Case Study: Hurley Palmer Flatt achieves faster, more accurate design reviews and a paperless workflow with Bluebeam Software, Inc.

Hurley Palmer Flatt Gives Principal Place a Digital Makeover

Hurley Palmer Flatt, a UK multidisciplinary engineering firm founded in 1968, led the design for Principal Place, a 50‑storey, high‑end residential development in London. The project's scale and complexity exposed inefficiencies in design reviews, compliance documentation and collaboration, and required eliminating time‑intensive DWG workflows and costly CAD dependencies.

The firm implemented Bluebeam Revu as the core of a digital project delivery strategy, using cloud PDFs and real‑time markups to streamline workflows. Revu saved about six billable hours per live review (four‑figure savings), allowed embedding compliance photos directly on plans, enabled on‑PDF measurement and calibration (removing the need for DWG cross‑checks), improved accuracy and shareability, and helped move the office toward a paperless, talent‑attracting workspace.

Hurley Palmer Flatt

Jairo Jaramillo

Senior Mechanical Engineer