Posts Tagged ‘Mining’

Mine Planning: 3 Ways to Increase Profits with Dynamic Data

by Hard Dollar on November 11th, 2011

Join us for this special webinar as InfoMine USA President, Jennifer Leinart, and Hard Dollar Vice President, Ron Babich, demonstrate how to:

  • Dynamically integrate InfoMine data into HD in the pre-feasilibity, feasibility, and definitive estimate stages.
  • Respond rapidly to changes in design, resources, condition, and structure.

What You Will Learn:

  • Overview of the CostMine database and selecting equipment in the pre-feasibility stage
  • How to integrate InfoMine’s data libraries into HD
  • Customizing currency creation for unit cost items and resource cost components
  • How to maintain a running record of production and development

Join us on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 11:00am MST!

Click here to register.


Hard Dollar Includes InfoMine’s Mining Cost Library in Project Cost Management

by Hard Dollar on October 7th, 2011

Scottsdale, Ariz. – October 7, 2011 — Hard Dollar Corporation, the leading provider of Project Cost Management solutions, announced today the launch of InfoMine’s Equipment Cost Calculator integration within HD for Mining products. Hard Dollar users with an active CostMine Equipment Cost Calculator subscription will enjoy immediate access to valuable mining industry data, with no additional costs from Hard Dollar.

InfoMine, a respected provider of Mining Cost Service and the Mine & Mill Equipment Cost databases, was selected for being the industry-recognized leader for comprehensive data source for mine cost estimating.  Current subscribers to CostMine’s equipment database will be able to access the library with a username and password. One-click integration populates the work back into the Hard Dollar environment.                               

“CostMine’s data provides terrific synergy with HD Project Cost Management,” said Ron Babich, Hard Dollar Sr. Vice President. “Direct access to accurate mining information will have a profound impact on HD users and the mining industry. We expect the data to add tremendous value to the HD Mining solution, simplifying the user experience, improving the time it takes to assemble costs, and significantly impacting our customer’s bottom line profits.”

 The one-click integration creates an environment to centralize mining cost data. The combination enhances HD features designed to be a repository of estimated and actual data representing costs, production, and man-hours. “Providing critical data through commonly used technology platforms like Hard Dollar makes it simple for customers to access InfoMine data, adding another method to expedite the process of building accurate mining cost estimates,“ said Jennifer Leinart, President of InfoMine USA.

InfoMine integration benefits include:  

  • Direct integration with equipment resources from the CostMine and the Mine & Mill Equipment Cost Database into HD as resources and resource assemblies
  • Faster and customizable currency creation for the unit cost items and resource cost components.
  • The option to select which of the capital and hourly operating cost components from the CostMine and the Mine & Mill Equipment Cost Database
  • Provide the ability to map CostMine and the Mine & Mill Equipment Cost Database cost components to HD equipment cost categories.

About Hard Dollar

Founded in 1989, Hard Dollar Corporation is the world’s leading provider of Project Cost Management (PCM) systems for owners and contractors. The Hard Dollar PCM solution centralizes project cost and productivity – connecting scope, time, and progress. With PCM, customers have reduced project costs by 15% and increased productivity up to 300% while constructing over $1 trillion in capital projects. Hard Dollar solutions are sold and implemented by partners around the globe. For more information visit HardDollar.com or call 800.637.7496.


Hello, I’m Awesome

by Hard Dollar on July 29th, 2011

How to Build Complete Confidence in your Next Mining Project

Whether you’re an Owner, Senior Manager, Engineer, or Contractor, HD for Mining will have you introducing yourself at your next meeting by saying, “Howdy, my name is Awesome.”

That’s right; HD is making it possible to be completely confident in every aspect of your project.

With a strategically built Project Cost Management platform, Hard Dollar has developed a way to heighten the success of all your mining projects with accurate cost estimating and forecasting.

Here’s how:

  • Model equipment rates in detail to automatically drive related costs such as mechanics, fuel, tires, and more.
  • Pre-define crews and assemblies with advance rate/productivity factors, and use wage scales for automatic calculation of overtime costs and labor bonuses.
  • Easily perform “what if” analysis and apply man-hour factors to adjust to project specific conditions.
  • Embed existing Excel spreadsheets and dynamically link the values to the HD estimate to handle complex calculations for advance rates, indirect cost, and more.
  • Automatically keep track of changes made to the estimate/budget with a full audit trail showing the impact of each change.
  •  Take advantage of hundreds of pre-defined report output options, or create your own reports.

