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Customer testimonials

How customers describe Newforma Project Center

  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Construction Firms
  • Add Inc
    “Newforma’s early vision of a solution that would have measurable impact on project execution and the productivity of the project team has come to full fruition. Newforma has taken great care to listen to the needs of design professionals, and it shows in how all the integrated product features have come together in Fifth Edition.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Array HFS
    “We felt we were losing money each day we delayed implementation… It is clear how Newforma software has increased the efficiency and effectiveness of our firm to the benefit our staff, our clients and our stakeholders.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Barker Rinker Seacat
    “Newforma costs far less on an annual basis than developing and maintaining our own solution, whether we would use Microsoft SharePoint® or some other technology. … We’ve implemented several major, enterprise-wide packages in the past 12 months. The Newforma solution is the only one that had people up and running in 48 hours.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Barker Rinker Seacat
    “Because Newforma software contains so many complementary functions, it allows us to reduce subsidiary software such as FTP sites and content management plug-ins. We can standardize on one project information management platform that we know will work.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Callison
    “At Callison, we’re very focused on creating an environment that encourages a cross-pollination of ideas. Newforma has offered us a means to further our goal by significantly reducing the effort involved on the part of our busy professionals.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     

  • Cannon Design logo
    “Newforma-to-Newforma connectivity means everyone is working with up-to-date information without spending time exchanging and reentering it.”

    (For the case study, click here.)

     

  • ColeJenest and Stone
    “Project managers were spending at least an hour a week on email management alone. The Newforma solution slashes that time to minutes. And that’s just the beginning of what it can do.”

    “The speed of implementation and ease of training contribute to an estimated one-month payback.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Dull-Olson-Weeks
    “As our firm has grown over the past year, we’ve adopted Newforma Project Center to make sure our communications and processes are transparent, our project team members are accountable and that our firm is responsive.”

     

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • EUA
    “Newforma Info Exchange promises to be an extremely effective tool for managing the give-and-take of project work with project team members outside our firm. Many of our consultants appreciate the ease of use and the fact that all they need is a browser and email to collaborate with EUA in a more effective digital way.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • FKP Architects
    “Because the software makes us more productive – it has slashed the time required for file transfers, for example – we have more time to devote to winning new business and pleasing clients.”

    (For the FKP Architects news release, click here.)
     

  • Foster and Partners
    “We’ve been using Microsoft Outlook Public Folders and an electronic document management system, which did not add value to the project team. Our goal is to liberate hours that our project teams can devote to clients and design.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • GouldEvans
    “Reducing the time required to send a set of plans may seem of minor importance, but small things make as big a difference in client service as they do in successful design.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     

  • GSBS Architects logo
    “Time we save sharing and coordinating models, drawings, RFIs and submittals is time we can spend on design and construction.”

    (Read the case study.)
     

  • Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas Company, Architecture and Planning
    “As a direct result of implementing Newforma, we have raised responsiveness to our clients, freed senior design staff’s time to focus on design quality and simultaneously reduced the risk of errors and omissions. Newforma rolled out without a glitch, almost effortlessly. Training took no time at all, and people were up and running by the end of the first day.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Hart Howerton
    “We looked at the option of tailoring SharePoint® to address some of our big information management and communication needs The Newforma solution had everything we were looking for – especially in the area of project email management, search and document sharing – right out of the box and at a fraction of what it would have cost for us to develop ourselves.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • HOK
    “Newforma software is an important part of our strategy for information management and efficient project delivery. Based on the value we are already seeing, plus the additional functionality in Fourth Edition, we are now deploying Newforma across all of our 26 offices to help make every HOK project team more productive.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Kohn Architects
    “Newforma Project Center makes it possible for us to answer clients’ questions while they’re still on the phone.”

    “As a mid-sized firm, we leverage technology to match the capacities of larger firms. Newforma’s project information management software is a great equalizer.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • LPA Inc. Integrated Sustainable Design
    “We like the way Newforma’s solution works with existing tools such as Microsoft® Office® Outlook® and Deltek® Vision® to track action items and show them within the context of our project plan.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Mackey Mitchell Architects
    “The more our project teams can easily find, share and manipulate project-related information, the more they can successfully conduct their work.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Manning Architects Louisiana architects interior designers planners
    “Newforma Project Center is one of the tools we use to integrate our three offices into one client-focused team.”

