I have been on the hunt for some project management software (web or locally based) that could help manage an Architectural company of around 250 people with a couple of offices world wide.
I have not had luck finding many good programs at all - I found one or 2 programs specifically designed for Architectural offices that weren't so good, and then a lot more that were too general..
I was wondering if the members here that work for larger offices could share what kind of systems they use, what kind of features they have - and possibly give me some links, ideas .. I have set out to have such a system custom programmed and an idea of what existing companies use would help "inspire" features that the software might have..
Any info would be appreciated ! :)
matteo
Jun 25, 06 6:13 pm
Have you tried Microsoft Project?
some person
Jun 25, 06 6:18 pm
A firm I worked for 4 years ago (120 employees) used Sema4 www.sema4.com with apparently much success.
I'm not sure how the software has evolved since, however.
quizzical
Jun 25, 06 6:32 pm
adelz
: are you looking for "scheduling" software or "job cost accounting" software ?
Sema4 was acquired a while back by Deltek Systems ... I doubt that Deltek will continue to support Sema4 for very long.
If you are looking for job cost accounting and financial management software, I recommend that you take a look at Deltek Vision.
quizzical
Jun 25, 06 6:33 pm
and ... I can't imagine why you would want to undertake a custom programming effort ... that's a massive and expensive undertaking and will have no end of support issues.
adelz
Jun 25, 06 6:37 pm
I'm looking for total management software
Document versioning, CAD file review (review dwg with a tablet pc, then the new layer with remarks is automatically put into Autocad), Accounting related to project, Correspondances oriented around projects, Scheduling oriented around projects plus actions possible, to do lists, time tracking, file archiving, scheduled printing etc.etc.
quizzical
Jun 25, 06 6:40 pm
well ... that's quite a diverse challenge ... can't say that i've ever seen any package that tries to do all of that.
several larger gc's use constructware. it provides everything you are looking for (except a built it scheduling function). I find the document control via their file director to be a fantastic tool. We use it for extensive MEP coordination exercises and I think it would work well for architects as well.
BOTS
Jun 26, 06 9:26 am
For design team co-ordination and one site works we use thrid party software administerted by external specialists. The contractor or the client pays on a project by project basis. Large projects only.
seems very similar to basecamp .... hot but kind of generalised
dia
Sep 19, 06 5:22 pm
Here's another company/software - recommended by a friend/ Dont know how good it is, but he seemed impressed.
Tony Marcou
Sep 18, 12 2:03 pm
Hello friends,
Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects.
Newforma isn't project management software. It's document and file management software. There's a big difference between those things, and if you try to use Newforma as a PM/PPM tool it won't work (I've been using Newforma for almost 10 years now).
Janosh
Sep 20, 12 10:58 am
My bad... I was responding to the criteria in Adelz posts, which Newforma handles well.
rlarranaga
May 15, 14 3:51 pm
Have you tried Paypanther.com or Zoho? They are great CRM software for managing architecture projects!
Ian Thompson
Oct 9, 15 4:16 am
Anyone tried Basestone? basestone.io More of a mark up and review tool. Also does anyone use Slack and Trello for project management?
Find it funny somebody wrote an article, based on your original post...
moeamaya
Oct 2, 17 2:17 pm
As an architect, I felt that pains of what you all are going through and so my team and I decided to build out software that's specific to issues we deal with in architecture: https://monograph.io/. It's been a long time coming for a company to focus on building back office software tools for the 80% of arch firms that are under 10 people, and that's our focus.
The Dashboard is launching publicly at the end of October, if any of you on Archinect want to check it out, I'm one of the founders, hit me up moe at monograph.io.
Andrew k
May 16, 18 8:56 pm
If anyone is still looking, take a look at https://totalsynergy.com it’s an online project management software for architects and engineers.
BIM- Work
May 18, 18 2:37 am
Try BIM Work :) BIM Work http://bim-work.com/ is a professional architectural management and collaboration APP, with 2,000,000 users worldwide. You can view DWG drawings, BIM models, mark up on drawings and assign issues in the field to your project team.
ammoammo
Apr 10, 21 9:20 pm
Hi - checking on a really old thread. Is what Adelz described still a problem in the industry in 2021? What is the state of art for collaboration and project management across teams, vendors and clients?
Thanks!!
atelier nobody
Apr 10, 21 9:47 pm
Newforma and Procore still seem to be the only games in town, and I haven't really found either of them entirely satisfactory without a lot of tweaking. Deltek has some potentially useful tool, but it is really more of a development platform than anything else - a Deltek expert could potentially build a useful project management system with customized forms, reports, etc, but out of the box it's really just a timekeeping and sort-of accounting package.
A really useful system would incorporate project management, EDM, collaborative mark-up tool (like Bluebeam Studio) with video chat capability, and cloud/VPN file sharing with DOD-level security, while being almost completely intuitive for the users. If anyone has yet found this holy-grail-carrying unicorn, I'm unaware of it.
