Comments on: Managing Submittals at LMN Architects: Before Newforma Project Center and After http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/ A forum for AECbytes readers Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Allen Preger http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-12222 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:33:44 +0000 http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-12222 To answer your first question, yes, Newforma Project Center does allow the user to discriminate between 'action' submittals and those that require no response. This is done when the submittal is initially received and logged in Newforma. With regards to the second question, Newforma does not currently provide a specific mechanism to distinguish Closeout and Maintenance Material submittals. However, in Newforma's upcoming Fifth Edition product, Keyword fields that allow users to tag items by selecting from a list of pre-defined values have been added throughout. For submittals, Newforma will provide defaults like Pre-Construction, Construction, Closeout, Maintenance, and others, but since this list is fully cusomizable, companies will be able to use this any way they choose to sort, filter and report on submittals. Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or suggestions. Allen Preger Director of Product Management Newforma To answer your first question, yes, Newforma Project Center does allow the user to discriminate between ‘action’ submittals and those that require no response. This is done when the submittal is initially received and logged in Newforma.

With regards to the second question, Newforma does not currently provide a specific mechanism to distinguish Closeout and Maintenance Material submittals. However, in Newforma’s upcoming Fifth Edition product, Keyword fields that allow users to tag items by selecting from a list of pre-defined values have been added throughout. For submittals, Newforma will provide defaults like Pre-Construction, Construction, Closeout, Maintenance, and others, but since this list is fully cusomizable, companies will be able to use this any way they choose to sort, filter and report on submittals.

Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or suggestions.

Allen Preger
Director of Product Management
Newforma

]]> by: Phil Kabza http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-12062 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:31:08 +0000 http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-12062 Does Newforma allow the user to discriminate between action submittals requiring a response from the design professional and informational submittals that are logged and reviewed but then filed without response if they are acceptable (per AIA A201 and MASTERSPEC)? Will Newforma be updated to also indicate the several more detailed categories of submittals in the soon-to-be-updated CSI SectionFormat: including Closeout Submittals and Maintenance Material Submittals? Does Newforma allow the user to discriminate between action submittals requiring a response from the design professional and informational submittals that are logged and reviewed but then filed without response if they are acceptable (per AIA A201 and MASTERSPEC)?

Will Newforma be updated to also indicate the several more detailed categories of submittals in the soon-to-be-updated CSI SectionFormat: including Closeout Submittals and Maintenance Material Submittals?

]]> by: Tim Rice http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-10832 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:53:03 +0000 http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-10832 While there is plenty in Newforma Project Center for smaller firms to take advantage of, it is a bit hard for me to imagine scaling the product as it is currently offered down to a firm the size you are suggesting. Perhaps this is something the folks at NF could consider: a version of their product geared to firms under 20. While there is plenty in Newforma Project Center for smaller firms to take advantage of, it is a bit hard for me to imagine scaling the product as it is currently offered down to a firm the size you are suggesting. Perhaps this is something the folks at NF could consider: a version of their product geared to firms under 20.

]]> by: max sturman http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-10825 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:51:39 +0000 http://aecbytes.com/blog/2007/12/21/managing-submittals-at-lmn-architects-before-newforma-project-center-and-after/#comment-10825 How well do you feel this particular program would perform in a small (3-8) office versus a program like ArchiOffice? How well do you feel this particular program would perform in a small (3-8) office versus a program like ArchiOffice?

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