Project Center

One view across storage and applications

Architects and engineers use Project Center to gather a project's files, emails and conversations in a single linked view, so that staff can locate what they need wherever it is kept. Newforma describes the product as project information management for architecture, engineering and construction work. It draws information from different applications, platforms and storage locations into a single view, and the company says it gives project teams freedom of choice over where documents are kept.

Email, RFIs and submittals in one application

Users file email to a project by dragging messages into a project folder. Requests for information and submittals can be answered and approved in the same application, and action items can be assigned from it. Document control keeps a record of which recipients received each version of a drawing package, and on what date it arrived. The company says this keeps project teams working from the latest drawings, specifications and documents, and that meeting minutes and message forums stay available to everyone on the team.

Cloud, on-premise and the field

Project Center is offered as a cloud product and as an on-premise edition. Newforma says the cloud version suits architecture, engineering and construction firms that want cloud project information management, and general contractors that need cloud tools. Newforma Mobile takes drawings, punch lists, action items and field reports onto the site, so office and field teams work from the same information.

Connectors link the product to other tools. The company's Procore connector handles RFIs and submittals through the connected platform, and the company says connected handling of each item can save up to 12 minutes. A Microsoft Teams connector for Newforma Konekt archives public and shared Teams channel conversations into a project's record. Beyond the software, the company runs technical success services and sells its data analytics on a service basis.