Masonry Magazine March 2003 Page. 45
The e-mail notification can help to keep mason contractors up-to-date the moment any element is changed.
"There's two different mechanisms for e-mails," says Bradshaw. "One is that the person who makes the change can do a notification of everybody on the project. Also, any user on the system can 'subscribe' to a document or set of documents so that you don't have to count on the fact that somebody is going to notify you. If the document changes, the system will then automatically send a notification every time."
Big or Small
THIS ALL SOUNDS LIKE it's only for large, multi-million dollar projects, right? Bradshaw says that's not always the case.
"Even single family residential projects are being managed on Buzzsaw, but those are typically ones where, for example, the architect might be living in one city, the site is in another city, and the client is maybe in a third city. A tool like Buzzsaw lends itself very well to project teams that are spread like that. Different time zones or physical separation, anybody on the team can go review what's going on.
"We have a number of smaller architecture firms that are using the service and keeping their clients updated on everything that's happening with a project. It doesn't have to be a huge project. The service is so inexpensive that people get tremendous benefit even on small projects."
Conclusion
COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET are going to increasingly cut down on the peripheral work involved in construction and masonry in time, spending and energy. Autodesk Buzzsaw is just a sign of the things to come.
"You already see owners who've begun to require that a tool like Buzzsaw be used on projects. More and more you'll see that requirement because there is so much benefit to the owner in terms of visibility and transparency."
For more information on Autodesk Buzzsaw, visit www.autodesk.com/buzzsaw.
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