Construction and architecture
Job files capture the real work behind every building
RFIs, drawings and change orders. Owner-owned material and restricted sites get reviewed first.
Check my estimateThe case for job records
Codes and design guides are already online. The real work of getting a building designed and built is not: the question from the field, the answer from the design team and the call made when the drawings and the site disagreed.
That history sits in your RFIs, submittals, daily logs and change orders, one job after another.
What usually counts
- Drawing sets and models. The way a design evolves revision by revision.
- RFIs and submittals. Questions from the field and how the trades resolve them.
- Change orders and coordination logs. The reasons a plan shifted.
- Daily logs and punch lists. What happened on site and what was left to fix.
A common first concern: are these drawings even ours?
Your contract may limit drawings and models, or they may belong to the building owner. Whether any of it can be in scope is for you and your counsel to read. We do not give legal advice. Any owner-owned material is checked during scoping and can be excluded.
You can drop any project with security limits, such as infrastructure or government work, in full. Your bid and pricing history can also stay out.
What can be left out
- Owner-owned files. Left out by default, unless you and your counsel say otherwise.
- Restricted projects. Excluded entirely.
- Estimates and bids. Hold back any folder, tool or period.
Steps after the form
Within minutes of your estimate form, a specialist from License Your Data calls to schedule a 15-minute call under NDA. What you put in scope is turned into a de-identified copy by License Your Data. Buyers license the copy only after you sign off on a sample.
What owners ask
- Will owners or subs be named?
- No. Every person and company becomes a placeholder.
- Do our files leave our servers?
- No. License Your Data prepares a de-identified copy while your originals stay where they are.
- What do we pay?
- It costs you nothing.
- What do we have to get ready?
- No. It is enough to know which tools your team uses and roughly since when. Nobody asks you to export anything.