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Touchplan and The Boldt Company Extend Enterprise Agreement

Professional construction services firm renews relationship with leading construction technology to drive innovation and team collaboration on all projects.

BOSTON, MA, and APPLETON, WI (March 20, 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning software technology platform that helps make construction project outcomes more predictable and profitable, and The Boldt Company today announced that they have renewed a definitive enterprise-wide agreement.

The deal provides the Wisconsin-based construction firm and its selected subcontractor partners unlimited use of Touchplan’s intuitive software platform on all its construction projects. Along with collaboration capabilities that link the master schedule to the daily plan anywhere and anytime, Touchplan provides unique jobsite data and analytics across all Boldt projects via its planning software platform and through its API capabilities, increasing overall project efficiency for one of the nation’s leading employee-owned, professional construction services firms.

Started in 1889 by Martin Boldt, Boldt has grown to over 3,000 employees with 18 offices across the country. The company focuses on nine core markets: healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, power & energy, automotive, education, commercial, food and beverage, science & technology, and pulp and paper,

With annual revenues exceeding $1 billion, Engineering News-Record ranks the firm as the 96th largest construction company in the United States.

“Touchplan is an essential part of our tech stack as it removes many of the pains that can arise in construction planning while fostering collaboration and communication and enhancing safety,” said Nick Loughrin, Corporate Director of Project Delivery Services at Boldt. “Continuing to use Touchplan was an easy decision as it continues to save time and money on our construction projects.”

Touchplan is the construction industry’s most experienced and innovative daily project planning and analytics platform. To date, it has been trusted by over 59,000 design and construction professionals around the world on over 4,600 projects to optimize over $93 Billion in construction costs.

“We are thrilled to continue our working relationship with Boldt as they continue to enhance their construction operations by utilizing Touchplan’s construction planning software to improve their overall project success,” said Touchplan Chief Revenue Officer Jimmy Suppelsa. “Using planning and collaboration technology on construction projects is more prominent than ever, and Touchplan is proven to align projects, keeping them on schedule and under budget.”

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About The Boldt Company

The Boldt Company is one of the leading construction management firms in the United States. The firm is a nationally recognized leader in Integrated Lean Project Delivery® within a variety of markets including healthcare, industrial, commercial and energy and power. Boldt is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin and has 18 offices nationwide. For more information www.boldt.com.

About Touchplan

Touchplan is a cloud-based, real-time software platform for intelligent construction planning. Touchplan enables general contractor and specialty contractor collaboration to prevent schedule and budget slippage and enhance jobsite safety. It also provides owners with the instant insights they need to track progress and anticipate problems on projects of varying size and type. Using Touchplan reduces delays, mitigates risks, and improves operational efficiency, which results in more profitable projects. Touchplan is the software division of privately held MOCA Systems, Inc. To learn more, visit touchplan.io.

Media contact for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485

Touchplan Introduces Ticket Export

The latest product feature allows users to export data from Touchplan directly into P6.

BOSTON, MA – 1/25/23 – (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning software platform that helps make construction project outcomes more predictable and profitable, has announced a new ticket export capability.

The feature makes the hassle of moving tickets to P6 much easier, allowing users to update their P6 schedule based on changes made in Touchplan.

Ticket Export saves time by exporting data from Touchplan directly into P6 as often as the user desires. The entire project in Touchplan can now be exported and used to update P6. Users can also export pieces of the Touchplan schedule into P6 to continue to build upon the Master Schedule.

Touchplan’s innovative daily planning and analytics platform is trusted by more than 59,000 design and construction professionals worldwide. More than 4,600 project teams have used Touchplan successfully to optimize the delivery of more than $93.4 billion in construction.

“This new feature, along with our upcoming P6 Import upgrade, will dramatically reduce time spent aggregating, analyzing, and reporting on plan updates and provides a more seamless construction process,” said Touchplan Product Lead Daniel Quaroni.

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About Touchplan

Media contact, for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485

A Look Back at 2022 at Touchplan

As 2022 comes to a close, Touchplan is excited to reflect on another successful year of providing owners, general contractors, and specialty contractors with the insights they need to improve efficiency and enhance profitability on their construction projects.

From product enhancements to new enterprise clients and growing marketing partnerships, here is a look back at some key happenings at Touchplan over the last year.

Product Enhancements

A New Look at Mobile Planning

In January, Touchplan upgraded its mobile planning capabilities. Touchplan now lets you take your project plan anywhere, any time, while working collaboratively with other teams on site. Take a look at a conversation with our product team to learn more.

