Silvia suggestion 8/20/24:

Layer is the solution you’ve been looking for managing your project, especially if you’re working with building or spatial data.

Most other solutions are either too specific and only apply to one use case or too general and can’t do everything you need it to do. What inevitably happens is you end up using several different programs to accomplish your tasks. This is where Layer comes in as a flexible database.

Layer can capture and store your data, acting as your single source of truth for your project.

Layer can report to csv or create pdfs of your reports, directly from your project data.

Layer was designed to be compatible with our project photos, pdfs, and Revit files.

Connect your entire project team in Layer.

Layer was created by an architect as a solution to a massive project at the Nebraska State Capitol building. With 47 (80? how many?) data points per room, and hundreds (how many?) of rooms to survey, a rolling cart with a laptop and a digital camera was not going to cut it. Layer was developed so that data could be kept attached to a location making it easy to find and work with, especially as the project grows and teams change. That project started in 2019 (check) and is still going on today.

Layer was also created to be flexible enough to work with a variety of project types. What started with surveys is also powerful enough to create room data sheets, product specs, punch lists, and work orders and whatever else you can dream up of. In the end, our goal with Layer is to provide a tool where you can connect your data to the people and places you need, getting rid of redundant and tedious tasks that can quickly add up to hours of work. Once you understand how Layer works, you can adapt the logic to all of your projects.

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Write-up

Managing building data is complex. At every stage of a building's lifecycle, we rely on intricate workflows & specialized software to carry out daily tasks. Yet functionality gaps still remain. To bridge these gaps, we often resort to spreadsheets or similar tools, manually formatting data before transferring it into various reports or documents. The status quo leaves teams grappling with: