From 0 to 100: Managing Projects and Winning Jobs with
Bluebeam Revu
Mike Prefling and Garrett Faller
Presenters:
About Ryan Companies
• Founded in Hibbing, MN in 1938
• 2013 Revenues of $900M+
• Over 600 Employees
• Developer, Designer, Builder, Owner, and Operator
• ENR Top 100 General Contractor #43
• Headquartered in Minneapolis MN
“Always do the right thing.” — Jim Ryan
What You Buy Today, I Can Buy Tomorrow at Half the Cost
Rapid Adoption Rate of Virtual Design and Construction by GC’s
VDC
A Culture Change Was Needed….. and fast
• A culture of tried and true
• Intelligence was getting outsourced
• Diminishing technical skillsets
• Overwhelming amount of solutions
The Challenge
Where is Our Biggest Waste?
Paper Quality Latency Field Issues
Bluebeam Arrives at Ryan• July 13th, 2012 there were zero Bluebeam
licenses at Ryan Companies• August 2nd, 2013 there are 156 user
licenses
• A myriad of areas were enhanced, and innovation within Ryan began• Takeoffs• QA/QC – Doc Overlay• Markups• Studio Sessions• 3D PDF’s• Mobility and Paperless delivery• Checklists• Punchlists• Hyperlinking
3D PDF’s
Drawing Overlay
Studio Sessions
Takeoffs
Mobility
Punchlists
Checklists
Hyperlinking
PaperQuality
Latency Field Is
sues
• Competition to push the limits on job-sites
• Leadership groups are forming
• Internal/external user groups are sharing best practices
The excitement at Ryan Companies has never been higher
Bluebeam – Solution for a “Jumpstart”
Using Studio for Collaboration
• Detailed
• Visually Communicative
• Timely
• Documented
The Challenge -
A New Tool – Bluebeam Studio
• Customizable
• Flexible
• Accessible
• Real Time
• Reference tool
Create a single source “cloud based” location for the exchange of project ideas.
Design Coordination Meetings Set Up - Bluebeam Session
1. Subject – Concrete Slab Edge Coordination
2. Stake Holders – Architect, Engineer, GC, and Concrete Subcontractor
3. Related Documents – Architectural dimension sheets and details, Structural details, Concrete Shop Drawings
Design Coordination Meetings Execution - Bluebeam Session
1. Conference Callers
2. Live Conference Attendees
3. iPad followers
4. Post Meeting Participation
5. Real time discussion, annotation, and direction
6. Real time documentation of information exchange
7. Follow up review, feedback, and deliverables
Design Coordination Meetings
Design Coordination Meetings
Design Coordination Meetings
• Dissect the Project
• Direct the Project
• Deliver the Project
Proposals, Performance, & Profit
Tools to Speak Your Project’s Language
• Overlays
• Takeoffs
• Bookmarks
• Annotation
Overlays
Takeoff
Takeoff
Takeoff
Bookmark
Proposal
Energy Credit
Scaffold Cost Savings
Field Coordination
Field Coordination
Mock Up Coordination
It’s Not Perfect…
but it works!
Index• Waste
• Culture Change
• Bluebeam @ Ryan
• Studio For Collaboration
• Bluebeam Studio
• Design Coordination
• Proposal, Performance, Profit
• Speak Your Projects Language
• Overlays
• Takeoffs
• Bookmark
• Annotation
• Project Proposals