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Blog Publisher’s
Comments:
In the Press
Release below, you’ll read this in one of the paragraphs:
Webcor, a leading commercial
construction contractor with headquarters in San Francisco. “We have been using
the PlanGrid blueprint app on the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
Expansion project, and we are close to achieving an entirely paperless
process….
I continue to
wonder where the reprographics industry is headed, revenue and profit wise, if
GC’s continue initiatives to go paperless.
The Press Release
mentions…. “BarkerBlue
started 50 years ago providing construction companies and architects with the
traditional paper blueprints they needed for major projects, and a decade ago we were the first company
to provide these firms electronic plan rooms for storing their digitized
documents.
Well, perhaps
BarkerBlue was the first reprographer in its market to offer electronic plan
room services, but that certainly wasn’t true of the U.S. marketplace. Our former company, NGI, developed an
electronic plan room service for Hilton Hotels Development back around 1999
(our “Virtual Plan Room”) and there were other reprographers offering
electronic plan rooms before 2000.
The Press Release
mentions….US construction industry that had
more than $400 billion in capital expenditures on structures in 2011, according
to the US Census.
A couple of weeks
ago, I did a post on this blog about the value of construction spending in the
U.S., year over year, according to the Department of Commerce, and these were
the numbers I published:
|
Total value of construction spending
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
|
Value
|
|
|
annual
|
2006
|
$1,198.0
billion
|
actual
|
|
annual
|
2007
|
$1,161.3
billion
|
actual
|
|
annual
|
2008
|
$1,078.9
billion
|
actual
|
|
annual
|
2009
|
$939.1
billion
|
actual
|
|
annual
|
2010
|
$814.2
billion
|
actual
|
|
annual
|
2011
|
$787.4
billion
|
actual
|
|
annual
|
2012
|
$850.2
billion
|
actual
|
|
annualized
|
2013
|
$900.8
billion
|
estimated
|
We introduced
PlanGrid.com on the Reprographics 101 Blog in a post we put up in March 2012.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012- Link:
Best wishes to BarkerBlue on finally hooking up with PlanGrid.
Okay, here’s the
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY BARKERBLUE:
Bringing Document Management Services to iPad Blueprint App
for Large-Scale Construction Projects
Pioneers in
Digitizing the Construction Industry
Enable Construction Firms & Building
Owners to Manage and Control Online Blueprints on iPads
SAN MATEO,
Calif. – Oct. 21, 2013 – BarkerBlue, Inc. announced today that it has partnered
with PlanGrid to provide a suite of professional services for construction
firms and building owners to manage and control digitized blueprints and other
construction documents on the PlanGrid blueprint app for the iPad.
A San
Francisco-based startup, PlanGrid launched its initial iPad app in March 2012
with the goal of replacing traditional paper blueprints at construction sites.
Since then, the PlanGrid app has been adopted by many leading construction
firms as well as major corporations on more than 35,000 construction projects,
bringing an entirely new level of collaboration and efficiency to the US
construction industry that had more than $400 billion in capital expenditures
on structures in 2011, according to the US Census.
“PlanGrid and
BarkerBlue are pioneers in digitizing the construction industry,” said Gene
Klein, CEO of BarkerBlue. “BarkerBlue started 50 years ago providing
construction companies and architects with the traditional paper blueprints
they needed for major projects, and a decade ago we were the first company to
provide these firms electronic plan rooms for storing their digitized
documents. PlanGrid is now providing the industry the first iPad app for
uploading and revising construction documents, and together with our services
we’re taking another major step forward in reducing paper and increasing
efficiency, saving significant time and money.”
Industry
research shows that 98% of all submissions to construction documents create
discrepancies between versions. Identifying those discrepancies is critical and
a monumental task when considering many large- scale construction projects
involve documents that contain as many as 50,000 drawings or more. With its
technology-enabled services, BarkerBlue’s team of experts is able to rapidly
identify such discrepancies so that project-critical information is elevated
and documented within PlanGrid.
With the rapid
adoption of their blueprint app, Ryan Sutton-Gee, one of the co-founders and
CEO of PlanGrid, said, “PlanGrid is fast becoming the killer app driving
adoption of iPads by the construction industry. And by partnering with
BarkerBlue, we’re now accelerating that by allowing large construction
companies to use PlanGrid alongside the type of sophisticated document
management and control services their used to getting from Barker Blue. The
combination of PlanGrid and Barker Blue will save managers of large-scale
construction projects substantial time and money and guarantee that their
documents are up to date and accurate. Together, we’ll keep everybody on the
same page with their iPads.”
The two
companies have a synergistic market presence as both are involved in a wide
range of large-scale construction projects, including major commercial office
buildings, hospitals, and corporate campuses.
“At Webcor, we
are always looking for innovative ways to make our work more efficient,” said,
Martin Ranalli, Assistant Project Manager of Webcor, a leading commercial
construction contractor with headquarters in San Francisco. “We have been using
the PlanGrid blueprint app on the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
Expansion project, and we are close to achieving an entirely paperless process,
but we faced a big challenge in managing, controlling, and maintaining the
substantial new database of digital construction documents and information. We
needed a fast and efficient way to maximize the capabilities of PlanGrid.
“We tapped into
BarkerBlue’s team of experts who provided the professional services we needed
to help us manage our project in PlanGrid,” he continued. “They helped us
quickly apply quality control processes, correct and update files, ensure
metadata was accurate, and properly hyperlink all our documents. We’re getting
very close to a fully digital, totally interoperable construction information
management system.”
Click here for
more information about BarkerBlue’s suite of professional services for document
management and control on the PlanGrid blueprint app for Apple iPad.
About PlanGrid
PlanGrid is the
developer and provider of a cloud-based mobile app for iPads designed to
replace printed blueprints at construction sites. Its mobile app is now being
used by major construction firms on more than 35,000 different projects and is
now storing more than 2 million pages of digital blueprints with more than
20,000 new pages being added every day. The company emerged from Y Combinator
in 2012 and has since secured initial funding from Box, 500 Startups, Y
Combinator, Navitas Capital, and notable industry leaders from TinyCo, Loopt,
and Google as well as from Stanford University’s Construction Engineering
department.
About BarkerBlue
BarkerBlue is a
leading provider of technology-enabled document management and control, digital
imaging and display printing services. The company has developed unparalleled
expertise built over 50 years of meeting the widest range of needs of the most
demanding companies, from startups and small businesses to major Fortune 500
companies and international corporations. The company is based in San Mateo,
CA, is a charter member of the ReproMAX international network of independent
reprographic and document management providers, and is committed to providing
the most energy-efficient, eco-friendly services. For more information, visit
BarkerBlue’s website http://www.barkerblue.com, or follow the company on Twitter
@BarkerBlue or Facebook at facebook.com/barkerblue.
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