Case Study: Genoa Design International achieves faster, paperless drawing reviews with CoLab Software

Genoa Sets the New Shipbuilding Production Drawing Review Standard With CoLab

Genoa Design International, a Newfoundland and Labrador-based production design and 3D modeling firm serving the shipbuilding and offshore industries, needed a way to keep its critical drawing review work moving when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the team to shift to remote work. The company also wanted to reduce reliance on paper, PDFs, and email while maintaining the high-quality, collaborative review process its customers depend on. Genoa turned to CoLab Software and its digital review platform to support the transition.

CoLab Software helped Genoa digitize and automate its production drawing review process in a central cloud hub, enabling self-checks, QA reviews, version control, markups, comments, and digital audit trails in one place. The result was a faster, paperless workflow that doubled drawing review speed and delivered measurable gains in just six months across two projects: 10,714 drawings reviewed, 240,640 markups created, and 2,621 hours saved.

Genoa Design International

Jessica Chiasson

Designer III / Lead