Project description
We are an operating architectural firm, and today all our drawings are in a maze of shared folders where each set has three copies and nobody can confidently say which one is current. We need a specialized system where the top level is the project, and within it a structured repository stores drawing sets, sheets and revisions. When a new version of a set is released, the old one should not disappear: it should be archived, timestamped and made comparable so the team always sees what changed between revision B and revision C and who signed off on each. Each drawing should have a clear status, revision code and responsible party, and uploading a replacement file should automatically send the old one to history rather than leaving two files with confusing names side by side.
On top of the version repository we need full collaboration. Reviewers should be able to open a sheet right in the browser, apply markup and comments over the drawing and run it through an approval workflow that ends in a fixed decision — approved, approved with comments or rejected. We coordinate several external consultants (structures, engineering systems, master plan), so the system must manage RFI from start to finish: raise a question to a specific sheet, assign responsibility, track the answer and close it with the answer linked to the project card. Deadlines, release dates and pending approvals should be shown on a dashboard so nothing is lost and the whole team sees one live picture rather than sorting through email chains.
We are ready to consider either a reasonable off-the-shelf base adapted for us or a focused custom development; in any case what matters to us is a clean permissions model, reliable handling of large drawing formats and an action log we can trust. Please describe relevant experience, the proposed stack and a realistic delivery plan.
— Versioning sets with auto-replacement and revision comparison
— Markup, comments and multi-stage approval in browser
— RFI management with assignment, tracking and closure
— Consultant coordination and role-based access
— Dashboard of deadlines and approvals with complete action log
On top of the version repository we need full collaboration. Reviewers should be able to open a sheet right in the browser, apply markup and comments over the drawing and run it through an approval workflow that ends in a fixed decision — approved, approved with comments or rejected. We coordinate several external consultants (structures, engineering systems, master plan), so the system must manage RFI from start to finish: raise a question to a specific sheet, assign responsibility, track the answer and close it with the answer linked to the project card. Deadlines, release dates and pending approvals should be shown on a dashboard so nothing is lost and the whole team sees one live picture rather than sorting through email chains.
We are ready to consider either a reasonable off-the-shelf base adapted for us or a focused custom development; in any case what matters to us is a clean permissions model, reliable handling of large drawing formats and an action log we can trust. Please describe relevant experience, the proposed stack and a realistic delivery plan.
— Versioning sets with auto-replacement and revision comparison
— Markup, comments and multi-stage approval in browser
— RFI management with assignment, tracking and closure
— Consultant coordination and role-based access
— Dashboard of deadlines and approvals with complete action log
Engineering. Drawings Cash, Bank transfer
