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Getting buy-in from the field for digital project management

Fieldwire

Switching from paper blueprints to shared digital drawings unlocks incredible opportunities to digitize our workflows. Not only does it greatly simplify drawing and revision management, it enables the ability to use greatly improved digital workflows for things like submittals , requests for information , change orders , and task management.

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iPhone and iPad Applications Best Suited for Construction Professionals

Construction Cost Estimating

Mentioned below is a list of some of the popular IPhone/IPod and IPad apps that are highly recommended for quick access: SmartBidNet : SmartBidNet consists of bid management systems that allow creating as well as tracking bid process with subcontractors and companies.

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Architectural Tools

Pro Builder

I will also say that I didn’t include anything on my list that would be ridiculous and completely out of beat with the times … like a drawing on linen or using rapidograph pens with mylar sheets and a pin bar. . Andrew’s Item #1 – My iPad (or tablet) [16:45 mark]. One of my major “must-haves” is my iPad.

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The Construction Office Imperative: Digitize, Go Paperless and Mobile

Carol Hagen

Correspondence, contracts and RFIs, change orders, and drawings are frequently emailed. Review and approval on a iPad, signature capture on a form and granting access from a mobile device can return big dividends. Making the process fully electronic saves time, eliminates filing and makes document retrieval almost instant.

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Equipping the field to go digital

Fieldwire

You really just need to request the construction drawings in PDF format instead of paper, and you are ready to go digital. For everyday work, the crews need to be equipped with a device that gives them a larger space to view drawings. The key is getting crew leaders a tablet that they can use to access the digital drawings.

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Construction Project Manager Field Guide

cnstrctr

School doesn’t always do a great job of educating you on what careers exist in the wider world and this was one of those examples. I personally prefer using an Ipad for reviewing drawings, when you utilize it with Bluebeam or Good Reader it makes life simple. I found the answer to that through experience and hard work.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jacob Freitas, Senior Project Manager, Level 10 Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Our projects have run the gambit—advanced technology, corporate, education, housing & mixed use, biotechnology, entertainment, healthcare and gaming & hospitality. At Level 10, we also don’t print many drawing updates anymore. The only drawing sets we have are pretty much just the permit sets.