Case Study: Hawkins\Brown achieves optimised team efficiency across the entire design process with Newforma Project Center

Optimised Team Efficiency Throughout the Entire Design Process

Hawkins\Brown is a 250‑person architecture practice with four offices in the UK and US working across education, workplace, residential and civic sectors. Facing the constant challenge of optimising workflows on large, complex projects (such as CoL Freemens School Phase 2 Pool at Here East), the firm needed to reduce administrative burden, monitor project health proactively and ensure consistent process adoption across dispersed teams.

They implemented Newforma Project Center as a single source of truth for project information, automated indexing and audit trails, and centralised educational resources to drive adoption. The system saved hundreds of hours monthly, minimised manual errors and risk by providing verifiable records of submissions, and—backed by an approachable support team—improved team efficiency, employee satisfaction and the quality of design delivery.

Hawkins\Brown

Erik Dunn

Project Delivery Manager