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Top 8 Tools for Construction Document Control  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Projects of all sizes face an overwhelming amount of construction documentation. Thankfully, pen and paper are on the way out of the industry. Still, without good digital systems in place, the task of managing all those documents can get very overwhelming and chaotic. . What to look for in a document management system .

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Bluebeam Tip of the Week: Quick Security Sessions

Carol Hagen

Quick security settings allow you to create permissions and passwords that you can apply to documents repeatedly without having to recreate or define them each time. It’s great for applying security to multiple documents all at once too. Some contractors define these settings by project or by client.

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From Ten Hours to Five: Automating Manual Document Review Processes with JJ Rhatigan

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For one collaborator, a document or plan may be considered as an essential piece of information but for another team, it may be something they never use. Developing Changes to Support Industry Compliance. And today vast amounts of data are generated throughout the lifecycle of a project. Standardisation for Improved Accuracy.

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Information Chaos in the Construction Industry

Carol Hagen

Email, electronic collaboration portals, file sharing, applications for payment, plan set revisions, etc all accumulate into a mountain of digital documents. How you manage your digital documents will determine your success in project management, effective communication, risk management and productivity.

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Green Buildings are Subsidizing Conventional Buildings Stymying Climate Progress

Green Building Law Update

The financial value of green buildings is well documented, from commanding higher rents, greater occupancy rates, and increased occupant satisfaction, to lower operating costs for everything from reduced insurance premiums and less energy utilized, easily resulting in an increased return on investment of more than 9% over conventional building.

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Viewpoint Earns SOC 2 Type 1 Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint’s SOC 2 certification shows a commitment to providing a secure cloud platform for its products. The SOC 2, Type 1 certification should inspire confidence among our global client base that our systems and processes satisfy the SOC 2 security control standards (as denoted in the AICPA Trust Services Criteria for Security).

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

GAO, 2009 The associated processes for developing a credible construction cost estimate are equally well documented. “Despite the fact that these basic characteristics have been published and known for decades, we find that many agencies still lack the ability to develop cost estimates that can satisfy them”. –