Digital Signatures for Engineering

Digital Signatures for Engineering

The financial meltdown has changed the engineering industry. New projects are few and far between. The competition for them is fierce. Clients never stop demanding better, faster, cheaper. Many AEC firms are finding things can be done better, faster, cheaper, with new technologies like digital signatures. Digital signatures based on standard and secure technology allow each engineer to digitally sign and seal electronic documents, whatever format they happen to be in, and the digitally signed document can be easily verified by anyone, anytime, anywhere, while assuring that the original document has not been changed. Digital signatures keep workflows such as design reviews efficient by keeping them electronic. Digitally-signed e-submissions are accepted in nearly all U.S. states and most countries worldwide.

Here’s how digital signatures help your firm deliver better, faster, and cheaper. Better engineering comes from collaboration. The best team for the job almost always includes engineers from different locations, and partners from outside the firm. With digital signature technology, every contribution is securely tied to its contributor, and sealed from changes. The result? Secure collaboration, better design. Faster project delivery happens when you break the cycle of printing, signing, and routing to the next signer. You get faster turnaround for the project itself, and can respond faster to new client requirements. Cheaper? Try adding up what your firm spends on overnight delivery, printing, and scanning. With digital signatures, the firm keeps that money. Better. Faster. Cheaper. It can be done with digital signatures.