Braun Intertec Corporation implements QESTLab™
(30 May 2009) Spectra QEST announces that Braun Intertec Corporation, an Environmental and Engineering consulting firm headquartered in Minnesota, USA, is implementing QESTLab™.
Braun Intertec Corporation is a leading engineering and environmental consulting and testing firm with a history dating back to 1957. It has about 400 employees located in multiple offices in Minnesota and across the Midwest, and was recently named ‘Firm of the Year’ for Minnesota by the American Council of Engineering Companies.
Braun Intertec management was looking for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that would give them centralization, accuracy and efficiency gains, better control of their laboratory assets, and overall a significant and practical quality and image upgrade for their company. Following a rigorous selection process, Braun Intertec selected Spectra QEST as their preferred vendor toward the end of 2007, and by the end of the first quarter of 2008 the project of configuring, adapting and commissioning QESTLab™ was well underway. The system went live during late 2008.
“I am pleased to note that our decision to choose Spectra QEST’s QESTLab™ has proven to be the right decision both from management’s perspective and also from the perspective of our laboratory operations. Indeed, the laboratory personnel are also seeing the significant benefits of the system. They find it easy to use, comprehensive and powerful. One of the main reasons for this is that the system is specifically designed for Construction Materials Testing, and in addition, provides the flexibility to allow customization to our processes” said Mr. Brian Hase (Braun Intertec Corporation, Director of Information Technology).
He also commented on Spectra QEST’s ability to assist his staff with the demanding and complex integration process: “Our IT staff tasked with enterprise application integration with our project management, accounting, and report delivery applications, are especially pleased with how well the integration effort was conducted. Both the technical design of the QESTLab™ product itself, and the professionals at Spectra QEST who develop and support it, exhibit an overall technical know-how that is quite gratifying.”
Mr. Hase also remarked that this unfortunately is not the case with all software vendors:“Dealing with Spectra QEST has been a pleasure, and I was impressed by how well your staff handled themselves post-sale. In my experience, many Independent Software Vendors concentrate on the sale and fall short in supporting implementation and integration efforts afterwards. Spectra QEST was different, proving to be an excellent partner during the traditionally complex post-sale phase of the project. Spectra QEST staff were helpful, knowledgeable, and showed significant experience in the implementation of the QESTLab™ system. The training, support, configuration, customization and project management services all proved to be first rate.”
Indicative of Spectra QEST’s philosophy of fostering long term relationships with its customers, were Mr. Hase’s closing remarks: “As we continue to execute continuing phases of the program, I am confident in having a reliable development partner in Spectra QEST.”
About Braun Intertec Corporation (www.braunintertec.com):
Based in Minneapolis, employee-owned Braun Intertec is a premier engineering and environmental consulting and testing firm that has about 400 employees located in multiple Twin Cities offices as well as in Duluth, Hibbing, Rochester, Mankato and St. Cloud. The firm also has offices in Bismarck and Fargo, N.D., La Crosse, Wis., Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Detroit. Braun Intertec prides itself on using the latest tools and technologies to provide a high quality service to its customers.
About Spectra QEST (www spectraqest.com):
Spectra QEST is a software development and services company specialising in solutions for the construction materials testing and production industries. Founded in January 1984, Spectra QEST has a long history of leading the world in the development and implementation of software solutions for the quality control of construction materials and soils. Its customers include leading international construction companies, construction materials and geotechnical testing companies, construction materials manufacturers, and government bodies.
Contact:
Michael Sautner, Manager Technical Marketing & Sales, Spectra QEST
P: +61 8 8360 8923 (Intl), +1 888 360 8901 (USA), E: media@spectraqest.com
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