King of Prussia, Pa. – August 29, 2008 – Maxwell Systems, Inc. today announced that it was a recipient of Constructechmagazine’s 2008 annual Vision Awards. Maxwell Systems’ customer, The Don Chapin Company, won the Bronze award in the Heavy/Highway category for General Construction companies with revenues between $26 - $100 million and Maxwell Systems was recognized as a technology enabler for the company.
Presented at a ceremony held on August 21 at Constructechmagazine’s Technology Day conference, the Vision Awards honor companies that have realized the advantages of applying modern technologies to their everyday business operations as well as recognize the technology enablers that have helped them achieve their goal.
The Don Chapin Company is a 30-year-old private engineering construction firm based in Salinas, Calif. that provides a full range of projects from small homeowner jobs to major new home developments and highway construction. Using Maxwell Systems ™StreetSmarts ® business management software solution, Don Chapin has automated job costing, payroll and accounting processes to improve efficiencies and achieve greater flexibility and ease of use.
“This is a tremendous honor for us,” said Jim Flynn, president and CEO of Maxwell Systems. “We are especially proud that our client has been recognized for its innovative use of technology and that our StreetSmarts solution has played an integral part in the company’s success while significantly enhancing their productivity and increasing profitability. The Don Chapin Company truly understands what it takes to compete in today’s construction industry and is leveraging the best technologies on the market to run its business at the utmost level of efficiency.”
“Every time you start a new project, it’s almost like starting from scratch, because each customer prefers things a little differently,” explained Terry Nelson, controller at The Don Chapin Company. “StreetSmarts lets us be flexible enough to accommodate that, and improve our time efficiency in the process.”