PORTLAND, ME, Apr 27, 2018 – HDR, a global firm that provides architecture, engineering, environmental and construction services, has selected Chalkline’s VisiSpecs, the Visual Specification System, for their design specification solution.
HDR evaluated available commercial specification tools as a replacement for its internally developed specification production tools. “VisiSpecs was selected based on its quick learning curve, ease of cloud based deployment across the many users within the firm, and ability to integrate with BIM applications,” according to Eric Michnovez, specification manager at HDR.
A requirement for the new spec tools was easy deployment with minimal technical support or IT resources. VisiSpecs has delivered with simple-to-navigate user rights managed by the central HDR Specification Management Team. “The VisiSpecs Cloud Server allowed users in any location to easily connect to the HDR VisiSpecs Corporate Account with performance that exceeded expectations,” Michnovez said.
Ease of use was critical for HDR as the transition needed to be seamless with a very fast learning curve. Since VisiSpecs uses Microsoft Word for the editing, publishing, and project management application, HDR provided a short “Quick Start” guide for the installation and getting started tips. This enabled project team members to continue focusing on their project responsibilities instead of being pulled into training courses.
“Chalkline is happy to have such a well-respected firm evaluate and choose VisiSpecs for their specification solution. We are also very fortunate to work closely with the HDR Specification Management team collaborating on features, processes, and integrations that improve their implementation as well as the value to all of our customers,” stated Seamus McGrady, COO of Chalkline.
Visit www.chalklineinc.com or email info@chalklineinc.com to learn more about the VisiSpecs applications, request a free trial, register for live webinars, see customer testimonials, and download product information.
About Chalkline, Inc.
Chalkline is the developer of VisiSpecs, the next generation suite of applications to visually document, coordinate, and verify the BIM models and project specifications. VisiSpecs is a hybrid cloud solution where it’s desktop and mobile applications store and access the model and specification data on the Company’s cloud servers for easy access and collaboration among distributed team members. VisiSpecs is built on the familiar applications already in use resulting in minimal training and setup time. Users can easily integrate their own masters and project documents with the project models to accomplish true BIM integration without learning to use complicated model applications and without a lengthy integration process. And for those that do use the model applications, VisiSpecs provides direct, integrated access to the project specifications and documentation.
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