Not an uploaded PDF
The useful unit of a review is not an uploaded PDF on its own.
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ACW is developing a PDF review platform that connects drawing versions, reviewer assignments, pinned comments and decision records.
Technical-document review involves more than sharing a PDF. Teams need to know which drawing is current, where a comment applies, who can review it and whether a decision relates to the latest version. ACW is developing a platform that brings those parts of the review into one workflow.
The useful unit of a review is not an uploaded PDF on its own.
It is a document whose review context can be traced.
A useful drawing review needs a location, a file version and a clear next action. The workflow connects projects, sections, drawings and reviewers, with pinned comments and review status keeping the discussion attached to the material under review. The result: a structured review process instead of a detached comment thread.
Open the relevant project, section and drawing version.
Attach a comment to the point being discussed.
Continue the review through its status and decision record.
ACW’s application work connects file versions, reviewer permissions and the review history. The implementation keeps the document context available as the work moves between people, helping the team follow which version and action a review record refers to.
Associate review activity with the relevant file version.
Apply permissions for the supported reviewer roles.
Retain the status and activity trail in the application.
A document-review application progressing through development and QA.
The median time from version upload to the final decision fell from 3 working days to 1.5 working days.
40 comparable documents in each period, measured through status logs.
Finding the current drawing version took 1 minute instead of 6.
Measured across 20 control tasks.
