Common questions from construction and architecture firms
Our owner contracts say the drawings belong to the client. Are we excluded?
Not necessarily. The focus is often on field records like RFIs and site logs. What your contracts permit is a question for your counsel.
Are subcontractor names kept?
Each owner, sub, supplier and project address is replaced with a placeholder.
Can we start with one finished project?
Yes. Many start with a narrow scope, like projects that wrapped up a few years back.
Drawings owned by the client
Your drawings and models may belong to the building owner or be limited by contract. Whether they can be included depends on those contracts, so check with your own counsel. Owner files can be left out entirely.
Your pricing history
Estimates show how you price work. If you prefer to keep that private, leave the estimating folders out. Restricted projects, such as secure facilities, can be left out in the same way.
The same ground rules
Everything starts under NDA. There is no cost to you, and nothing goes out until you sign off on a sample.
Records to look at
Where your useful records sit
Not every one is required. One well kept system can be enough to begin.
RFIs and submittals
How questions from the field are resolved between trades, builders and designers.
Changes on the job
What changed on a job, what caused it and how it was settled.
Bids and takeoffs
How scope gets priced and compared across subcontractors.
Daily reports and punch lists
What went on at the site and what still needed fixing.
Why it matters
Why labs want this
Buildings almost never follow the plan perfectly, and how crews adapt is exactly the kind of record models lack. RFIs, change orders and punch lists capture judgment calls made under pressure on time and budget. That kind of history hardly ever appears in public text.
How it runs
Your path from here
Answer four questions to get an estimate. A specialist from License Your Data phones within minutes to book a 15-minute call. Should you go ahead, License Your Data makes a de-identified copy, you sign off on a sample, and buyers license it.