In 2023, the employment pension insurance company Varma adopted Scudo Pro, a modern cloud-based service developed by Scudo Solutions Oy, to improve cost management for its construction projects.
Varma’s Development Specialist Joel Kasurinen describes the company’s reasons for tendering a new project management system:
“We wanted to streamline and improve the processes related to managing our construction projects.”
Varma recognized the potential of the joint solution delivered by Scudo Solutions and Gravicon to enhance its processes and develop new ways of working. With the new system, project reporting and monitoring have become more efficient, and project management now benefits from improved predictability.
Smooth implementation
The implementation project of the cloud service was carried out in cooperation with Gravicon Oy, where Scudo Solutions supplied the Scudo Pro software solution and Gravicon provided the Modelspace Projects software solution. The implementation was executed professionally and according to plan.
Varma’s representatives, Development Specialist Joel Kasurinen and Construction Manager Tommi Metsälä, praised the smooth cooperation between Scudo Solutions and Gravicon:
“The integration between Scudo Pro and Modelspace was seamless.”
Varma’s experts also feel that Scudo Pro and Modelspace complement each other well:
“It’s clear that Scudo Solutions and Gravicon have worked together on previous projects — their ways of working have become very smooth,” Kasurinen explains.
Near real-time cost forecasting and easy access to information achieved
Scudo Pro solved several challenges in Varma’s construction project cost control — for example, providing centralized and easy access to project cost realization data for project managers directly through the Scudo Pro cloud service.
In practice, this means that cost forecasting is now straightforward and can be done almost in real time. In addition, Scudo Pro has helped Varma streamline its work across projects — reporting, monitoring, and data transfer have all become significantly easier.
The best and easiest option for project cost management
Scudo Solutions is a well-established player in the Finnish market, and Scudo Pro already included ready-made integrations with various project management systems (such as Modelspace) and numerous financial management software tools.
For Varma, the solution was easy to adopt since it did not require developing internal processes from scratch. Scudo Solutions’ Scudo Pro was clearly the best option on the market for Varma’s needs.
Users enjoy working with Scudo Pro
Thanks to a successful implementation and Scudo Solutions’ customer-oriented support, Scudo Pro has been fully adopted at Varma. Users actively utilize the system for project management, cost tracking, and reporting.
An important element is the automatic flow of information between systems enabled by easy integrations.
“We are very satisfied with our choice of Scudo Pro!”
About the organizations
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company is one of Finland’s largest real estate investors, with property assets worth approximately EUR 5.6 billion. As a responsible property owner, Varma ensures the energy efficiency of its buildings and aims for carbon neutrality in energy use by 2030.
Varma’s property portfolio includes 74 office and commercial buildings, around 4,600 rental apartments, and 62 environmental certifications.
Scudo Solutions Oy is a Finnish software company specializing in project and cost management since 2012. With experience from over €20 billion worth of projects, more than 50,000 cost-controlled projects, and 4,000 satisfied users, Scudo Solutions provides deep expertise and advanced software solutions for project cost management.
Scudo Pro is an easy-to-use, modern, and continuously developing cloud service — and customers love using it (Customer Retention Rate over 95%).