Clickable Hyperlinks

In March, a new feature was added, letting users enable integration via hyperlinks within Touchplan’s custom fields to direct users to a specific instance in another platform’s interface.

Application Programming Interface

In May, we saw Touchplan release its Application Programming Interface (API). This feature allows customers to retrieve and manipulate their construction project data from outside Touchplan.

Bulk Ticket Import

In July, Touchplan rolled out a bulk ticket import capability. The feature allows the bulk import of tickets using an excel template. The tickets can be created from a bulk list of work or from existing schedules that need to be transferred into Touchplan. Ticket Import will allow users to keep Touchplan and the master schedule granularly aligned at the major activity/milestone level.

Discover the True ROI of Construction Planning Software

Touchplan partnered with Hobson & Company; a leading research firm focused on Return on Investment Studies. What Hobson discovered through their research is that Touchplan addressed specific customer challenges to deliver a quick and compelling ROI. The study showed that by using Touchplan on their projects, customers will experience a 50% reduction in planning-related project delays, will reduce time spent in construction planning meetings by 50%, and will generate a 430% ROI.

As a result, we developed an ROI Calculator so you can learn just how quickly Touchplan pays dividends.

Milestone Moments

2022 also saw Touchplan reach some new high points, including exceeding 50,000 all-time users in April. October saw us surpass 4 MILLION activities planned and completed within our construction planning software platform!

Client Relationships & Marketing Partners

Over the last year, we formed or extended enterprise agreements with several clients, including Alberici/FlintCo, The Boldt Company, Cianbro, and Penobscot General Contractors, while also welcoming close to 40 new logos to the Touchplan family. Additionally, we have added numerous reseller and technology partners.

Continuing Education

As part of providing the best services to our clients, our Customer Success team developed Touchplan Academy. This new educational resource allows customers to take a variety of classes and also receive certifications that can be added to a LinkedIn profile. We also kept the market up to date via a series of webinars that not only addressed how Touchplan aligns construction projects but also we also addressed market topics like women in construction.

Informative Industry Content

Along with providing updates on what is happening at Touchplan, we continue to inform you about happenings in the industry. The Touchplan Podcast Network added several new episodes of Voices of Construction, Build.Lead.Succeed (the official Podcast of NAWIC) and Upping Your Game. We also provided quarterly updates on how the current economic climate is impacting construction pricing from our MOCA’s Chief Economist, Tom Sanders, and his Today’s Construction Economy Newsletter.

While 2022 was certainly an exciting year for Touchplan, we are already gearing up for an even busier 2023. Our best wishes for a happy holiday and a prosperous new year!

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About Touchplan

Touchplan is the leading construction planning software that allows project teams to easily collaborate on construction projects during phase planning, weekly planning, or real-time planning. Using Touchplan reduces delays, improves operational efficiency and jobsite safety, which results in more predictable and profitable outcomes for Touchplan users and their project owner. Touchplan is the software division of privately held MOCA Systems, Inc. Learn more about Touchplan at touchplan.io.

Jay Snyder Joins MOCA Systems, Inc., Board

President of construction & real estate tech advisor Big Blue Innovations brings 20-plus years of industry experience

[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] Boston, MA. November 15, 2022—MOCA Systems, Inc. (MSI) is excited to announce that Jay Snyder, founder, and president of Big Blue Innovations, a construction, and real estate technology-startup consulting firm, has joined MSI’s Board of Directors. He will contribute to the strategic growth of MSI’s Services Division, which focuses on Owner’s Representative Services, and MSI’s Software Division, which offers a collaborative planning platform called Touchplan.

“Jay’s experience is unique, and the numbers reflect that,” said Sandy Hamby, President & CEO of MOCA Systems, Inc. “He has led nearly $1 billion of construction as a construction project manager and executive, has participated in the acquisition of four tech startups, has participated in venture capital fundraising, has advised contractor tech spinouts, and has been published in nearly every major construction industry publication. We are thrilled to have his insight as we continue to grow our company.”

Snyder has been in the engineering and construction industry throughout his career. He has industry experience executing project management with a national general contractor, as a construction project executive of a general contractor, as corporate director of planning, design, and construction for a healthcare system, as the founder of a pre-construction technology startup, and as the founder of FMI’s technology and innovation practice.

