Holdback, retainage, and withholding are all terms used to describe monies withheld from the Contractor by the Owner. In Ontario, holdback is legislated as a percentage of the progress of work, and is intended to protect employees on a project site.

In the world of design professionals, legal disputes can arise, placing them and their insurance coverage at risk. An insightful article delves into the five statement that a lawyer working with Pro-Demnity Insurance Company, an insurance provider for architectural professionals, hopes never to hear during initial meeting regarding a claim made against an Architect.

Our customers have amassed an impressive amount of project data over that time, and we’ve ensured that they can migrate it seamlessly from update to update. The missing piece—at least up until now—is that there hasn’t been an easy way to get an arm’s length view of all that accumulated project data. We’ve traditionally considered projects to be separate silos of unrelated information; but, the truth is that there are connecting threads between each and every project you work on.

The CCDC 24—a guide to model forms and support documents (for use with CCDC 2-1994) is a wonderful resource, but needs a significant review, before use.

Statslog is in its 35 year of continuing usage in Canada’s architectural community. We have undergone some dramatic shifts in technology, business practices, and have been moved toward globalization.

The birth of Statslog in 1984 was born out of a response to an out of control project at an Art Gallery in Kleinburg—and the need to solve a problem. As most businesses do. To borrow a line from Disney’s movie Robots—“See a need; fill a need”.

In the early months of 2019, a search for contract administration software in Google will present you with a long list of contract management software. That same search for contract administration software in Wikipedia gets a note saying “the page does not exist”, and a search for contract administration repeats that result. Even when you enter construction contract administration you get the same note.

MiMO a philosophy that informs all kinds of design decisions around FIVE—Minimum input for MAXIMUM OUTPUT. It underlies almost every design decision we make. In this blog, we share just a few of the ways MiMO x FIVE work for you.

Insight Success interviews Jason Peter Brown, Lead Software Developer at Statslog and how its been molding the construction industry for over 30 years, as featured in “The 10 Most Innovative Construction Tech Solution Providers 2018”.

Statslog was featured in Award Magazine’s August 2017 issue covering software for architecture, engineering and construction—and how it’s faster and stronger than ever.

Statslog Corporation was recognized by CIO Review magazine as one of the Top 20 Most Promising Construction Tech Solution Providers of 2017, for its powerful and flexible approval-based contract administration software for design professionals and project teams.

During construction, clients see evidence of your services through the quality and quantity of construction contract administration documents that you issue. These documents usually begin with CCDC 24—a guide to model and support documents. We take a closer look at a few of the common CCDC documents.

Statslog was featured in Award Magazine’s August 2016 issue covering the tools of the trade and how software for AEC embraces customization. “We don’t expect 3D models to be drawn on paper with a pencil because there are substantially better tools available today. In construction contract administration, we’re still seeing a lot of firms using basic software when there are more powerful tools available.”

One of the most requested features from our clients has been to have mobile access to their project data. Our customers want to be able to review everything from Site Instructions to Certificates to Shop Drawings, whether they are on site or on the road. Introducing Nomad-Edge!

Contract Administration skills are in demand! At Statslog, we’re building tools to facilitate complex contract administration, but it’s ultimately real people on the ground who are doing the work. We know these skills are in demand, because we regularly get requests for referrals. Show your competitive edge by adding these skills to your LinkedIn profile!

Nobody becomes an architect with a dream to hack away at spreadsheets. When you first became an architect there was a decent chance you barely even knew that contract administration was a part of the job—it’s a topic that is typically given a cursory glance at best in architecture school.

In 2014, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA)—Construction Contract Administration Committee (CCAC) undertook a review of contract administration specific software. In its conclusions the report says: Statslog can be used for many projects and would be the most cost-effective for a small office with many projects.