The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needed to deploy a single, enterprise drawing management system that could roll forward years of legacy data and mitigate the autonomic nature of each office’s local procedures. The product had to seamlessly integrate with existing CAD software, including MicroStation and AutoCAD, and be scalable to meet the future demands of a changing organization.

ProjectWise has allowed the FAA to unite under one umbrella. It provides an environment that takes into account the workflow and data needs of all 10 FDA headquarter offices, and includes many of the local nuances each office has come to rely on. All legacy data was imported into the new environment and, with the help of some custom utilities and Bentley’s on-site support and training, the initiative was completed within five months. Now, all FAA engineering drawings nationwide are available to all FAA engineers from any FAA office.