“I feel extremely privileged to have the opportunity to join the MSI Board. MOCA is uniquely positioned to make a significant impact on the design and construction industry that will allow owners, contractors, and specialty trades to become more collaborative and profitable,” said Snyder.

Snyder earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management from SUNY ESF at Syracuse University and a Master of Business Administration from Emory University. Snyder is a decorated Air Force officer having served on active duty and completed eight deployments around the globe leading combat operations and providing humanitarian assistance. He continues to serve in the Air Force reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel.

In addition to serving on the MOCA Board, Snyder and his firm, Big Blue Innovations, provide technology leadership and strategic advice at the intersection of business and operations, which often includes engagement in broader areas of the built environment.

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About MOCA Systems Inc.

MOCA Systems, Inc. (MSI) is a full-service owner’s representative and software development firm serving the design and construction industry. MSI is the leader in Intelligent Construction Design, Planning, and Management. MSI provides innovative services and technologies for Owners, Designers, and Contractors to create execution plans, manage the construction process in real-time, and ensure projects are on time and on budget from conception to completion. www.mocasystems.com

MOCA Systems Inc. is comprised of two divisions:

Services Division

MSI’s Services Division, branded as MOCA, provides a comprehensive array of expert Government and Commercial Owner’s Representation services, including Project Definition, Cost Estimation, Schedule Planning, and Facilities Condition Assessment. With MOCA’s services, Owners can be certain of effective, profitable end-to-end project execution. www.moca-pm.com

Software Division

Touchplan is the flagship offering of MSI’s Software Division. Touchplan is an award-winning, cloud-based, real-time software platform for Intelligent Construction Planning. It enables General Contractors and Specialty Contractors to work together to prevent schedule and budget slippage and ensure jobsite safety. Touchplan provides Owners with the instant insights they need to track progress and anticipate problems on the largest projects of all kinds. www.touchplan.io

Contact:

Kelsey Bixler

Director of Growth Marketing

[email protected]

T: (813) 454-7592

Touchplan and Sysnovate form Marketing Collaboration

The new alliance provides general contractors in Malaysia easier access to Technology Resources, enhancing project profitability.

BOSTON, MA, (09/20/22 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) –Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning solution, announced a partnership with Sysnovate Solutions to promote Touchplan’s technology to owners, contractors, and specialty trade companies in Malaysia.

“We are excited to partner with Sysnovate Solutions as part of our effort to expand Touchplan globally and provide construction firms with the resources to improve operations, drive profitability, and mitigate risk on their projects,” said Touchplan Chief Revenue officer Jimmy Suppelsa. “Sysnovate’s commitment to providing clients with the best professional advice and services aligns with Touchplan’s focus on improving customer project certainty and enhancing alignment with stakeholders working in the field.”

“At Sysnovate, we emphasize three core pillars: people, process, and technology,” said Laxana Naidu, Principal Consultant and Owner at Sysnovate Solutions. “Touchplan is a fantastic addition to our client services as we focus on delivering integrated management systems and lean-agile solutions that create value, eliminate waste, and improve their business performance.”

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About Sysnovate Solutions

Sysnovate Solutions Sdn Bhd is a management and lean-agile consulting firm providing consulting, training, and coaching services for organizations in the construction, engineering, and property development sectors. Sysnovate focuses on people, processes, and technology to guide organizations and project teams to achieve higher productivity and performance. http://www.sysnovate.com.my/index.php

About Touchplan

Media contact, for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485

Touchplan and BBI form Marketing Collaboration.

The new alliance provides general contractors in the United Kingdom with easier access to Technology Resources.

BOSTON, MA, (7/27/22 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) –Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning solution, announced a marketing partnership with BBI Services (BBI) to promote Touchplan’s technology to owners, contractors, and specialty trade companies in the United Kingdom.

“It’s great partnerships like this one with BBI that help improve Project Certainty at large Construction firms as we continue to expand across Europe. BBI’s focus on improved business & organizational performance aligns with Touchplan’s continued focus on improving customer Project Certainty and lowering the risk of cost overruns by improving collaboration and communication with stakeholders in the field,” said Touchplan’s Chief Revenue Officer Jimmy Suppelsa. According to a recent third-party study, construction companies that use Touchplan have seen a 50% reduction in planning delays. ‘’We look forward to a successful working relationship with the BBI team.”