As you can see, you can now handle complex shift and overtime arrangements multiple currencies, labor bonuses, time-based cost escalations, varying advance rates and productivity factors, extensive equipment modeling, and flexible calculations for in-directs.

FYI, just an advanced warning: The use of HD products may cause an influx of personal arrogance, meaning you could have unmerited confidence in your job performance—(but let’s be honest, with HD you will be justified.)


The Best of Both Worlds: How to Effectively Connect Mining Technology & Process

by Hard Dollar on July 5th, 2011

We’re letting you have your cake and eat it too.

 

Here at Hard Dollar, we’re kicking off the HD for Mining event to discuss how we’ve created a solution to effectively engage technology and process.

Yep, you read that right.

You can use technology to work together with current mining project methods to further the processes. Our resident expert, Bob McFadden, will provide insider information on how you can bridge the gap between latest technology and the traditional approaches to mine planning and management.

As the market leader for project planning and controls, HD for Mining has a robust set of tools to effectively manage cost and performance for surface and underground mine projects, including feasibility studies, construction, and reclamation. While it’s not necessary to reinvent the wheel, we’re making the wheel spin faster. (more…)


HD for Mining—the 360 Degree View

by Hard Dollar on October 21st, 2010

Mining projects are a daunting task that can last up to several decades. After the mining is complete, the work isn’t done, many government regulations mandate full restoration of the project site.

HD for Mining is there every step of the way, helping many companies world-wide to leave the environment in better shape than before the mining took place.  With HD features such as real-time job tracking and real-time Excel integration, industry leaders are not only able to efficiently complete projects through the land reclamation stage, but have also seen a project cost reduction upward of 15%.

Check out this epic animation of the life cycle of an Oil Sands mine 30 years of energy production and land reclamation in three minutes, produced by Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

HD for Mining is the dynamic solution that easily helps plan and maintain the complexities of any size mining project. In just 10 minutes, let an HD expert show you how to gain total visibility of project costs and increase your productivity by 300%.

Sign-up to learn more about HD for Mining today!


Record Growth For Hard Dollar In 2009

by Hard Dollar on February 3rd, 2010

Scottsdale, Az. — Feb 3, 2010 — Hard Dollar Corporation announced today that sales exceeded year-over-year new sales by 24%. The company’s expanded Project Cost Management system gained significant new customers and expanded global market segments. Hard Dollar’s new channel expansion both in North America, Europe, AMEA and South America now has over 25 certified partners.

The success of the platform can be measured across the business, with Project Cost Management now considered a mission critical productivity platform including real-time updates to Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project that enable cost and resource loaded schedules, resulting in timely Earned Value Management data and Cash Flow visibility. Increasing Owner and Contractor desire to gain accurate cost and productivity data while collaborating across projects continues to expand offerings on the platform. The HD Project Cost Management platform provides leading 5D-BIM cost and productivity integration.

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Hard Dollar Corporation Launches HD V10

by Hard Dollar on January 8th, 2010

Tracks, Accumulates and Builds a Company’s Intellectual Property

January 8th, 2010 – Scottsdale, AZ – Hard Dollar Corporation, the premier provider of Project Cost Management, today announced the launch of HD version 10, providing a powerful Historical Database, support for International operations, and improved usability and reporting.

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Strategies Group Inc. Announces Partnership with Hard Dollar

by Hard Dollar on December 7th, 2009

Suwanee, GA – December 7, 2009Strategies Group Inc. is pleased to announce their partnership with Hard Dollar, a leading provider of Project Cost Management software to the Infrastructure, Environmental, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Industrial, and Mining industries. Hard Dollar’s award winning Project Cost Management software provides Estimating, Job Controls, Field Data Collection and real-time integration to Scheduling, Accounting, and Design resulting in complete project visibility and control.

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Hard Dollar Announces Verano as New Partner

by Hard Dollar on November 9th, 2009

Scottsdale, AZ – November 9, 2009 – Hard Dollar Corporation, the leader in Project Cost Management systems delivering Increased Cost and Productivity Visibility, announced a partnership with Verano, the largest Oracle Primavera representative in South America. Both Hard Dollar and Verano are industry leaders in Construction and Engineering with clients in Mining and Oil and Gas, making this an ideal partnership.

“Partnering with Hard Dollar will provide a new integrated solution for managing projects in the South American market. The integration with Primavera will help provide clients the tools needed to save money and resources while giving them confidence in managing projects,” states Jorge Rossini, Commercial Director of Verano.

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