Extracker’s change order communication platform supercharges manual workflow and connects companies outside of their internal-facing financial software. Now, it is introducing features that will give users the ability to annotate change order request PDF documents sent between companies, further facilitating collaboration and speeding up review time.
With this new feature, users can add markups, highlight text and add virtual sticky notes to the PDFs from inside the app, which will allow for content-specific feedback on their documents without leaving the application. This furthers Extracker’s mission to help the commercial construction industry process and close change order requests faster to reduce risk for all parties.
“Before we launched the annotation feature, contractors would still be downloading COR documentation and opening them in other applications to add review comments. This was the last piece we needed to solve the true end-to-end review process on change order requests”, said Cameron Page, founder and CEO of Extracker. “Reviewing a change order request is a key control point in the COR process, and this critical element can now be completed within Extracker. This is another massive step in our journey to simplify and automate the change order process.”
For general contractors, the new features can be used to complete the review process in a clear and organized platform. For subcontractors, the system gives them clear feedback on CORs and changes that need to be made, while also giving them an instrument to add additional details and draw attention to specific parts of a COR document.
“Creating clear and efficient communication are key elements for us as we continue building the new standard for change order communication,” said Page. “Building a markup editor into our software will help contractors save time by giving them an all-in-one platform to communicate necessary information. The entire conversation surrounding the markups and changes are preserved in a central, auditable location, eliminating the risk of losing valuable information in emails, excel spreadsheets or verbal conversation.”