“Our approach merges construction project management with whole systems continuous improvement, value creation, waste reduction, and focused problem-solving to deliver quality, cost, and project delivery improvements,” said Marc Roberts, BBI Chief Operations Officer. Offering “Touchplan as part of our services empowers our clients to further enhance their collaborative planning and project controls. Dovetailing Touchplan into our services, we can now make it easier for clients to make best practice common practice across all of their projects, reducing uncertainty and driving betterment to achieve performance goals with greater efficiency.”

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About BBI Services

BBI Services is a leading-edge consultancy specializing in developing and delivering improved Business, organizational, and project performance. The company operates across the whole Built Environment within large- and medium-scale construction projects in sectors such as infrastructure, rail, residential, government, and data centres. BBI works on the end-to-end systematic optimisation of every element in the lifecycle of projects and business operations. BBI guides, coaches, and facilitates its clients and their supply chains to develop high-performance and effective synergies throughout their projects and organizations. Learn more about BBI at bbiservices.com

About Touchplan

Touchplan is the leading construction planning software that allows project teams to easily collaborate on construction projects during phase planning, weekly planning, or real-time planning in the field. Using Touchplan reduces delays, improves operational efficiency and jobsite safety, which results in more predictable and profitable outcomes for Touchplan users and their ultimate customers. Touchplan is the software division of privately held MOCA Systems, Inc. Learn more about Touchplan at touchplan.io.

Media contact, for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485

Touchplan Introduces Ticket Import

The Latest product feature allows users to bulk import job tickets for construction projects.

BOSTON, MA (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 07/07/22) – Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning software platform that helps make construction project outcomes more predictable and profitable, today announced a bulk ticket import capability

The feature allows the bulk import of tickets using an excel template. The tickets can be created from a bulk list of work or from existing schedules that need to be transferred into Touchplan.

Ticket Import will allow users to keep Touchplan and the master schedule granularly aligned at the major activity/milestone level.

Touchplan’s innovative daily project planning and analytics platform is trusted by more than 51,000 design and construction professionals worldwide. More than 4,000 project teams have used Touchplan successfully to optimize the delivery of more than $76.4 billion in construction.

“Converting master schedules into Touchplan for project start-up is a crucial reason to use the new Ticket Import feature,” said Touchplan Chief Technology Officer Dan Feldman. “While Ticket Import is not meant to replace a master schedule, it makes it much easier to enter information vital to daily planning into Touchplan and create a better synergy between the construction and master plans.”

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About Touchplan

Touchplan is the leading construction planning software that allows project teams to easily collaborate on construction projects during phase planning, weekly planning, or real-time planning in the field. Using Touchplan reduces delays, improves operational efficiency and jobsite safety, which results in more predictable and profitable outcomes for Touchplan users and their ultimate customers. Touchplan is the software division of privately held MOCA Systems, Inc. Learn more about Touchplan at touchplan.io.

Media contact, for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485

Touchplan and Penobscot General Contractors Form Enterprise Relationship

Maine-based general contractor partners with leading construction technology to help drive project certainty.

BOSTON, MA, and FALMOUTH, ME (06/08/22 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning software platform that helps make construction project outcomes more predictable and profitable, and Penobscot General Contractors today announced that they have entered into a twenty-four month, enterprise-wide agreement.

The agreement provides the Maine-based construction firm and their selected subcontractor partners unlimited use of Touchplan’s intuitive daily planning software on all construction projects. Along with collaboration capabilities that link the master schedule to the daily plan anywhere and anytime, Touchplan will provide unique jobsite data and analytics across all Penobscot projects. Touchplan will increase overall project efficiency for the Falmouth construction services firm through its planning software platform and API capabilities.

Founded in 1970, Penobscot General Contractors performs various projects for municipal, educational, commercial, governmental, and healthcare clients.

The company takes great pride in being a part of a team of professionals delivering projects which will be part of Maine’s communities for generations to come.

“Penobscot is committed to moving our company forward and investing in our team and new technologies that will improve project certainty and position us for long-term success,” said Jonathan DiCentes, Co-President of Penobscot General Contractors. “Using Touchplan across all of our projects will improve and standardize our planning process and allow us to collaborate better with our trade partners, which will allow us to deliver projects on time and under budget.”

Touchplan’s innovative daily project planning and analytics platform is trusted by more than 50,000 design and construction professionals worldwide. More than 4,000 project teams have used Touchplan successfully to optimize the delivery of more than $55.4 billion in construction.

