Dive Brief:

• Given the contract for a $400 million renovation of the front stretch at Daytona International Speedway, Barton Malow Co. took the whole project online, with no paper planning documents, specifications or blueprints.
• The company, based in Southfield, Michigan, has the project site, called a "war room," about a mile away. Subcontractors' offices, onsite managers and foreman are tied into in a Wi-Fi network that puts all documents, estimated at about 125,000 to date, in a could for access by whoever needs them.
• Subcontractors say the system is so good that they can manufacture needed components off-site and deliver them. Jason McFadden, Barton Malow's tech guru and driver of the paperless effort, says documents are so detailed, they show "where each bolt belongs."

Dive Insight:

The Daytona project delivers 2-D and 3-D documents in PDF format. The company is using Bluebeam software to create documents that it uploads through the cloud-based sharing service called Dropbox.com. Subs say they no longer have a need to visit the general's office to review plans or see new specs, and Barton Malow has a "one and done" role because the need to make dozens of copies of paper documents is gone.