Builders and architects
How a building really gets built lives in your project files
RFIs, drawings and change orders. Owner-owned material and restricted sites get reviewed first.
Get my estimateWhat these files are worth to labs
Codes and design guides are already online. The real work of getting a building designed and built is not: the question from the field, the answer from the design team and the call made when the drawings and the site disagreed.
Your RFIs, submittals, change orders and daily logs hold that record, project after project.
What usually counts
- Drawing sets and models. Each revision of a design as it matures.
- RFIs and submittals. How field questions get answered between trades.
- Change orders and coordination logs. Every change and the reason behind it.
- Daily logs and punch lists. Site activity each day and the items still open.
A common first concern: are these drawings even ours?
Your contract may limit drawings and models, or they may belong to the building owner. You and your counsel read whether any of it can go in scope. We are not legal advisers. Owner-owned material is reviewed when the scope is set and can stay out.
You can drop any project with security limits, such as infrastructure or government work, in full. The same goes for pricing and bid history.
What can be left out
- Owner-owned files. Out unless you and your counsel decide otherwise.
- Restricted projects. Excluded entirely.
- Estimates and bids. Any folder, tool or period can be excluded.
How it runs
Submit the estimate form and a License Your Data specialist phones within minutes to book a 15-minute call under NDA. What you put in scope is turned into a de-identified copy by License Your Data. You approve a sample, and only after that do buyers license the copy.
Owner questions
- What does it cost?
- It costs you nothing.
- Will our subs or clients appear by name?
- No. Every person and company becomes a placeholder.
- Do our files leave our servers?
- No. Your originals stay put. License Your Data prepares a de-identified copy.
- Is there anything to prepare?
- Nothing to prepare. Knowing which tools you use and roughly for how long is plenty, and no exports are requested.