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Unauthorized document distribution

  • 1.  Unauthorized document distribution

    Posted 11-24-2014 11:28 AM

    I believe I am familiar with the service you are talking about.  We purposely send our materials to them for plan distribution in Iowa to contractors for bidding.  Once a plan gets into a plan room it is always scanned and sent out to members.  Historically this has been a practice that goes back to microfilm days and is provided as a service to get more bids on your projects. 

    If you do not want your materials electronically scanned, I would tell the sponsoring company that and send them a written confirmation. 

    My firm counts on these systems to get drawings out to contractors for bidding and works with them.
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    David Martin AIA
    President
    Martin Gardner Architecture, P.C.
    Marion IA
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