There is currently only one option to send to one approver. This limits collaboration on the design team side and would result and great pushback from those teams. Typical workflows on the design team side could range from simple single approval with something like paint product data, to something far more complex like a generator where Architect would initially review, send to structural, electrical, and commissioning at the same time, then back tot he architect for finally approval and stamping. With current functionality those designers would have to take the documents and files out of Viewpoint system and manually collaborate via email and using seperate excel file to track ball in court which defeats the whole purpose. This is the number one piece of feedback we receive with all systems like this. If this can be solved, the software will be a large benefit. Without this, designers will complain and pushback likely resulting in scraping the use of the software entirely on the project. This will be needed before we could realistically use Viewpoint team submittals. Large GC's arent building coffee shops / gas stations, but large complex buildings that require many layers of review on submittals.
Brant Fischer
| Company | Messer Construction |
| I need it... | Yesterday...Come on already |
I just received a demo from our engineering team of this feature which will be released in a couple weeks. It is great and am looking forward to the feedback by the voters and subscribers once it is shipped and you're able to get your hands on it.
Jeremy
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This claims to be shipped, however the current workflow capacity/functionality is not as described above - this needs to be further developed 100%
We need the ability to create internal routing of submittal review based on spec section. If a submittal is uploaded under a spec section, we need it to be routed internally to the project team member responsible for reviewing that product data. i.e. electrical submittals need to be routed to our specialist, not held up or rerouted by a primary reviewer who likely has no idea how to review electrical work.
The ability to capture parallel and sequential reviews with annotations/markup comments is definitely a key value which will enhance the rate of adoption.
The document markup tool that is used must be able very flexible including custom "stamps," callouts, measurement tools, etc, etc. Otherwise TEAM will not be used by Collaborators first and then the TEAM purchasers second. This is critical to adoption.
See attached VFP multi-reviewer example which Mark W. says he runs into a lot.
Thanks for the feedback Brant. Couple of comments. We are planning to continue development on Submittals in to 2017 and expanding the participants is an area that we will tackle soon. Additionally, we have plans to expand on the workflow capabilities to support the flexibility needed for different types of projects. I'll work with you to ensure that we capture the right requirements and scenarios such as the one you describe above.