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Bluebeam's PDF solutions for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry extend through the entire project lifecycle, making our technology ideal for all AE professionals. We help you create PDFs that maintain the quality and fidelity you expect of the original CAD drawing, markup PDFs with industry standard comments and symbols, and edit PDFs to customize deliverables. Bluebeam PDF Revu promotes collaboration throughout all developmental work stages and improves digital communication with your partners, employees, or clients. Bluebeam has been shown to reduce printing and distribution expenses by 80% and accelerate work processes by 60%.

Customer Press

Going Paperless: Green Builder Uses Bluebeam to Eliminate 42,000 Pages of Paper from Construction Project

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ABB - Alliance Spacesystems - Bechtel - Brown and Caldwell - Buro Happold - Carollo Engineering - David Evans - DES - DMJMH+N - DuPont Engineering - Flack & Kurtz - Foster Wheeler - Hoare Lea - HNTB - HOK - Kiewit - KPFF - L Robert Kimball & Associates - Mithun - NASA JPL - Parsons Brinckerhoff - PBS&J - Pennoni - ProgressiveAE - Teng & Associates - Thornton Tomasetti - Siemens - Syska Hennessy - Tetra Tech - The Austin Company - US Army Corps of Engineers - WATG

Firms with Bluebeam can...

  • Increase productivity by implementing electronic markup and digital communication with a PDF editor designed for AE
  • Convert CAD files and MS Office documents to PDF with the push of a button or effortlessly convert a batch of files to PDF
  • Answer RFIs in PDF format and take advantage of built-in markup lists for tracking and auditing
  • Create punchlists in PDF on a tablet PC or laptop that can be emailed to a project team or exported to an Excel file
  • Automatically compare PDF drawings with Bluebeam PDF Revu to highlight view changes
  • Review plans electronically with built-in toolsets for redlining, take measurements that are set to scale and track all comments and annotations on a PDF in a markup list

Awards We've Received

2009 Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C) Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards

PDF Editor Honored for Enabling Paperless Construction Projects.

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Bluebeam in Action

Image Boards

Import images using the Image tool, match paint chips with custom colors, and use Revu's Webtab browser to research product information.

Site Survey

Use Bluebeam on a tablet PC for mobility. Create symbols with preloaded notes to identify field items, and export a summary for a complete report.

Field Reports

Import site images from your digital camera on to a custom Template. Add notes using the Callout tool and export a Summary to create a log.

Document Review

Create custom tools, import comments and create PDF summaries, colorize and layer PDFs, and review or markup project documents on your tablet PC.

Document Comparison

Compare two PDFs and export a summary of the differences to Excel. Revu also allows you to compare two drawings by Overlaying Pages in different colors.

Document Issuances

Add issuance specific information such as headers and footers to PDFs, apply stamps, add prefixes and suffixes during batch printing and rearrange pages.

The Best Practices for Flattening

Read this PDF to understand when to flatten vs. lock markups, as well as when it is best to create layers, use filters to organize markups, and apply color processing to a snapshot.

Case Studies

Berry, a division of Suffolk, and Perkins+Will Go Paperless

Berry and Perkins+Will used Bluebeam PDF Revu to eliminate more than 42,000 pages of paper from the Overlook Center Project. Find out how in this case study.

DES Architects & Engineers

Read how the DES project team used Bluebeam PDF Revu on a Motion tablet PC to digitally punch Nokia's new research and development headquarters on a tight schedule.

COWI

Find out why one of northern Europe's top engineering consulting firms chose Bluebeam PDF Revu over Adobe Acrobat as its enterprise-wide PDF solution.

KTGY Group, Inc.

Award-winning architectural and planning firm saves $400,000 by switching to Bluebeam.

WATG

Read how Bluebeam improved employee productivity at WATG, the world's #1 leisure and hospitality design firm.

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