In mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering companies across the country, engineers are distracted from their real work. Instead, they’re managing email, logging submittals and RFIs, keeping track of file transfers, compiling and managing punch lists, and more. If you’re charged with making sure your teams are operating at maximum effectiveness – and are motivated to do their best work – look into Newforma today.

1. Success Stories In
MEP Engineering Project Delivery
6 companies. 9 projects. 1 conclusion:
Greater success is within reach.

2. MICRO CASE STUDY − ENGINEERING − PRODUCTIVITY
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Employees: 220+
www.esdglobal.com
“An integrated PIM approach drastically reduces the amount of
things that slip off a person’s radar. It’s very difficult to lose track of
things because of optional alerts that remind people of what needs
to be done and by when.”
Challenges
– The volume of submittals to be processed is rising:
– Multiple fit-out prime contractors
– Demands of LEED certification
– Ease of submitting via email
– Workflow backed up whenever the administrator took time off.
Solution
– Newforma electronic submittals management
Results
– ESD is turning around submittals in the target window of 10 days, month
after month.
– Chance of errors has been slashed.
– Backup team members keep the work flowing when the primary submittals
administrator takes time off.
Rush University Medical Center; Chicago, Illinois
Environmental Systems Design

3. Headquarters: Lubbock, Texas
Employees: 250+
www.team-psc.com
“Using Newforma apps, we have dramatically reduced the time it
takes us to deliver punch results to our contractor. What once
took us three days to reenter, fix, collate and organize now only
takes 45 minutes.”
Texas Tech Rawls College of Business Administration; Lubbock,
Texas
Challenges
– The punch list process was unwieldy.
– Pages and pages of difficult-to- read, handwritten notes slowed
the process and left room for errors.
– Data entry was too time-consuming.
– Compiling and organizing punch list data consumed up to 3 days
before it was made available to contractors.
Solution
– Newforma Project Center mobile apps.
Results
– Punched 4 concurrent projects (280,000 square feet) generating
over 5,300 punch list items.
– Used predefined punch list descriptions to speed up capture time
as much as 40%.
– Slashed punch list compilation and processing time to 45
minutes.
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
MICRO CASE STUDY − ENGINEERING − PRODUCTIVITY

4. “The top goals I had set for myself for this year were solved by
your software.”
Challenges
– Project data resided on many servers, making it harder to locate.
– Emails resided in Outlook public folders instead of project folders.
– There was no easy, electronic means to detect changes between document
iterations.
– There was no simple way to search for documents.
– People were unable to view documents without using AutoCAD.
Solution
– Newforma Project Center software for project information management
Results
– Each challenge was alleviated by a comprehensive PIM solution that did not
force radical changes on existing project management processes.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Employees: 220+
www.esdglobal.com
Near North Single Room Occupancy Hotel; Chicago, Illinois
Environmental Systems Design
MICRO CASE STUDY − ENGINEERING − PRODUCTIVITY

5. MICRO CASE STUDY − DESIGN − PRODUCTIVITY
Headquarters: London, England
Employees: 220+
www.hilsonmoran.com
“We’ve implemented Newforma software to handle the information
explosion.”
Challenges
– The shift from paper to electronic media increases the volume and velocity of
information exchanged.
– Information being used on the jobsite must be the latest issued by the office.
Solution
– Newforma Mobile Apps
– Newforma Project Center enterprise software
– Newforma Contract Management software
– Newforma Building Information Management software
Results
– Easy-to-use file-sharing function logs who downloaded what, when.
– Ability to compare different file types reveals differences in two files.
– Desktop, web, and mobile users all work from a single, coordinated record.
20 Fenchurch
Street; London,
England
Hilson Moran

6. MICRO CASE STUDY − ENGINEERING − PRODUCTIVITY
Headquarters: Madison, Wisconsin
Employees: 600
www.aeieng.com
“We’ve slashed hours, and in some cases days, from the time it takes
to publish, QA and issue large drawing set revisions from Revit.”
Challenges
– Revision management was a clunky process involving unending
spreadsheet revisions.
– The firm had to renumber sheets manually.
– It was still difficult for people to find the most current version of a particular
sheet.
– Team members lacked mobile access.
Solution
– Newforma Project Center and Newforma® Building Information
Management software
Results
– Drawing revision management process is simple and automated.
– Process does not impose changes to the Revit process.
– It takes less than a minute to go from publishing an updated drawing set in
Revit and having it available to the team.
– Updating hundreds of sheets across multiple models takes mere minutes,
eliminating days of delay and effort.
Argonne National Laboratory Four-wheel Drive Dynamometer Test
Facility; Argonne, Illinois (© Paskus Studios)
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.

