Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) typically house a Capital Projects module that enables a corporation to manage its' enterprise capital projects from planning through design, construction and into operation using a single portal managing corporate and vendor logins by role. Templates are created for parent projects (programs) and child projects within programs that are linked to corporate financial systems for reporting.
Capital projects manage vendor contracting, scopes, schedules and budgets plus change orders, invoices and vendor payments. Drawings, specifications, warranties and preventive maintenance schedules are maintained in a document management System as part of the application.
There are several applications to choose from, please contact me for additional information.
Robin Ellerthorpe, FAIA
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Robin Ellerthorpe FAIA
Strategic Account Executive
Computerized Facility Integration, LLC
Walker MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 12/16/2014 1:40:59 PM
From: rcrincoli@barnabashealth.org
Subject: Receiving Online Construction Bids
Does anyone have any experience with software or services that allow the Owner to receive online secure constructon bids?
Many of the sytems I have looked into are either hosted by print houses (which I would like to avoid since many of our projects are privately bid and our architects post the drawings to their own ftp sites anyway), are bundled as estimating software or are sites that charge the GC/CM's fees for each bid submitted which can add up for them for all the projects we do.
I am trying to find a system that is customizable and allows me at a minumum to set up a template based on the types of bids (lump sum, gmp etc), have bidders submit pdfs and support documents to secure folders so they can not see other's bids and blocks access after the bid period. Ideally timestamps the pdf submission upon opening and allows the pdfs and documents to be moved to other computer platforms within our workflow.
I have even looked into cloud storage sites (box.com) that have some of the functionality albeit with a lot of retooling but not all the features that would make a bid process pass our own corporate compliance protocols as well as be a automated as possible.
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Americo Crincoli AIA
AVP Design and Construction
Barnabas Health
West Orange NJ
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