Welcome to the VPO Blog
Here you will find interesting news, articles, videos and more content suited for the Construction Industry.
VPO and FedRAMP Certification
Looking for a FedRAMP project management system for your next construction project? VPO runs in Microsoft’s Cloud environment, Office 365, which is FedRAMP-certified. VPO is a construction-based project management system that allows companies to reduce turnaround time...
What’s New for VPO and Simplex in 2019
The year is off to a great start! Here at Simplex, 2018 was full of growth and excitement. We're happy to continue supporting your success with Oracle Primavera and Microsoft solutions, and we're also glad to show you what's new for 2019. VPO, our construction project...
Are you our next SharePoint Developer?
As a software development company working hand-in-hand with organizations of all sizes on the selection and implementation of project management solutions which conquer the challenges they face, we develop custom business applications that meet the unique needs of our...
VPO at COAA
VPO is taking off. . .and so is the VPO team! CEO Laura Nee, and Business Consultant Lorraine Marks are heading to La Jolla this week for COAA 2018. Be sure to visit them at Booth 15. You might even win an Odyssey White Hot RX #9 Putter, just for stopping by to...
VPO at CMAA
See you at CMAA! Laura Nee and Lorraine Marks look forward to introducing CMAA attendees to VPO this Sunday through Tuesday. If you’re going to the conference too, then be sure to visit them at Booth 610. You might even win an Odyssey White Hot RX #9 Putter! Easy to...
Microsoft Resolving VPO Issue
We've recently been made aware of an issue affecting some VPO users. Microsoft has reported that some external users of SharePoint Online sites could receive unusual or unnecessary credential prompts, or other access errors. Even longtime external users of SharePoint...
SharePoint Honored by Gartner
"SharePoint delivers content services as the foundational content platform for Office 365, with capabilities for creating, sharing, protecting, and reusing information. Going far beyond merely storing documents, SharePoint hosts digital content like pages, videos,...
Share Live Construction Updates Using a Webcam
In October of 2016, VICC | Venco Imtiaz Construction Co. selected VPO as their construction project management software to manage the construction phase of the World Bank Group’s Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. We launched VPO so that the project team could start...
Meet Solution Specialist Kelly Rickli
Having built a design career in architecture and transportation, LEED-accredited professional Kelly Rickli brings to our team a wealth of knowledge and experience in listening, analyzing, and thinking creatively to understand and solve problems. As does every member...
International Women’s Day Celebrating Laura Nee
International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Here is our call to action: Today we celebrate our President and...
Can you use Microsoft Office 365 for Construction Project Management?
Does your organization use Microsoft Office 365? First, let’s clarify what Office 365 is. Some people think of Office 365 as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook apps. Some people recognize the name because it came with the PC they just bought. Some companies use...
Subscribe to our VPO YouTube Channel
We're excited to announce the launch of our VPO Construction Project Management Software Channel on YouTube. This channel will allow us to share valuable resources for companies interested in or using VPO. Check out our training videos covering subjects like: RFI...
Is your Project Data Safe in the Cloud?
The world is embracing the Cloud for storing documents, information, and managing applications. It seems eerily similar to the technology model we had before when mainframes (servers) were doing all of the processing and sending data to dummy terminals (thin clients)....
Are you using Primavera Contract Management? What does the future of it mean to you?
I remember back when Primavera Expedition (now Primavera Contract Management) was “the market leader.” Our biggest competitor at the time was probably Prolog, and even that product was barely competition. People who used Expedition, LOVED Expedition. It was their...
Is Virtual Reality, a “Reality” in the Engineering & Construction Industry?
Communication is key to any construction project. However, how better can, you communicate a building design than allowing someone to see themselves actually “walk” through a potential building? Certainly BIM has changed the way companies are designing buildings, but...
Is CPM Scheduling Critical in Construction?
Many of our customers are looking for a quick and easy way to develop a construction schedule. There are many complex software programs on the market today (and the list keeps growing) that offer resource planning, cost-loading, s-curve reports, earned value metrics...
Find more time in your day.
As project managers, we’re always trying to balance three elements: people, time, and money. If only we could find more time in a day. Scheduling a meeting can take days or even weeks, depending on who’s invited and what their calendars look like. As the organizer,...
Finding the Value in a Construction Management System
Many construction professionals wonder if there's really anything they can do to help their projects run more smoothly and efficiently. To improve communication and information-sharing, to keep everybody on the ball--to trim the fat, so that their whole program of...