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The Construction Office Imperative: Digitize, Go Paperless and Mobile

Carol Hagen

If this is happening in your construction office it’s time to address the problem. Correspondence, contracts and RFIs, change orders, and drawings are frequently emailed. Access from anywhere, anytime eliminates the interruptions of office staff resulting in better productivity in the office and field.

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Redefining Construction Document Management

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Once building begins, plans, specs and drawings are tweaked as efficiencies are noted, errors are corrected or work gets completed throughout the process. Paper has been the traditional format for plans, specs and drawings in construction. Dealing with paper plans and drawings in the field can be a hassle.

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Bluebeam Revu Tip: Complementing CAD

Carol Hagen

“Nowadays, I draw in Bluebeam equal amounts to sketching or CAD.” Nathan draws in the soffits with the polygon tool that he’s customized with a fill color. Want to learn more about Bluebeam Revu or need on-site training for your construction team and office staff? Let’s take a look at Nathan’s work.

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Is a National General Contractor or Local Commercial Construction Firm Better For Your Project?

HardHatChat

Some of you are probably wondering if the travel costs that become part of the general conditions and overall construction budget of a national general contractor are worth it to the client. So many local subs are tied up on oil jobs that any other commercial project needs to draw subs from outside the area. What’s your project?

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Sound advice on workplace design

BD+C

Open office design draws mixed reviews these days, and noise is one of the primary reasons. Spaces intended to facilitate the free flow of people and ideas often allow noisy distractions to travel, too.

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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Furthermore, having to wait until reaching the office, a connected workstation or even relying on limited VPN connections to manually enter data into the system means additional delays. Cloud-based software is breaking project managers free of the chains to the office, allowing them to work almost exclusively in the field where the action is.

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Donna Boeing, office manager and work mom

The Korte Company

Donna Boeing is a mother figure, at home and in the office. As an office manager, she keeps things running smoothly, assuring everyone and everything is in their proper place. When she started, she didn’t know much about being an office manager, or running a print room or helping architects layout their spec books.

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