LProject lifecycle
Through the whole project, on one record
Choose a phase to see what BuildEase covers in it. Each phase uses the same project, people and history.
Phase 01 of 06
Set-up and mobilisation
The project is created through one controlled set-up and its organisations join in their capacity.
- Create the projectProjects → Create new project, then a controlled set-up.
- Organisations and capacitiesOwner, PMC, consultants and contractors registered on this project.
- BreakdownPhases, packages, disciplines and locations down to room level.
- SettingsNumbering, forms and workflows, review periods and calendars, published with four eyes.
- MobilisationMobilisation and start-up requirements, tracked to completion.
02A submittal, start to finish
Every step has an owner and a clock
Scroll through one shop drawing. The orange square is where the document is now: the party that holds it, and whose time is running.
- Main contractor
Drafted and submitted
The contractor prepares the submittal with its files. The project manager's approval can be required before it leaves the contractor; on submission it receives its reference from the project's numbering convention.
Stage: Submitted. Time running for: Consultant. Recorded: Reference allocated, files fixed. - Consultant document control
Received and routed
A valid submission is the consultant's receipt. It is routed to the disciplines that review it, and the review period starts from the project's own settings.
Stage: Consultant receipt. Time running for: Consultant. Recorded: Receipt instant, review period started. - Architectural and MEP reviewers
Discipline review
Reviewers open the PDF in the browser, mark it up and comment. Their marks stay internal until a code is issued.
Stage: Discipline review. Time running for: Consultant. Recorded: Markups, comments, reviewer. - Consultant project manager
Approval and code
The project manager approves the consolidated response and issues the code. Technical review and release authority stay separate.
Stage: Manager approval. Time running for: Consultant. Recorded: Code, approver, consolidated comments. - Main contractor
Returned to the contractor
The response is delivered electronically the moment the code is issued. If action is needed, the contractor's resubmission clock starts at that instant.
Stage: Returned. Time running for: Contractor. Recorded: Delivery instant, released markups. - Main contractor
Resubmitted as Rev C
The new revision opens a clean review. Earlier revisions, their marks and their codes stay in the document's history.
Stage: Resubmitted. Time running for: Consultant. Recorded: New revision, history kept. - No open step
Closed
A code that needs nothing more from the contractor closes the document. The time each party held it is on the record.
Stage: Closed. Time running for: Nobody. Recorded: Time held by each party.
See it on a project of your own
A demo is a private workspace with three synthetic projects and data in every module, open for 15 days. You can act as each role: contractor, consultant, project manager or client.