Titan Mechanical Contractors, Inc. selects COINS software as its business and service management solution

LATHAM, NY (06/09/2010)(readMedia)-- Titan Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (Manchester, CT) has selected COINS software from Construction Industry Solutions (COINS) as its enterprise solution for service management, dispatching, project management, job cost, and accounting.

Titan Mechanical Contractors is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL), a FORTUNE 500® global energy company. Titan provides comprehensive mechanical construction and service throughout the state of Connecticut, as well as turnkey design/build services. Titan's extensive experience ranges from medical gas to Sovent sanitary systems to x-ray quality welding to a wide array of HVAC service capabilities. Titan Mechanical is a union contractor, so COINS' strength in the area of union payroll is particularly important.

Joe Burns, Executive Vice President of PPL Mechanical Contracting and Energy Services, says "COINS is very stable, the data is always reliable, and it can be easily tailored to fit the specific needs of our business units while providing us with uniform and consistent data at the enterprise level. COINS has been a silent and low maintenance partner in our business for over a decade. The product just works."

According to Mary Baumes, COINS Operations Director, "Everyone involved contributed to a smooth project. The COINS project team worked in close partnership with Controller Dick Moriarty (Titan's project lead), service managers, general managers, and others. Thanks to this group effort, the COINS implementation was completed under budget and ahead of schedule."

With the addition of Titan Mechanical Contractors, a total of 7 PPL mechanical services companies run their operations using COINS software.

About COINS:

Construction Industry Solutions (COINS, www.coins-global.com/usa/) provides business software solutions to the construction, engineering, service and property sectors. A privately held company headquartered in Slough, UK, COINS globally supports over 50,000 users from its offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. COINS successfully partners with major organizations within the construction and service sectors in their core business processes: winning and performing work, managing cash flow, enhancing customer relationships, maximizing job profitability, improving employee performance and eliminating inefficient processes - all with a desire to reduce costs, increase margin and improve client experience.

About PPL:

Titan Mechanical Contractors, Inc. is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), a FORTUNE 500® global energy holding company. It is part of PPL's extensive network of local mechanical contractors, reaching from Maryland to Maine and offering engineering and mechanical/ electrical services for commercial, industrial and institutional customers. PPL mechanical contractors provide a full complement of engineers, estimators, planners, and project managers. They self-perform most of their work, drawing from an experienced work force of pipefitters, plumbers, sheet metal workers, millwrights and electricians, and operate an extensive service operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week.