    “Our vision is to illuminate our client’s vision. We don’t come to work to do back-of-house tasks.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Morris Architects
    “I had pretty much given up on finding software to effectively manage CA, but then I discovered the submittals management functionality in Newforma Project Center. It had all the prerequisite, ground-floor capabilities – like fully-integrated email management, search and tracking – that are needed to streamline more complex processes.”

    (For the news release, click here.)


  • “We have invested in Newforma Project Center because it is a proven solution that will make us more productive without changing the way we work.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • OWPP
    “We soon discovered that Project Email was just one of many Newforma capabilities that our project managers could use to save time and gain control over their project information.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     

  • PerkinsWill
    “We expect, in short order, to realize at least a five-fold ROI and to simplify key aspects of the project environment for our users. Newforma Project Center provides an easy-to-use project environment that helps us proactively manage project data and communications with minimal effort – leaving valuable time for more creative pursuits.”

    (For the news release, click here.)


  • “The Newforma search-sort-filter process is like Google™ for project information!”

    (For the case study, completed when Populous was known as HOK Sport Venue Event, click here.)

     

  • RDG Planning and Design
    “With the new Project Publisher activity center, at project closeout we can easily produce DVDs or USB drives that provide all the project documents, drawings and logs the client needs. This information is accessible through a point-and-click menu that we can customize with our own brand. ”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     


  • “Newforma Project Analyzer showed us that in a given month, looking 30 days out, we were missing projections by 15 percent. We’ve gotten a whole lot better about future fee projections. That’s a huge, huge benefit for us in terms of adjusting staff, whether hiring at the right time, reducing staff or redistributing work among offices.”

    (For the case study, click here)

  •  SOM
    “Key capabilities such as out-of-office support for managing project email and expanded markup for BIM model views will help significantly shift staff time toward higher-value work and away from time-consuming and error-prone manual information management tasks.”


    (For the news release, click here.) 

    “At SOM, we have standardized on the use of Newforma® Project Center software as our enterprise-wide project information management solution. Its search capabilities alone make it possible for SOM knowledge workers to pull information from business records, project repositories and global (corporate) repositories as easily as they’d use a search engine to pull a resource from the World Wide Web.”

    (For the full article, click here.)

     

  • Water Technology Inc
    “Before Newforma Project Center, we had a problem keeping up with the flood of information our projects generate. But now, with Newforma’s solution for such challenges as organizing project email, managing issues to resolution and finding documents as easily as surfing the web, everything’s going swimmingly.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     

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    “We discovered Newforma Project Center as a result of being on the receiving end of Newforma® Info Exchange file transfers. It was so much easier to use and so much more secure than our FTP site that we investigated its other functions, and saw quickly how the Newforma software can help us operate more efficiently with less exposure to risk.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
    “I really love it! Newforma Punch List allows us to act as team, exchanging information seamlessly and effectively. Everyone gets a break from much of the tedium of the process.”

    (For the case study, click here.)

  •  Affiliated Engineers
    “Newforma Add-in for Revit’s integration with Newforma Action Items has allowed us to more quickly identify, communicate and track interdisciplinary coordination issues within our shared models.”

    (For the news release, click here.)


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    “Newforma Project Center gives us the power to manage the contractor, rather than having to use the contractor’s software.”

     

    (For the news release, click here.)


  • “Our business is more competitive than ever. To make sure clients continue to give us repeat business, we’ve invested in Newforma Project Center software to shorten response times and reduce the risk of mistakes.”

    (For the case study, click here.)

  • Environmental Systems Design, INC.
    “I have to be honest, I never believed Newforma when they said that we would clear up our inboxes, but they were right. I'm down from 1,011 emails to approximately 35. I have to say that with the Newforma software, email has clearly become more manageable for our project team, and they can really spend quality time on other tasks. I can finally feel confident that when I file away something or create an issue using Newforma, I will know where to find it again later.”

    (For the ESD case study, click here.)


  • “Without having to change anything on our network, we will be able to easily search for project information, track action items, share large files and much more. More efficient project information management will free up our staff’s time to deliver more value-added services to our clients.”

    (For the news release, click here.)


  • “We bought Newforma Project Center to cut the hours spent on administrative tasks at a time when there's no room in the budget for wasted effort.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

  • PCS Structural Solutions
    “At a time when lots of competitors are vying for our clients, I like the idea of providing the best service in the industry.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     


  • “The implementation of Newforma was seamless and extremely well supported by the Technical Support Team. The product met our expectations and has increased the organization of our electronic information such as emails and drawing files. This has led to more time available for our core business and our clients.”

    (For the case study, click here.)


