Attention civil engineers who work in site and land development!  We all know you encounter daily obstacles that not only affect your workflow but also your organization’s bottom line.  In this blog, we’ll review 3 of your main challenges (Time, Client Satisfaction, New Technology), and illustrate how OpenSite can help you overcome them to deliver better projects and ultimately, improve ROI for your organization. Get Back Time Decrease Land Development Design Time by 20% As an engineer, time is not on your side.  There is never enough of it to create the numerous iterations of design alternatives you need to evaluate the best possible use of your client’s land.  So how can you possibly meet deadlines and produce best-case scenarios without working overtime or hiring more people?  The answer is OpenSite. Its built-in automation, parametric, and optimization tools allow you to reduce manual drafting work in exchange for more design time.  In the first 30 days of using OpenSite your engineers will: Produce conceptual design alternatives in hours, not days Reduce frustrating, tedious, manual work Have more time to receive and implement client feedback Deliver optimized site designs they are proud of Improve ROI with a happy return client base

As a small business owner, your bottom line is always on your mind. Can I do more with less? How do I complete projects on schedule? How will I sustain and grow my business without increasing overhead costs? But this isn’t the only thing on your mind. As a provider of site planning and design engineering you’re also focused on delivering quality plans so clients are set up for successful land development. How do you stress less and do more with your existing staff? You get OpenSite. 3 Improvements in 30 Days with OpenSite and Your Existing Staff I know what you’re thinking. New technology! How will I have the time to learn new software and how can I afford it? But OpenSite is not a burden, it is your key to increased productivity and profitability. While traditional CAD can get the job done, your team is losing a lot of time on manual, repeatable, and error-prone work. OpenSite is affordable, built for site design, and its automation and optimization tools allow your team to focus more on design and less on drafting.  Plus, it comes with customizable training so you can get started in no time.  In the first 30 days

Grading is the biggest risk on any suburban land development project. Its unknown cost makes it the most substantial budget line item. On a large project earthwork alone could be 15-25% of the preliminary estimate. Figure 1 Photo by Daniel Yates, Blue Collar Brands With so many implications to potentially affect your timeline and budget (existing conditions, stakeholder input, import, export, grading, excavation, labor). Cut & Fill isn’t so cut and dry!  This is where we enter one of land developments greatest catch-22s. The more optimized the grading becomes, the sooner clients can make better decisions on how to proceed with their projects. The problem? Traditional engineering software makes this a tedious and time-consuming process that is intended to be completed before a project gets a green light. Not to mention, engineering firms are racing to deliver plans before their competition. Manual processes and people rushing to win the job – doesn’t exactly sound like the epitome of optimization and accuracy.   Unfortunately, developers are proceeding with projects without detailed grading designs being fine-tuned, resulting in dissatisfaction when they realize the preliminary budgets do not match the final estimates. Who loses here? Where does the risk reside? Both parties! At the click of