Architectural File Management System & Database
Award-winning Boston area architecture and interior design firm, isgenuity (formerly Martin Batt Architects), required a database-driven file management system that could serve as a central repository for project files such as blueprints, architectural renderings, technical drawings, proposals, AutoCad files and other project plans and specifications.
To meet this need, HSS developed a dynamic .Net web application that provides the project design team with complete control over file management for all company projects, while providing clients and contractors with the ability to access current project files as needed.
Key Benefits
- Centralized, simple and efficient file management solution
- Instant accessibility to the latest project documentation for clients, contractors and project team members
- Remote browser-based access from anywhere with an Internet connection
- Completely customizable to grow with client needs over time
Admin Features & Functions
- Add/edit/delete files and file categories
- Upload multiple file types, such as PDF, DWG or ZIP files
- Large file upload capacity, with upload progress indicator
- Create multiple project categories
- Expand/collapse folder view of file categories
- Drag-and-drop ordering of files and file categories
- Create client user groups, with multiple user accounts within each group
- Customizable introductory content for each user group; customized salutation for each user
- Reporting log tracks user actions on the website (login, logout, downloads)
Client Feedback
Our architecture firm has benefitted from the design and maintenance of our website that meets both our marketing needs as well as our project management requirements. We rely heavily on sharing images and plans of our projects to current and prospective clients in order to describe our quality of work and a finished product. We also benefit from the file sharing capabilities of our website for project management. Our website is capable of hosting secure, efficient document sharing with our clients and our engineers that is more efficient and effective than email.
George Takoudes AIA, LEED AP
Principal, isgenuity