How Technology Can

Help Gain Repeat

Business and Mitigate
Risk
Chad Speas, Corgan Associates
Brian Guidotti, Newforma
Introductions
Brian Guidotti
 Solutions Consultant and Customer
Success Manager at Newforma
 Graduated from University of
California, Santa Barbara
 Over ten years within Construction
IT; assisting architects and
engineers in the implementation of
project information management
software
About Newforma
Newforma pioneered the Project Information Management software category
in 2004 and remain solely focused on improving project delivery for the AECO
market.
 Our Company
 6 global locations
 130 employees
 Headquarters: Manchester, New Hampshire
 Our Customers
 1,500 + AECO customer
 Average customer tenure: 6+ years
 96% customer renewal rate
Chad Speas
 Design Applications Manager // Sr. Associate
 Graduated from Texas A&M University ‘99
 Registered Architect; Texas & Arizona (live in Phoenix)
 Develop & implement technical training for the firm; Manage Autodesk assets & BIM
related tools

 Core beliefs (why I do what I do);

 CONSENSUS BUILDER, THE CORRECT LOGIC & PROCESS LEADS TO BETTER
PROBLEM SOLVING.
Corgan
 Corgan is a leading architecture and design firm with deep
technical experience and a reputation for great service

 At Corgan, we believe we are part of something greater than

ourselves and that our work should have a positive impact
on the world.

 80 Years
 #2
COMMERCIAL
ARCHITECTURE FIRM
ENR TX/LA 2016

ARCHITECTURE
80
YEARS IN BUSINESS
FIRM OF THE YEAR
TEXAS SOCIETY OF
ARCHITECTS
2017

92%
R E P E AT
600+
CLIENT GLOBAL EMPLOYEES
REVENUE
$10.2B
LEED
#1
D ATA C E N T E R
CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECT IN THE U.S.
DOLLARS BD+C 2018

W O R K E D F O R O R AT
AMERICAN
43
TOP 50
BUSINESS ETHICS
AWARD RECIPIENT
AIRPORTS SOCIETY OF FINANCIAL
PROFESSIONALS

15M+ SF OF
600+
E D U C AT I O N A L O U T P AT I E N T H E A L T H C A R E
PROJECTS IN PROJECTS COMPLETED
PA S T F I V E Y E A R S
OUR FIRM
1938
YEAR
600+
NUMBER OF
ESTABLISHED EMPLOYEES

INTERIORS COMMERCIAL AVIATION CRITICAL HEALTHCARE EDUCATION

FACILITIES

DALLAS • FRISCO • HOUSTON • NEW YORK • PHOENIX • LOS ANGELES • SAN FRANCISCO • ORLANDO • BEIJING • HONG KONG • SINGAPORE
Corgan’s Use
of Project
Center
Newforma @ Corgan

Project information
management software

Team collaboration &

communication tool

Repository for all project

related data
Project email, member directory, rfis, submittals, spaces
What Newforma is not

Information creation tool

Only an FTP replacement

A new file storage system

 How does it do it?

Simply put, it indexes the file

locations it’s linked it

What is Indexing?
‒ It’s a process
‒ Extracting metadata from files
‒ Ordering of data for simple retrieval

If you save it correctly, it shows

up in NPC correctly!
Corgan Setup (access for all)

Internal Users External Users

Indexing Sharing Accessing

Lack of Standardization projects.corgan.com

Loss of Data & Important Decisions over Multiple Years

Changing Staff & Management

Mobility in our Workflow

Plans Tasks Capture Teams Email

Plans
Plans

Lack of Standardization

Loss of Data & Important Decisions over Multiple Years

Changing Staff & Management

The
Luminary
The Luminary
 The proposed project is a multi-
tenant office addition and transit
oriented development in the West
End of Dallas primarily intended for
the expansion of Corgan.
The Luminary
 60,000 sf Existing 3 Story Building
 95,000 sf Addition
 155,000 sf Total

 20,000 sf Net Gain for Corgan

 437 car Parking Structure

 75,000 Tenant Space
Newforma &
The Luminary
Project Information Management without
Newforma
 Lack of Standardization

 Loss of Data & Important Decisions

over Multiple Years

 Changing Staff & Management

Project Information Management without
Newforma
 14,000+ Project Files

 86 Emails

 0 Meeting Minutes
Newforma a decade ago…
Project Information Management with
Newforma
 Central source of Truth

 Repository of Decisions &

Conversations

 Timeless
NPC – Central Source of Truth

 Manage 14,500+ Page Views per

month

 1,000+ Emails Views per Month

 1,700+ Project Files per Month

NPC – Decisions Tracking

 50+ Document Control & Sets per

Month

 350+ Project Searches per Month

 450+ Project Transmittals per Month

NPC – Staff Management
 Different team now than before

 200% growth from a decade ago

 Shorter schedules, larger project

Recap
 Leveraged technology tools to gain

92%
& maintain repeat business

R E P E AT
 Increased technology usage to build CLIENT
REVENUE
better buildings

 Cited The Luminary project to show

how we mitigated risk
600+
GLOBAL EMPLOYEES
Q & A with
audience
 Thank You
Presented by Corgan & Newforma