Electronic document management system for the construction industry
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1. A method of generating a project-based electronic document management system, the method comprising:
- importing one or more construction documents in electronic form;
developing an organizational structure;
assigning the one or more construction documents to divisions within the organizational structure; and
automatically generating a project-based electronic document management system including the one or more construction documents organized within the organizational structure and accessible via a computing system.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a document management system for the construction industry that organizes projects into accessible documents in an online computer network, such as the Internet, or computer readable media, such as an optical disk or other media. In one embodiment, the system includes a software utility for generating job-specific websites. Subcontractors, vendors, and the like, accessing the website can gather information useful in the submission of construction bids to the general contractor for all or a portion of the construction.
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1. A method of generating a project-based electronic document management system, the method comprising:
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importing one or more construction documents in electronic form;
developing an organizational structure;
assigning the one or more construction documents to divisions within the organizational structure; and
automatically generating a project-based electronic document management system including the one or more construction documents organized within the organizational structure and accessible via a computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. A method of creating of a document management system for the construction industry, the method comprising organizing electronic documents by assigning the each electronic document to an organizational structure and modifying one or more of the electronic documents to change a name to be recognizable to general contractors and subcontractors.
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17. A system for generating a construction project-based document management system comprising:
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construction documents in a digital file format;
a software utility;
memory storing the construction documents and the software utility; and
a processor which executes the software utility to automatically generate a construction project-based document management system;
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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