Ray notes that as they move towards completion of their design and construction documents for the residential renovation, the incorporation of multiple perspectives has been one of their biggest challenges and opportunities.

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Rather than update these documents electronically, construction project printed them out on paper and changed them manually.

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Additional carbon footprint savings will come from reduced office energy consumption, roadway repairs, urban heating, office construction, business travel and paper usage (as electronic documents replace paper).

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Quite frequently, he saw that architects, engineers, construction foremen, and workers did not always have the most up-to-date versions of these critical documents.

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