Building Codes Division Procuring Bluebeam

The Building Codes Division (BCD) is in the process of procuring licenses for Bluebeam for interested ePermitting agencies.  Bluebeam is a popular web-based electronic document review and mark up tool.  Agencies who currently use Adobe Acrobat Pro for electronic document review have the option to switch to Bluebeam.  One thing to keep in mind is that Bluebeam does not interface with Accela software at this time, like Adobe Acrobat does.  This means Bluebeam reviews will have to be done outside of Accela by manually downloading and uploading the electronic plans in Accela.  Please submit a help desk ticket if your agency is interested in using Bluebeam.  We will also continue to provide Adobe Acrobat Pro licenses for those agencies not interested in using Bluebeam.  BCD is also in the process of developing best practices for electronic document review to share with our agencies – more to come on this topic!