“Planning on Touchplan reduces delays, improves jobsite safety and operational efficiency, allowing our clients to have more predictable and profitable projects while also producing data that can be used within our system or exported to other systems for more in-depth operational analysis,” said Jimmy Suppelsa, Chief Revenue Officer for Touchplan. “We are thrilled to begin a new partnership with Penobscot as they continue to enhance their construction operations.”

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About Penobscot General Contractors

Founded in 1970, Penobscot General Contractors is a full-service General Contractor, performing a wide variety of projects for municipal, educational, commercial, governmental, and healthcare clients. The company continues to grow and seek challenging opportunities which combine its experience, talent, and creativity. The company takes great pride in being a part of a team of professionals delivering projects which will be part of Maine’s communities for generations to come.

Throughout its history, Penobscot General Contractors has been committed to building a presence, one project at a time, through positive relationships with clients, design professionals, and associated trade contractors. The company is well versed in the challenges and complexities of modern building techniques, utilizing up-to-date practices to provide cost-effective solutions for its clients.

About Touchplan

Touchplan is the leading construction planning software that allows project teams to easily collaborate on construction projects during phase planning, weekly planning, or real-time planning in the field. Using Touchplan reduces delays, improves operational efficiency and jobsite safety, which results in more predictable and profitable outcomes for Touchplan users and their ultimate customers. Touchplan is the software division of privately held MOCA Systems, Inc. Learn more about Touchplan at touchplan.io.

Media Contact for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485

Touchplan Reaches 50,000 Users

Construction Planning Software Achieves Major Milestone

BOSTON, MA, (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 4/21/22) –Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning solution, announced that it surpassed 50,000 all-time users this month.

Touchplan’s innovative daily project planning and analytics platform is trusted by design and construction professionals around the world. To date, more than 3,300 project teams have used Touchplan successfully to optimize the delivery of more than $55.4 billion in construction.

“We are grateful to our customers who have trusted Touchplan to improve project certainty with our easy-to-use construction planning software,” said Chief Revenue Officer Jimmy Suppelsa. “We look forward to continuing to provide solutions that make project outcomes more predictable and profitable.”

The milestone is a testament to the fact that more and more construction firms around the globe are turning to Touchplan’s innovative solution to seamlessly manage their construction projects and foster better communication and collaboration.

“When we started Touchplan back in 2013, we knew the construction industry was at a turning point and ready to embrace collaborative planning technology. We focused our efforts on developing a superior product for field personnel,” said Touchplan’s Michael Sullivan. “It’s been amazing to see our product evolve and grow over the years and attain this level of acceptance by the industry.”

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About Touchplan

Touchplan is a leading daily construction planning software that makes project outcomes more predictable and profitable. It strives to deliver approachable, progressive jobsite data and analytics solutions that transform construction into a more collaborative, transparent, and predictable process for everyone involved. Touchplan is committed to its belief that learning from data is the key to rapid recovery from project variances and improving both project certainty and profitability. Touchplan is the software division of privately held MOCA Systems, Inc. Learn more about Touchplan at touchplan.io.

Media contact, for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485

Touchplan Forms Marketing Collaboration with Builthink Consultants

The new alliance provides general contractors and developers in Canada with easier access to Technology Resources.

BOSTON, MA, (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 4/20/21) –Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning solution, announced a marketing partnership with Builthink Consultants to promote Touchplan’s technology to owners, contractors, and specialty trade companies in Canada.

“As more construction firms around the world turn to Touchplan’s Construction Planning Software to improve project certainty and profitability, we are excited to partner with firms like Builthink that can show the value Touchplan brings to construction firms outside the United States,” said Jimmy Suppelsa, Chief Revenue Officer for Touchplan. “Builthink consults on all types of construction projects and will be a valued partner that can help educate the Canadian construction market about the risks and costs of not investing properly in Construction Planning Software such as Touchplan.”

“As construction firms try to deal with the challenging project landscapes and evolving market needs, the industry needs software solutions like Touchplan that reduce risks caused by unwanted delays from rework and missed handoffs which directly impact a project’s profitability. We are thrilled to partner with Touchplan to improve project certainty and profitability for our mutual customers.” Says Louis Parent, President of Builthink.

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About Builthink Consultants

With over 30 years of experience, Builthink assists advises and supports clients in the construction industry in order to maximize the performance of each stakeholder through their digital transformation and the application of innovative practices. Our practices allow companies to reduce their construction costs, improve turnaround times and increase their performance. For more information, visit www.builthink.ca

About Touchplan

Media contact, for Touchplan

David Finnegan

[email protected]

617-861-5485