Project Information Management
At Verge, we are experts in the project process. We are also experts in the leading software tools designed to help you manage all of the information related to your projects.
Solutions such as Newforma® Project Center seamlessly integrate into your existing process to help you and your project teams easily manage information. We have experience implementing and teaching firms how to get the most from Newforma® Project Center.
Our services go beyond simply pointing out features and functions. We can assist with changes to your filing system as well review your current implementation with your staff to ensure you are getting the most from your investment in Newforma® Project Center. Whether your firm is just now implementing or has been using it for years, your firm can realize substantially greater gains in productivity and efficiency by taking advantage of our experience in both the AEC industry and Newforma® Project Center. We leveraged Newforma® Project Center for years as a Newforma® customer and are uniquely qualified to help you get the maximum out of your investment.
We will meet with your project teams and develop an understanding of how your firm operates and where there are opportunities for improvement. With this knowledge we will help develop a strategy for integrating Newforma® Project Center throughout all areas of your business. We can help engineer changes to your project process that will enable you to take your Newforma Project Center implementation to the next level. Please contact us for more information and pricing.
Project Process Consulting
Our Project Process consulting addresses the following topics:
- Filing Structure - How can your existing filing structure be simplified and improved
- Marketing and Overhead Projects - Strategies for managing non-billable related information
- Email Filing - Understanding the who, what, when and why of email filing
- Contacts - How to effectively manage contacts
- Action Items - How to get the most out of this powerful organizational tool
- Document Sets & Record Copies - How to simplify your archiving
- Timeline - How to manage your projects key milestones, meetings and deliverables
- Newforma® Info Exchange - Move beyond simply transferring files and use it to communicate effectively with your external project team
Construction Administration Consulting
Newforma® Project Center is the only software package specifically designed to help Architects and Engineers manage the Construction Administration process. Newforma® Project Center has extremely powerful and flexible tools for managing RFIs, Submittals and electronic markups. Unfortunately, as the CA process has migrated from paper based transmittals and logs to email and PDF, many firms have lost the discipline and ability to effectively manage the increasing volume of information. Verge can help you update your process so that you can easily and quickly regain control over CA. Firms leveraging Newforma® Project Center are saving thousands of dollars per project.
Our Construction Administration consulting addresses the following topics:
- Process - We will learn about how your firm currently handles CA and then improve it
- Electronic Document Review - Implement a markup/stamping process that minimizes waste
- Specifications - Utilize digital information from your specifications to make the CA process easier
- Newforma® Info Exchange - Streamline the transfer of important CA information
- Reports - We will develop reports that will help you visualize the status of CA on your projects
- Training - We will train your staff how to utilize Newforma® Project Center to manage your new process