7. “We need to search quickly, get the information, get it onto the
drawings and get it out of here. When I saw the presentation for
Newforma Project Center, I thought, ‘This is what we’ve been
looking for.’”
Challenges
– Turn around small projects quickly, without errors.
– Resolve issues swiftly.
– Quickly find documents originally attached to emails.
Solution
– Newforma Project Center software for project information management
Results
– Newforma Search finds terms even if they exist in email attachments,
external reference documents and ZIP files.
– Project managers are able to find emails resolving issues while the client is
still on the phone.
– Functionality to compare drawings shows what’s changed between
iterations of drawings and drawing sets.ABN AMRO Plaza;
Chicago, Illinois
Environmental Systems Design
MICRO CASE STUDY − ENGINEERING − PRODUCTIVITY
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Employees: 220+
www.esdglobal.com

8. MICRO CASE STUDY • DESIGN • PRODUCTIVITY
Headquarters: Warren, New Jersey
Employees: 250+
www.psands.com
“Together, they enable the application performance that AEC
companies require while simultaneously centralizing all data to a
single location.”
Goal
– Solve latency problem inherent with cross-site collaboration.
– Find information quickly, manage email, collaborate on 3D models and
streamline other everyday workflows.
– Collaborate on the same CAD files and BIM models.
Solution
– Panzura cloud-based global locking file systems integrated with
Newforma Project Center software for project information management
Results
– Users have a single, consistent view of all project data in every office.
– Data location no longer affects application performance.
– Project files can be easily shared between multiple offices.
PS&S
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) sterilization chamber, gas room, and scrubber unit;
Brazil
MICRO CASE STUDY − DESIGN − PRODUCTIVITY
PS&S

9. MICRO CASE STUDY − DESIGN − PRODUCTIVITY
Headquarters: London, England
Employees: 220+
www.hilsonmoran.com
“The Newforma solution includes integrated apps that save time and
improve the quality of information.”
Goals
– Allow information to be exchanged onsite.
– Create more efficient communication links.
– Integrate apps with current desktop software.
Solution
– Newforma Mobile Apps
– Newforma Project Center enterprise software
– Newforma Contract Management
– Newforma Building Information Management
Results
– Communication among the project’s design team members has
improved.
– More responsive service has raised client satisfaction.
– Less time is being spent capturing field notes, finding project email, or
contacting team members.
Hilson Moran engineers use Newforma apps to streamline their work as
they inspect sites, draft reports, and generate snag lists.
Hilson Moran

10. “Because our team creates projects daily and weekly, it saves me
a few hours a week trying to keep track of those outstanding
issues.”
Goals
– Maintain high standards of responsiveness and accountability.
– Respond to claims that people never received their drawings.
– Track who has – and who has not – downloaded files.
Solution
– Newforma Project Center software for project information
management
Results
– ESD’s Tenant Xpress Team turns around projects in half the time
another firm would take.
– The software automatically logs all file transfers, putting a stop to
claims of, “I never got that drawing.”
– Automatic logging and tracking ensures internal and external team
members are following through on commitments.
Environmental Systems Design
ESD specialize in systems that are reliable, energy-efficient and affordable to
operate. Expertise extends across a full range of fuels, capacities and plant
designs.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Employees: 220+
www.esdglobal.com
MICRO CASE STUDY − ENGINEERING − PRODUCTIVITY

11. MICRO CASE STUDY − ENGINEERING − PRODUCTIVITY
Headquarters: Perth, Australia
Employees: 450+
wge.com.au
“Newforma software provides us with the tools we need to
reduce risk, improve design, and respond more quickly.”
Goals
– Reduce time spent doing administrative tasks.
– Enable stronger collaboration and coordination.
– Improve client service.
Solution
– Newforma Mobile Apps for operations in the field
– Newforma Project Center server-based software for operations in the
office
Results
– Project information flows seamlessly from job site to office.
– Response times are as much as 90% faster.
– Risk of errors has been reduced.
Saffire-Freycinet luxury hotel; Coles Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Wood & Grieve Engineers

12. In MEP firms across the country, engineers are distracted from
engineering. Instead, they’re managing email, logging submittals
and RFIs, keeping track of file transfers, compiling and managing
punch lists, and more.
If you’re charged with making sure your teams are operating at
maximum effectiveness – and are motivated to do their best
work – look into Newforma today.
On more than 1.9 million projects around the world, building
and infrastructure project teams are using Newforma products
to cut waste and risk.
More than 97% of Newforma customers renew their
subscriptions each year. Find out why it’s must-have software for
high-performing companies like yours.
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Port of Portland HQP2 mechanical room; PAE
Consulting Engineers
Greater success is within reach.