What is Data Center Commissioning? Data center commissioning (and commissioning in general) is a process that ensures buildings are delivered according to the Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR). ASHRAE says the OPR “is a written document that details the functional requirements of a project and … Read More
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BCxA Webinar: Streamlining Your Projects with Cx Software
Do you find the traditional commissioning documentation process to be cumbersome and time consuming, especially for complex projects? Commissioning software is intended to streamline and modernize this process. Please join the Canadian BCxA chapters for a collaborative discussion on commissioning … Read More
Bluebeam with BlueRithm
Bluebeam is one of the most popular tools available for PDF collaboration, storage, and editing. In this video we show you a couple cool ways that you can integrate Bluebeam into your BlueRithm projects or vice versa. Bluebeam studio sessions … Read More
LEED Commissioning
What is LEED? Property developers and owners implement LEED programs to earn LEED certification on buildings. The program focuses on energy savings, water efficiency, reducing CO2 emissions, improved indoor environmental quality, and the impact of resources used on the project, … Read More
March 2021 Pricing Increase
We are continuing to expand the capability of the BlueRithm platform and team at an increasing rate. Today we are announcing pricing increases that will take effect on March 1st, 2021.
Getting Serious About Your Project Data
With the filtering and query capabilities in BlueRithm, answers to difficult questions are available in seconds. Let’s say you want to know how many systems/equipment on the 1st floor of a building have open issues, have test forms or activities … Read More
BlueRithm Updates: Universal Tagging, Queries, Filtering
Staying true to our motto of constantly working hard to deliver the best platform at an untouchable value, we just released another update. This is a big one! Having a central place to store all of your project data is … Read More
BlueRithm Pricing Model
It may seem like there’s a catch to our simple pricing model. Nope, there’s not! Take a look at this brief explainer video.
Highlights: TAB Forms with Formulas
BlueRithm supports TAB projects, including any equation or formula you can use in a spreadsheet.
Highlights: Instant Updates for High Priority Items
Sometimes you need to know as soon as something happens. With the Follow option in BlueRithm, you can subscribe to updates on high priority issues and work. This is perfect for those critical items that need immediate attention after any … Read More
Highlights: Issue Logs and Punch Lists
Issue and punch list mangagement is simple in concept, but is one of the biggest areas cloud collaboration and communication can improve outcomes.
December 2020 Promotional Rates
Every now and then we offer promotional rates. Now through the end of this month is one of those times! For any annual Medium Teams tier and up, we’re offering a two month credit towards the first year fee. Summary … Read More
Highlights: Custom Forms and Workflows
One of the concerns we consistently hear from firms we talk to is that by moving onto a cloud based platform, they’ll lose the custom workflows and things that make them unique in a crowded field of providers. Take a … Read More
Highlights: Dashboards and Schedule
One of the most beneficial things an effective cloud platform can do for you is provide easy to use, concise dashboards and aggregated data. Take a quick look at the key metrics and schedule that BlueRithm automatically creates for you! … Read More
Highlights: Project Setup
People often wonder how much work is involved in setting up a new project in BlueRithm. Here’s an example in less than a minute! https://bluerithm.com
BlueRithm November 2020 Updates
We’re happy to continue to release updates at a rapid pace! Here’s what we’ve been up to: Summary Support for TAB projects Embedded formulas and equations in BlueRithm forms A New Work Matrix Streamlined workflow for issue status changes and … Read More
Support for Test and Balance (TAB) Projects
We are proud to have robust features that support Test and Balance projects. If you’re looking for a modern, powerful but easy to use platform to streamline your TAB projects, BlueRithm has a solution for you that’s been battle tested … Read More
Interview with Thomas Stuenkel of Swiss Commissioning
Andrew talks with Thomas Stuenkel of Swiss Commissioning about CCMS and BlueRithm. Check it out here: Thomas Stuenkel Thomas is a Commissioning Manager, Commissioning Engineer and Commissioning Coach with more than 25 years of work experience – worldwide. He is … Read More
Latest Data Backs Up Claims of Positive ROI and Energy Savings for Building Commissioning
The final phase of the updated Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) study on building commissioning is finished and the summary has been published (access it here). Building commissioning has continued to evolve and mature, … Read More
Looking Ahead to 2021
Despite some bright spots of resilience, we have seen impacts to our property construction and design industry in 2020 due to the pandemic and resulting shutdowns. We speak to many firms around the US and world on a regular basis, … Read More
Now is the Time to Switch to BlueRithm
Sometimes we outgrow the things that used to work for us. Or maybe there weren’t great choices to begin with. If you’re using a commissioning platform that just doesn’t fit your needs anymore, we have an offer that will help … Read More
BlueRithm Updates: Offline Mobile Apps Released, New Dashboards, Issue Categories and Trends
Offline-capable mobile apps for Android and iOS tablets We are happy to announce that the BlueRithm Android and iOS apps are ready! We know many of you have been waiting for this overdue release, so we’re pleased to announce that … Read More
Building Commissioning in our New Age
The conflicting forces of higher quality, lower cost, faster delivery…and a pandemic Progress begets progress. We will never reach a time when society says, “Ok, that’s good enough” and quits innovating and dreaming. It’s antithetical to human nature. Because we … Read More
BlueRithm Free for COVID-19 Response Projects
Fast-track projects for hospital re-purposing, temporary facilities, and accelerated existing projects are underway around the world to ramp up hospital bed capacity for patients sick with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We have made BlueRithm free for these projects. Despite their … Read More
Life Must Go On: Be Ready
History in the Making When we witness catastrophic events unfold before us, our natural reaction can be to retreat, conserve, and wait. I certainly feel this. This level of uncertainty can drive fear and anxiety in the best of us. … Read More