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Case study: tp bennett uses Newforma software to improve design, responsiveness and collaboration

Architecture and design practice tp bennett had a list of requirements for a project information management solution. When IT managers evaluated Newforma Project Center, they found it ticked all the boxes. Read the case study…

Case study: Steffian Bradley Architects frees up time to focus on design

When Steffian Bradley Architects Associate Bevan Badenhorst shared his Newforma Project Center experiences with peers in the Newforma UK User Group, this is what he told them:

Case study: HOK adopts PIM software to manage email, but quickly accomplishes much more

In 2010, HOK Director of Emerging Technologies Terry Nichols spoke to the Newforma UK User Group, an organization that Terry has been instrumental in nurturing. In his presentation, Terry presented his firm’s history with Newforma…

Reflecting on Newforma’s beginnings 6 years ago

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Newforma Interview: Eppstein Uhen Architects Vice President Bret Tushaus

EUA project managers say they’d leave if they could not continue using Newforma software! Bret tells why in this short video:

Newforma Interview: Why do you renew, and what would happen if you did not? (video)

Newforma Director of Customer Satisfaction Dan Conery asks four Newforma customers why they renew their subscriptions to Newforma Project Center software for project information management:

Happy 2009 holidays from the folks at Newforma

Give your company the gift of Newforma Project Center and your employees will dance like children!

How much is peace of mind worth to you? (video)

Colleen Arria Designer/Manager at ADD Inc tells how Newforma Project Center (NPC) helps her find an email from 6 to 8 months ago that shows the plumbing fixtures installed were not correct. She admits she…

General Contractor started sending submittals electronically without being asked (video)

Lyle Lemon the CAD Manager at Bruner/Cott shared a story where the General Contractor on one of their projects started sending submittals electronically via Newforma Info Exchange without being asked and without any training. As…

Would you like to take care of changes quickly? (video)

Colleen Arria at ADD inc shared a story about how she was able to quickly and easily coordinate a change during the painting phase of her project.

Can you afford to look bad in front of your client?

While reviewing Newforma Project Center (NPC), a Senior Principal told me of a time when he had several senior project team members spend a week looking for a critical document. Their client required this document…

How important is customer satisfaction to you?

A principal at one of our customers loves the fact that he can answer questions from one of his clients while on the phone. He would get questions like: how many of this type of…

Are you willing to lose $50,000?

We had someone exclaim in the middle of a presentation that they had just saved the company $50,000 dollars because he was able to find an old email he had saved to his laptop that…

Newforma Project Center can give you more time to spend with your family

When visiting with a prospect, the principals were surprised to learn that several of their Project Manager’s had to come to the office each Saturday to clean up their Mailboxes. After seeing how easy it…

Why do others seem to know more than me?

One of our sales folks was visiting an engineering firm in Seattle providing the complete demonstration of Newforma Project Center, when one of the principles started to giggle.  Allen had to stop and ask him…

Newforma is now on YouTube!

I have taken to the road in an effort to help prospective customers understand the value seen by our existing customers. I continue to ask myself and anyone else who will listen, “How do we…

Newforma Project Center puts the fun back into work

One user at M Moser pointed out that he came in on the weekend to do some work and opened up a Bentley Microstation file in Newforma Project Center (NPC); they do not own any…

Bottle Bank Arcade: everyone wins

Pitch in for a good time.

The World’s Deepest Bin: don’t just throw it away. Throw it awaaaayyy….

When an activity is fun, are people more inclined to do it? Well, duh.

Piano Stairs: ascending scales

Could something as simple as fun be the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better? Take a look:

How Newforma Project Center saves time and reduces risk by providing a quick answer

One of our Account Managers (AM) told me a story from a recent customer visit. This customer told him that Newforma Project Center (NPC) saves their butt every day. So our AM asked how NPC…

Newforma Project Center saves customer from a 3x increase in cost for seats in a large coliseum

A Newforma customer who was involved in a large Coliseum project used Newforma Project Center (NPC) search to avoid a serious potential project failure.  In a meeting, the seating manufacturer out of the blue told…

London: bangers and mash, tappers and listeners, and the curse of knowledge

Newforma Director of Customer Satisfaction Dan Conery tells how one dish can constantly surprise you, and reveals how assumptions sabotage software training. You were in the United Kingdom not long ago. Are the jokes about…

Boston: balanced eating, IPD and a school without lockers

Newforma Director of Customer Satisfaction Dan Conery tells how to serve Chilean sea bass, describes how firms are moving toward integrated project delivery, and explains why a contractor was happy to bid on a high…

Kansas City: carbohydrates vs. proteins, Fifth Edition surprises and the valley of despair

In his travels across the United States talking to customers and seeking sustenance, Newforma Director of Customer Satisfaction Dan Conery resolves the debate about carbohydrates versus proteins, explains why information needs to be everywhere at…

If an Ant Can Do It…10 best practices for remote team management

Can you believe it? Ants are in the news again. And once again, if you’ll pardon the expression, it’s relevant! Clear Point Consultants of Manchester, Massachusetts, worked ants into a recent newsletter article on best…

The classic 'what the customer wanted' tire swing cartoon has its own website

Surely you’ve seen it: a series of simple line drawings showing a children’s swing hanging from a tree branch. The drawings show the swing in different forms, perhaps with two seats, another time with three…

Track Phone Calls, Meeting Minutes and other activities in Project Timeline

You can use the Timeline Activity Center to log phone calls, meeting minutes, tasks and any other project-related event. You can then display these events in a log, calendar, or dynamic journal view that can…

Deborah Gordon: How do ants know what to do? (from TED Talks)

Construction videos

Construction industry consultant Roger Pickar has teamed up with cartoonist George Buchanan at a website called New Wit and Wisdom, dedicated to laughs and personal promotion. We’ll leave it to you to determine the degree…

Why ants?

Why ants? A very relevant question!! Basically, ants have an incredible work ethic just like you, our customers. By necessity they work in teams to get a project completed. More scientifically, Biologist Dr. Brian Goodwin,…

Newforma Support Team offline

If you’ve ever wondered about the face behind the voice, check out the Newforma Support Team as they survive the winter…

Holiday tree plans

Check out “Mitigation Notes”.

Ants up close and personal

Ants are very sophisticated beings, as one Newforma employee has observed: “Let’s just say I spent MANY HOURS watching them one evening, in the dark, with a flashlight, and it was VERY interesting.  This team…