  • “At Shive-Hattery, we work as teams, sharing responsibility for outstanding client service. Newforma Project Center software for project information management helps us achieve that goal by improving collaboration and raising our productive capacity without increasing project costs.”

  • Wantman Group Inc.
    “Newforma Project Analyzer is the only tool I have seen that provides historical data and future projections in a single view, enabling us to make decisions early enough to impact project outcome.”

    (For the news release, click here.)


  • “Winzler & Kelly will be able to file email with other project documents, conduct full-text searches of all project documents, and do many other tasks that save time and reduce risk.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

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    “Newforma Info Exchange will make it easy for BOND project managers to keep track of who has downloaded which files, and when, and will streamline RFI, invitation-to-bid and submittals processes.”

    “Newforma Project Center cuts IT costs as it improves client service. It's a smart investment even if you use just a portion of the features.”

    (For the full news release, click here.)
     



  • “Newforma Project Center makes it easy to document the evolution of a job by capturing email decision threads and keeping record copies of milestone documents as they are modified over time. As a result, in addition to improving client service during the project, we have a definitive reference to give to the owner at handover.”

    (For the news release, click here.)

     

  • “IPD requires effective communication between project team members, which means we have to solve the problem of information that gets ‘lost’ or hidden in individual email inboxes.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     

  • Haskell - America's Design-Build Leader

    “Newforma Project Center is unique in the software we investigated because it meets the needs of both our design and construction team members. We can now seamlessly manage project information from question to answer, from office to field, and from concept to execution – all using a single tool that is comfortable for the whole team.”

    (For the news release, click here.)


  • John Moriarty

    “The web interface is a key component of a more efficient and effective preconstruction bidding process. It also makes it easier for clients, subcontractors and design team partners to share and coordinate contract documents, RFIs, submittals and other project information.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     

  • “All the things we were looking for, Newforma packaged together.”

    (For the news release, click here.)
     

  • Nibbi Brothers logo

    “We recognized that a complete construction management solution would improve coordination. It would help us manage emails, submittals and other project documents, as well as facilitate collaboration with external partners and Nibbi associates working in the field. Newforma software meets all these needs and more, in ways not matched by other vendors.”

    (For the case study, click here.)
     



 

Case studies

Cannon Design and GSBS Architects
Newforma to Newforma revolutionizes project delivery

By seamlessly connecting autonomous Newforma servers, project information each firm has chosen to share flows automatically as the design evolves. Read the case study.

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
Improved punch list process tightens architect/contractor coordination

Integration of a tablet app with enterprise software culls mistakes and wasted motion from punch lists. Read the case study.

Nibbi Brothers General Contractors
General contractor strengthens ability to win, manage and deliver projects

Construction company executives and associates describe how they're improving the management of subcontractor bids, submittals, RFIs, contracts, email and more. Read the case study.

Populous (formerly HOK Sport Venue Event)
AEC project managers discover increased control

Three architects talk about ways they're using Newforma Project Center software to save time, reduce errors and focus on design and execution. To learn more, read the case study.

Steffian Bradley Architects
Award-winning firm frees up time to focus on design

Newforma project information management software reduces administrative burden and streamlines operations to enable professionals to focus on higher-value tasks and better design. To learn more, read the case study.

Environmental Systems Design
MEP engineers maintain high accountability on fast-turnaround projects

Whether they work in IT, project management, CAD management or administration, ESD's people are keeping up with fast-moving project information management needs using Newforma Project Center software. For the full story, click here.

Pruitt Eberly Stone
A superior work environment makes structural engineers more productive

A three-time winner of ZweigWhite's Best Structural Engineering Firms To Work For award, Pruitt Eberly Stone provides tools to remove frustration and make work more rewarding. Newforma software is among them. For details, read the case study.

BergerABAM 
Civil engineers streamline workflows to improve client service and mitigate risk 

When business is more competitive than ever, this multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy finds ways to raise responsiveness, improve efficiency and reduce exposure to risk. For details, read the case study.

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering 
IT for Strategic Advantage

It’s time to reconsider how information technology can contribute to a robust knowledge capture and business intelligence environment. EYP demonstrates how, when properly implemented, IT can yield strategic advantage. For details, read the case study. (We're sorry, but the case study is only available to DesignIntelligence subscribers at this time.)

HOK 
HOK adopts PIM software to manage email but quickly accomplishes much more

Newforma software for project information management makes it easy to manage email. But the solution’s integrated capabilities make it just as easy to perform a host of other tasks necessary to successful project execution. For details, read the case study.