Hi guys,
I have been on the hunt for some project management software (web or locally based) that could help manage an Architectural company of around 250 people with a couple of offices world wide.
I have not had luck finding many good programs at all - I found one or 2 programs specifically designed for Architectural offices that weren't so good, and then a lot more that were too general..
I was wondering if the members here that work for larger offices could share what kind of systems they use, what kind of features they have - and possibly give me some links, ideas .. I have set out to have such a system custom programmed and an idea of what existing companies use would help "inspire" features that the software might have..
Any info would be appreciated ! :)
Have you tried Microsoft Project?
A firm I worked for 4 years ago (120 employees) used Sema4 www.sema4.com with apparently much success.
I'm not sure how the software has evolved since, however.
: are you looking for "scheduling" software or "job cost accounting" software ?
Sema4 was acquired a while back by Deltek Systems ... I doubt that Deltek will continue to support Sema4 for very long.
If you are looking for job cost accounting and financial management software, I recommend that you take a look at Deltek Vision.
and ... I can't imagine why you would want to undertake a custom programming effort ... that's a massive and expensive undertaking and will have no end of support issues.
I'm looking for total management software
Document versioning, CAD file review (review dwg with a tablet pc, then the new layer with remarks is automatically put into Autocad), Accounting related to project, Correspondances oriented around projects, Scheduling oriented around projects plus actions possible, to do lists, time tracking, file archiving, scheduled printing etc.etc.
well ... that's quite a diverse challenge ... can't say that i've ever seen any package that tries to do all of that.
good luck ... let us know what you find
several larger gc's use constructware. it provides everything you are looking for (except a built it scheduling function). I find the document control via their file director to be a fantastic tool. We use it for extensive MEP coordination exercises and I think it would work well for architects as well.
For design team co-ordination and one site works we use thrid party software administerted by external specialists. The contractor or the client pays on a project by project basis. Large projects only.
www.4projects.com
www.BIW.co.uk
Any other links, suggestions, anything :) ?
Has anyone here actually USED archioffice? I've been curious about it.
it doesnt look so good to be honest :\
What makes you say that? Can you be specific? I've been looking for something for awhile, too.
Im not sure, it just seems too general and doesnt have many specifically architectural document managament features, review etc.
This one looks hot although i'm not sure how well it's integrated with windows apps, but it looks like it makes good use of OS X
http://www.copperproject.com/index.php
seems very similar to basecamp .... hot but kind of generalised
Here's another company/software - recommended by a friend/ Dont know how good it is, but he seemed impressed.
Hello friends,
Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects.
Best regards
Tony Marcou
Most project management software sucks. This one doesn't: http://liquidplanner.com
Newforma.
Newforma isn't project management software. It's document and file management software. There's a big difference between those things, and if you try to use Newforma as a PM/PPM tool it won't work (I've been using Newforma for almost 10 years now).
My bad... I was responding to the criteria in Adelz posts, which Newforma handles well.
Have you tried Paypanther.com or Zoho? They are great CRM software for managing architecture projects!
Anyone tried Basestone? basestone.io More of a mark up and review tool. Also does anyone use Slack and Trello for project management?
http://blog.capterra.com/the-b...
Find it funny somebody wrote an article, based on your original post...
As an architect, I felt that pains of what you all are going through and so my team and I decided to build out software that's specific to issues we deal with in architecture: https://monograph.io/. It's been a long time coming for a company to focus on building back office software tools for the 80% of arch firms that are under 10 people, and that's our focus.
The Dashboard is launching publicly at the end of October, if any of you on Archinect want to check it out, I'm one of the founders, hit me up moe at monograph.io.
If anyone is still looking, take a look at https://totalsynergy.com it’s an online project management software for architects and engineers.
Try BIM Work :) BIM Work http://bim-work.com/ is a professional architectural management and collaboration APP, with 2,000,000 users worldwide. You can view DWG drawings, BIM models, mark up on drawings and assign issues in the field to your project team.
Hi - checking on a really old thread. Is what Adelz described still a problem in the industry in 2021? What is the state of art for collaboration and project management across teams, vendors and clients?
Thanks!!
Newforma and Procore still seem to be the only games in town, and I haven't really found either of them entirely satisfactory without a lot of tweaking. Deltek has some potentially useful tool, but it is really more of a development platform than anything else - a Deltek expert could potentially build a useful project management system with customized forms, reports, etc, but out of the box it's really just a timekeeping and sort-of accounting package.
A really useful system would incorporate project management, EDM, collaborative mark-up tool (like Bluebeam Studio) with video chat capability, and cloud/VPN file sharing with DOD-level security, while being almost completely intuitive for the users. If anyone has yet found this holy-grail-carrying unicorn, I'm unaware of it.