial, infrastructure and commercial projects more efficiently and with reduced risk. In addition to working with leading global GCs and owners, ALICE collaborates with a select set of consulting firms worldwide to help their construction sector clients optimize construction and reduce project risk.
Earlier last year, Swire Properties, a renowned property developer based in Hong Kong, participated in the company's latest funding round. They are known for developing and managing commercial, retail, hotel, and residential properties, with a particular focus on mixed-use developments in prime locations at major mass transportation intersections.
The ALICE platform is essential as it helps clients maximize the efficiency of their construction schedules in various industries such as infrastructure, energy production, semiconductor manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, battery plants, power plants, and data centers.
The engineering-led strategic partner, Cranborne, provides engineering, planning and project controls services to infrastructure construction projects. One of the most notable projects that the company was recently engaged in is the 1701 Oyster Bay station and Associated Works tender and contract for China State Construction and Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited.
Through this partnership, Cranborne will implement ALICE Core, ALICE Technologies’ flagship product, across its diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects to optimize the planning, bidding, scheduling and construction of capital projects.
Lee Smollett, Director at Cranborne, commented: “We selected ALICE because it helps automate the scheduling process and create optimized, antifragile schedules.
“Previously, the team used Primavera P6, which could take weeks to assess one or two scenarios. ALICE Core allows us to upload our P6 schedule into the platform and explore scenarios in minutes. By creating parametric schedules, ALICE enables us to determine realistic resource requirements and stress test multiple options.”
“Some of the world’s most innovative capital projects are underway in the APAC region and we’re excited to offer ALICE’s cost and time-saving optimization capabilities to owners and contractors in this area,” said René Morkos, founder and CEO of ALICE. “Partnering with Cranborne allows us to better support businesses and expand our presence in APAC. We look forward to Cranborne’s progress as it integrates scheduling optimization technology into more projects.”
ALICE Technologies recently launched a partner program for professional services firms that serve large contractors and owners. This partner program offers member firms different levels of benefits based on factors such as the volume of business they drive and number of ALICE-certified professionals they have on staff. For more information on program details, visit www.alicetechnologies.com/partners.
About ALICE Technologies
ALICE Technologies is the creator of the world’s first construction schedule optimization platform. Founded in 2015 and spun out of research from Stanford University, ALICE helps large contractors and owners to reduce risk and plan, bid and build more efficiently. The company works with large customers in the infrastructure, industrial, and commercial construction segments, such as Bouygues, SCS JV and Implenia. Headquartered in the U.S. ALICE also has significant operations in the Czech Republic, the U.K., and India. Learn more at www.alicetechnologies.com.
About Cranborne
Opened in 2013, Cranborne are an engineering led business of former contractor's personnel with significant project delivery experience, who have a mission to apply their expertise; critical thinking; and reasoning, to the construction projects that underpin everyday life, removing waste from the construction process, reducing cost and providing a reliable project timeframe. Cranborne’s Project Engineering and Planning & Programming specialists support infrastructure construction projects throughout Hong Kong with a clear vision to be recognised as the leading provider of innovation and excellence in construction planning.
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