For example, a project manager or maintenance manager who needs a large number of project manuals can just get CD-ROM sets, saving a tremendous amount of space. The process of building the electronic document makes editing and review easier for the contract administrators. In addition, architecture and engineering firms, consultants of the Port, can download current Port specifications for major construction projects. These are a few of the many benefits to the Port and the construction community that this system can provide, beyond just bidding information. The key issues for us were to reduce paper dependence and promote contractors use of the EBS site.
All contractors now have equal access to bid on listed projects.
The system solves some immediate problems and prepares us for what lies ahead, Powell concluded.