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Business Collaborator (BC) - benefits

Coupled with the many man-years of multi-sector research and development into collaborative working from which BC was founded, our clients benefit from features and commercial models developed specifically for the construction industry through ongoing consultation with our AEC clients. This ensures benefits over and above the accepted and well-documented return on investment delivered by collaboration systems, including:

• Rapid end user buy in and a successful rollout by engaging key parties in our structured implementation methodology developed from our years of experience working within the construction sector
• Saves time and money on implementation and training by using pre-configured tried and tested templates which can be adapted to meet the specific needs of your own projects, thus avoiding re-engineering of your own processes,
• Ease of use for end-users by delivering only that functionality which is needed at each project stage ensuring a simple, well understood system
• Accelerates workflow and avoid unnecessary project delays by replacing previously laborious manual paper processes with standard online forms that you can create, adapt and route to capture data and decisions
• Speeds up drawing commenting and approval cycles by uploading and tagging drawings en masse to an electronic drawing register which dramatically improves upon the formal issue and review paper process
• Also enables fast project start-up and simple document sharing by collaborating within a more familiar folder-based environment whilst still maintaining a rigorous audit trail
• Removal of potential barriers to purchase and implementation by offering a flexible approach to:
  - Licensing, be it monthly rental (all inclusive monthly project fee); or perpetual licence (one off payment for unlimited projects)
  - Hosting - fully managed by us, yourselves, or your preferred provider
• Peace of mind throughout knowing you've chosen a company which has an independently verified first rate customer service team

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