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Building Technology & Sustainability

RealFoundations successfully conducted a strategy phase assessment for a privately held company of multi-family and hospitality properties.

HVAC & Lighting

For a well established commercial office space owner/operator, RealFoundations conducted a current state assessment of Building Automation systems and processes to define an approach to satisfy the company's desire to easily disseminate building operational information and allow for a more scalable corporate wide platform.

Energy Utility Management

For a leading nationwide shopping mall owner, RealFoundations developed a utility management system strategy to satisfy the company's desire to improve their business intelligence surrounding energy tracking and monitoring.

Energy Management Strategy & Implementation

For one of Southern California's largest master planner and developers RealFoundations successfully developed an operational strategy for a development encompassing a full range of hotel, retail, office, and apartment properties.

Business Intelligence

Multifamily Company

For a leading multifamily company, RealFoundations assessed current state reporting processes and systems, identified and implemented selected improvement opportunities

Business Process Improvement

Property Management Company

For a startup property management company specializing in tax credit assets, RealFoundations performed several services, including the establishment of both commercial and multifamily asset management operations and the implementation of the J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe Property Management application.

Multifamily Developer

For a large multifamily developer, RealFoundations implemented J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe and assisted in refocusing certain processes to site personnel.

Collaborative Work

National Homebuilder

The California division of one of the nation’s largest homebuilders identified growth-related challenges in the areas of Land Planning, Field Construction, and Purchasing. The homebuilder specifically identified a need to improve processes and handoffs between Land Planning, Field Construction and Purchasing.

Global Financial Institution

One of the largest financial institutions in the world realized that their corporate real estate information technology platform inhibited future growth, flexibility and productivity. The financial institution initiated a program to address these issues in order to meet its internal goals and to realize their performance objectives.

International Services Provider

One of Canada’s largest providers of integrated management services realized an environment with several growth-related challenges, including: disparate systems, varying procedures, and difficulty in leveling workloads across functions and client accounts.

Diagnostic Analysis

National Apartment Developer

For a national apartment developer, RealFoundations professionals evaluated the student housing process and defined possible property management opportunities.

Multifamily Company

For a leading multifamily company, RealFoundations professionals assessed current state business processes and systems, identified and implemented selected improvement opportunities.

Private Regional Homebuilder

For a private regional homebuilder, RealFoundations managed a business and systems diagnostic and alternatives analysis project.

Planned Community Builder

For a private builder of master planned communities, RealFoundations conducted a systems diagnostic and solution alternatives analysis project.

Solution Implementation

Multifamily Owner Operator

For a medium size multifamily owner operator, RealFoundations implemented Intuit’s MRI Residential solution.

Owner Developer

For a medium size owner/developer, RealFoundations implemented J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe.

Property Management Company

Strategic Information Systems Planning

Regional Convenience Retail Chain

For the real estate department of a leading regional convenience/gasoline retail chain, RealFoundations developed a strategic information systems plan.

Regional Homebuilder

For a leading regional homebuilder, RealFoundations managed a strategic information technology plan and solution selection project.

System Integration

Multifamily REIT

For a large multifamily REIT, RealFoundations professionals implemented J.D. Edwards and interfaced with AMSI and Essbase data warehouse solution.

Specialty Subcontractor

For a large specialty subcontractor, RealFoundations integrated J.D. Edwards with Primavera’s Expedition project management tool utilizing a commercial integration solution.

Online Procurement Solution Provider

For a leading provider of an online procurement solution for the homebuilding industry, RealFoundations developed the integration with the TrueLine homebuilder management system.

Top 5 National Homebuilder

For a top five national homebuilder, RealFoundations managed the integration design, development and testing between J.D. Edwards and the sales office system.