Engineering and construction

Track drawing revisions, supplier questions and the work each change creates for your delivery team.

  1. Owner requirementsWhat the contract actually promised
  2. EngineeringPackages everything downstream depends on
  3. ProcurementOrders placed against issued design
  4. ConstructionSequence, subcontractors, and change
  5. TurnoverHandover with the evidence complete
Key stages for your portfolio.

Questions Vela can help answer.

What does this revision cost us downstream?
Which package is holding procurement?
Where are we against the owner requirement?

Answers link to the project records behind them.

Check owner requirements

Link the agreed scope to engineering packages and open decisions.

Compare revisions

Find which orders and subcontractor tasks need a review.

Review progress

Read current dates and open items from the project records.

Example workflow

The owner revises the design basis.

Find engineering packages and placed orders affected by the new requirements.

What arrivesOwner correspondenceDesign basis revision noticeThe owner reopens a basis several packages sit on
What changedDesign basisIssuedReopenedAffected packagesOneSeveral
Affected workProcurement Orders placed against the issued setChange position Cost and time the contract allows us to claim
Who reviews itProject managerReviews the proposed response and its sources before any update goes ahead.Waiting on sign-off

How Vela works

From the source document to a change your team can review.

  1. Choose your sources

    Give Vela access to the project files and conversations it needs.

  2. Link the records

    Vela connects requirements to equipment and milestones, with a source for each finding.

  3. Check what changed

    See which orders and tasks a revised document affects.

  4. Review the next step

    Vela drafts the update or reply. Your team approves it before anything is sent or changed.

The records behind the work.

Choose the project records Vela can read. Each finding links back to its source.

Your team approves changes before Vela writes them back.

Sources

Read-only
Project inboxesOwner, subcontractor and vendor updates
Project driveEngineering packages and transmittals
Tracking sheetsProcurement registers and change logs
Project calendarsPackage deadlines and owner reviews

Gmail, Drive, Sheets and Calendar read today. Other tools shown here are planned. Check connector availability.

A view for each role.

Each team sees the records and decisions it needs.

Project management

Tracks the schedule and owner decisions.

Engineering leads

Reviews design packages and new requirements.

Procurement

Checks orders against the current design.

Project controls

Reviews progress, cost and schedule changes.

Get to know Vela.

Meet the team and learn how Vela supports your work. No preparation needed.