Case Study: Allstate Steel Company cuts costs, speeds bids and goes paperless with Bluebeam Software, Inc.'s Revu

Allstate Steel Saves Time, Cuts Overhead Across Multiple Departments using Bluebeam Revu for PDF Markups, Takeoffs and Real-Time Collaboration

Allstate Steel Company, a structural fabrication and erection firm in Jacksonville, Florida, faced fewer projects and rising pressure to cut overhead and speed productivity across detailing, estimating and production. Management wanted solutions that were simple to adopt and would reduce paper-driven costs and bottlenecks across departments.

IT and estimating staff trialed and rolled out Bluebeam Revu with weekly training and standardized workflows, using PDF markup, takeoff tools and Bluebeam Studio for real-time collaboration. The paperless process eliminated many printers, cut paper costs by about $1,200/month, replaced 26 boxes of highlighters, reduced hard-copy prints to the shop (from 10 to 3), sped bid collaboration from up to two hours to minutes, and moved archives to searchable digital PDFs.

Allstate Steel Company

John Smith

Allstate Steel Company