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The Platform at Work
The first company to run on the platform is the one that built it. How Caliber runs its utility programs on the Veltrus platform, and what changed.
CASE STUDY
14 different programs, 1 record
A growing program for a large investor owned utility, once run on spreadsheets, email threads, and phone calls. Today every project, party, and deadline sits on one record that the utility and our team share.
Client
Large investor owned utility
Scope
14 different programs
On the platform
Since 2023
Projects
1,000+
The program record today, sample values
/Utility program/Program recordWhat we changed, and what it delivered
Three problems the program ran into, what we did about each, and the impact.
Project tracking
Shared project status
The problem
Status lived in email threads, spreadsheets, and phone calls. Every question about a project meant chasing someone for an answer.
What we did
Moved every project, party, and deadline onto one shared record, with a named owner and a committed date on every open item.
The impact
Status questions now get answered within hours, without a phone call, across more than 1,000 projects.
Project financials
Cost that updates as the work moves
The problem
Budgets, costs, and forecasts sat in static spreadsheets that were rebuilt by hand every month and out of date as soon as they were sent.
What we did
Tied budgets, costs, and forecasts to the same record as the work, so cost updates as the work moves.
The impact
Variances surface as they happen, and invoices are backed by the record they bill against.
Planning and execution
Permits, materials, and crews scheduled together
The problem
The dependencies between permits, materials, and crews lived in people’s heads, so a delay in one surfaced late in the others.
What we did
Put every dependency on one schedule, with holds flagged to an owner the day they start.
The impact
Under 1% scope change, and 74 sites absorbed in one intake with no added headcount.