University of Washington Enhances Facility Management with Aras Innovator

• 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
• 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 数据管理平台

• 教育

• 设施管理

• 系统集成

The University of Washington faced the challenge of managing over 12 million square feet of facilities across three campuses, which included classrooms, offices, laboratories, and dormitories. The need for both new construction and ongoing maintenance required ready access to relevant facilities information to ensure proper management. Additionally, since the events of 9/11, real-time access to visual facilities information in times of crisis became critical for saving lives and ensuring that first responders had the necessary information to act safely and effectively. The university's facilities management organization envisioned an enterprise solution to manage critical facilities information securely online for better access, visibility, and control. The wide range of different files, documents, and data required for construction and ongoing maintenance, along with configuration information for various systems, necessitated a powerful solution capable of handling vast amounts of data and file relationships.

The University of Washington is a prestigious institution serving over 40,000 students, professors, and administrators annually. It offers a rich environment for learning and life experiences across its three campuses, which encompass over 12 million square feet of facilities. These facilities include classrooms, offices, laboratories, and dormitories, enabling innovation and collaboration for students from around the world. The university's leadership is committed to balancing the need to restore and renew aging facilities with the need to grow by providing modern facilities for world-class excellence in research and teaching. This commitment drives the university's strategy to ensure proper management of its extensive facilities, which are crucial for supporting its educational and research missions.

To address the challenge, the University of Washington implemented the Aras Innovator solution, a modern web-based service-oriented architecture (SOA) on the Microsoft platform. Aras Innovator provided an enterprise business solution for configuration management that complemented existing systems at the university. This solution offered a scalable, manageable, and secure platform that the institution could rely on for the future. The deployment of Aras Innovator enabled the university to gain complete control over facilities information, accessible over the web using PCs and wireless tablet PCs. This saved time and facilitated better collaboration. The Aras solution managed and delivered all the facilities information, including over 6 terabytes of data, necessary for successful projects such as the construction of the William H. Foege BioEngineering & Genome Sciences Building. By utilizing Aras Innovator, the university simplified manageability, improved access, and ensured security for its facilities information.

• The University of Washington was able to deploy the Aras Innovator solution to deliver complete control over facilities information, accessible over the web using PCs and wireless tablet PCs, saving time and enabling better collaboration.
• The Aras solution provided the critical information necessary to maintain properties and buildings across the entire campus system, including William H. Gates Hall School of Law and Mary Gates Hall.
• The solution managed and delivered over 6 terabytes of data necessary for successful projects, such as the construction of the William H. Foege BioEngineering & Genome Sciences Building.

• Saved over $100,000 a year in printing and labor costs for drawings and documents.