Quality Assurance
Get it right first time, on time, every time is a useful definition of “quality”. Whatever your definition or philosophy in relation to QA, when you get down to the nitty-gritty mechanisms that actually make quality work, certain principles that need to be engrained at every level of your organisation. For example always using the latest version of any specific document,...
Read MoreHead in the Clouds
Online collaboration allows architects and specialists to work together more efficiently, saving time and reducing costs and allowing you to provide a better service to your clients. Here we explain how it works. [This Article originally appeared in Technology for Architects] The construction industry has long since recognised the advantages of online collaboration products, traditionally known...
Read MoreWhere do you skate to?
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”. So goes the quote accredited to Wayne Gretzky nicknamed “The Great One” and apparently the greatest ice hockey player ever to have lived. It’s an interesting quotation that has been used in numerous business presentations over the years. The emergence of online or “cloud based” business...
Read MoreThe end of contractual disputes?
The Publication of drawings and specifications is a constant source of difficulty and disagreement. It’s not so much the original publication as the revision and subsequent reissue of documents that gives rise to most contractual difficulties. Exactly when were the documents revised, exactly who were the revisions sent to and, dare we ask, were there any further revisions? E-mail is a...
Read MoreOne channel of communication
One channel of communication Issuing drawings can be a complex and time-consuming task. Printing, copying and updating issue lists and registers is just the start, the things then physically need to be posted. Although e-mail has removed some of this drudgery, the task remains time-consuming and, perhaps more importantly, prone to errors. E-mailing drawings to multiple contacts can lead to...
Read MoreMoving on from e-mail
What makes companies choose online collaboration software tools? If you’re trying to issue a new document, drawing or specification to a colleague, client or supplier it may seem that there is already a very easy way to do it. After all, you could simply create an e-mail, attach the document and click send, maybe even cc a copy to a few extra colleagues for good measure, but perhaps this is...
Read More