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ProjectSight White Paper
Avoid Rework with Drawing-Centric Construction Project Management Software
Contents
Introduction
Traditional drawing management
tools aren't up to the task
A drawing-centric construction
project management solution
Attain easy access to current
drawings in real time
Support your teams with
mobile access
Manage the latest versions of
your drawings
The business benefits of a
drawing-centric platform
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Introduction
What can happen when your field teams don't have the
current version of construction drawings? The negative effects
can include tremendous inefficiencies, confusion, errors
and delays. But most of all, out-of-date drawings can lead to
expensive, often avoidable rework that can add up to as much
as 20% of a project's total cost.
Several factors make it challenging to keep
construction drawings up to date:
• Drawing updates can require multiple steps and
applications. Engineers often must retrieve a drawing from
a file system, then process it through a PDF tool so it can be
sent to field crews in a standard, easy-to-use form.
• Requests for information (RFIs) can be stalled by lack
of integration with the project control system. Often, the
engineer must export the RFI as a PDF and attach it to the
drawing. This method also makes it hard to see and
document the complete RFI collaboration between the
engineering team and the contractor or crews.
• Multiple drawing systems are used by field and engineering
teams, with no integration for automatic version tracking
and updates. A time gap can arise between when engineers
release new drawings and when field teams receive them
And the need to manually send changes and RFIs back and
forth from field staff to engineers creates further delays.
Although many construction teams have drawing management
tools, those tools only partially address these challenges.
If you use traditional tools
for construction drawing
management, you have
probably experienced the
frustration of their limitations.
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