CMiC

CMiC, acronym of Computer Methods international Corp., is a software provider for the architectural, engineering and construction industry. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, CMiC has been providing software solutions for over 36 years and has some of the largest general contractors in North America as clients, according to Engineering News-Record Magazine (ENR).
History
Computer Methods international Corp. was founded in 1974 to conduct software research and development, primarily for IBM computers. Since then CMiC has provided software solutions to primarily the project and financial management industries such as construction and engineering.
In 1978 CMiC developed and offered software solutions specific to the construction industry on the IBM System 5100 series and later migrated to the System 23, 36 and 38 platforms. In the mid-1980s, CMiC developed construction specific software solutions on a PC-networked environment utilizing Business Basic software.
Since early 1988, CMiC has applied resources and manpower in the research and development of their Oracle Corporation based software for the construction and engineering industries. The Oracle based product was developed from the ground up utilizing techniques available in relational database model design and did not use any legacy code or file structures from any previous product ever developed. The technology deployed was and still is 100% native Oracle, utilizing the Oracle development environment for the application code and the Oracle RDBMS for the database.
Beginning in 1994, CMiC embarked on a massive project to convert the entire product to client/server operating under a Windows GUI environment. In 1995, the software was renamed as mPOWER and became the first construction specific product to be released in a client/server configuration on a relational platform. In 1997, mPOWER Software was released on a 32-bit platform providing additional stability to the software. Remote access to mPOWER was delivered through a Citrix or Terminal Server configuration.
In the fall of 2000, CMiC released its totally Web-based version of mPOWER, which enabled any user to operate the software solely through an Internet browser. In 2002, CMiC released the CMiC Self Service that served as the gateway to the entire corporate activity across the organization.
2003 was the start of CMiC’s new vision. CMiC was restructured for growth, all products were re-branded under the name CMiC, and a new look was presented to the industry. In 2004, a stand alone Project Management Solution, called CMiC Project Management, was released along with a Collaboration application called CMiC Collaboration Manager. CMiC Integration, which contains CMiC Imaging and Workflow, was released soon after.
The CFMA IT Survey 2008 and a survey by McGraw-Hill Construction ranked CMiC in the top three spots for all five software categories, including financials, project management, collaboration, CRM and imaging/workflow.
In 2008, CMiC expanded in the Heavy Highway market by having American Infrastructure, a vertically integrated, heavy civil construction company in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Also in 2008, CMiC expanded into the Capital Project Owners space, with BJC Healthcare, one the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, using CMiC software to build and maintain facilities.
CMiC also launched CMiC Emerging to target smaller contractors. This approach provides CMiC solutions as a Software As A Service (Saas).
In 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 CMiC was recognized by Constructech Magazine as one of the Hottest Companies in the construction technology industry. In 2007 and 2008 CMiC was recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies.
In 2009 CMiC released CMiC Open Enterprise v10, the newest version of CMiC software. Using XML, CMiC Open Enterprise v10 increases interoperability and integrates Building Information Modeling (BIM) applications, online payment applications, online planrooms and other diverse applications into the enterprise.
Company Structure
CMiC is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near York University . CMiC performs all programming, research, development and support at this location.
President: Gord Rawlins
CFO: Pat Shah
Vice President, Sales and Business Development: Jeff Weiss
Vice President, Solutions and Marketing: Bassem Hamdy
CTO: Larry Philips

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