As their advisors, we see the challenges that our clients in the architecture, engineering and construction industry face.

• Critical processes are encumbered by lengthy review-and-approval cycles and a lack of built-in accountability.

• Passing paper documents among multiple parties on a project creates printing and shipping expenses and delays, and increases vulnerability to risk. Circulating electronic documents generates legal and procedural uncertainties.

• Project information resides in various companies' business systems, burdening hard-copy and electronic storage repositories.

• Formal document-management systems are rigid and companies typically use a small portion of available functionality.

• Each project is managed according to a different set of standards and guidelines.

• Project participants face a steep and expensive learning curve, having to master various systems and methods.