On August 26, leading Chinese property management company Changcheng (Great Wall) Property Group selected COSWIN Facility Management System to manage its nationwide service operation, which includes facility management, cleaning, gardening, security, as well as technical services.

 
Changcheng Property Group ()is the first joint-stock property management company in China, with operation in 22 provinces, covering residential buildings, villas, serviced apartments, office buildings, shopping malls, municipal public buildings, colleges and universities, serving over 20 millions customers all over the country. A visionary company in many respects, Changcheng Property Group took the lead in the Chinese property management market by being the first to achieve ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 certifications. The company gained further credibility by managing the Olympic Village during the 2008′s Olympic Games in Beijing, winning praises as "the best Olympic Village for 40 years" by IOC's President Mr. Jacques Rogge.

 
Changcheng's choice of COSWIN 7i FMS/CAFM solution as their core business system, confirms Siveco's unique position in the Chinese facility management market, based on the company's long history supporting large multisite property management services suppliers worldwide. Changcheng expects quick ROI for this project, derived primarily from the standardization of their practices across all sites, a systematic management of technical know-how and the better decision-making capability that COSWIN will bring by allowing central analysis of business.

 
Chen Yaozhong, President of Changcheng Property Group, said: "Informatization is an inevitable trend in the development of the property management industry. By cooperating with Siveco China, not only will CCPG improve its level of computerization, but, more importantly, it will make of use this powerful property management tool COSWIN as a unified platform to standardize the company's property services methodology across every Strategic Business Unit (SBU), to promote good corporate governance and to ensure the overall service levels continue to increase."

 
Bruno Lhopiteau, Siveco China's General Manager was quoted as saying "We are very impressed by the clear vision of Changcheng Property Group's leadership, that is taking innovative steps in order to achieve excellence in FM services. Siveco is proud to support their efforts with this large multi-site rollout of our system COSWIN based on a facility management best practices".

 
The project's pilot phase includes the definition of a "core model" defining the facility management standards to be applied to all Changcheng subsidiaries and contracts. This core model will first be implemented to Shenzhen region, where the company manages more than 20 sites. The project started immediately with an implementation study conducted by the Siveco team in Shenzhen, based on which the system will be setup. The pilot project is expected to take around 4 months, after which the FM system will be deployed nationwide. In addition to the main project, one site will be selected for integration with Building Management System and another one to assess how the innovative COSWIN Mobile technology could be applied to a facility management contract in China.

 
About Siveco China

 
Siveco is the number one supplier of Facility Management (FM or CAFM) and Maintenance Management Systems (MMS, also known as EAM) in Europe with around 82,000 users in over 60 countries. Siveco works with industry-leading customers in the manufacturing, infrastructure, and facility management markets. By implementing innovative management solutions, the company assists facility owners (and their service suppliers) in optimizing the utilization of their assets and reducing their operation costs, while improving safety and ensuring regulatory compliance. Siveco GROUP was founded in 1986, with headquarters in Paris and global R&D in Montpellier, South of France. Siveco's FM references include property owners such as: Auchan, Beijing Oriental Plaza, Ikea China, Paris City Hall, Paris Science Museum, the Greek Olympic Facilities, Singapore Land Transport Authority, etc. and service companies like Amec, Axima, Elyo, Ineo, Hochtief, Spie etc.

 
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