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Design-Build Adoption Increases

Based on the results from FMI’s latest report, traditional design-bid-build projects continue to decrease as a delivery model in favor of design-build. This expands on research from 2018 and shows a trend leading to nearly half of all projects using … Read More

Lock Any Column, Row, Individual Cell in Your Custom Forms and Checklists

Full Control We’re excited to announce an update to BlueRithm forms and checklists. You now have greater control over who can edit what in custom forms and checklists.  Use built in tools in the web portal, or shortcodes in Excel uploads … Read More

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What’s New

Accelerating Into the Next Decade Big Changes What a whirlwind year it’s been – and we still have a quarter to go! As construction technology adoption accelerates, we’re pushing the limits by bringing in new partners and investors, hiring new … Read More

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BlueRithm at BCxA 2021 Toronto Conference

We hope to see you in Toronto, ON October 6-8, 2021 for the annual Building Commissioning Association conference! We’re excited to be back on the road for this great event. We’ll have an exhibitor booth, and be sure to check … Read More

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BlueRithm is Now Free

A new reality has emerged in the last few years. It’s no longer true that the industry you work in isn’t adopting and leveraging new technology – it’s catching up, and fast. Capital investment in technology aimed at construction and … Read More

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BlueRithm Closes Funding Round

We are happy to announce that we have closed a modest round of seed funding. The funding is from various private investors, including founders of large software and engineering firms, and others with expertise in various industries and stages of … Read More

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BlueRithm Windows App is Now Available!

You may have heard us mention this as an upcoming addition to the BlueRithm platform (a few times). We’re thrilled to announce that the Windows version of the BlueRithm app is now available! We’ve taken everything that works well with the … Read More

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Watch: BlueRithm at CxEnergy Virtual 2021 Conference

If you missed BlueRithm’s presentation at CxEnergy’s virtual 2021 conference, you can view it here (on demand)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I6cKqiIDzQ&list=PLfS5r66aXwgYrvxhuGYBgCgQ8rT7Trf6u&index=6

Commissioning Automation and Control Systems

Commissioning involves a series of documentation and verification of all systems and components of equipment, process or buildings. This is performed to ensure that they are designed, installed, and tested based on intended operating conditions. It is best included in … Read More

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Mechanical Testing, Inc. Provides Transparency and Efficiency to Clients with BlueRithm

Mechanical Testing, Inc. uses BlueRithm to help construction management teams simplify, automate and build for the future.  MTI includes cloud-based reports to work efficiently and allows flexibility to property and facility managers assurance their building is running correctly in real … Read More

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Avoid Becoming a Commodity

In some ways building commissioning has become a victim of its own success. We’re seeing forces in the industry driving the service to commodity status. Using technology in certain ways can further contribute to this phenomenon. See how BlueRithm can … Read More

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BlueRithm at CxEnergy 2021

We’re proud to support CxEnergy again this year! Stop by to see our free presentation on commissioning and TAB software on Friday, April 23rd at 1pm ET. Details and registration here: https://www.cxenergy.com/

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What is Substantial Completion?

In this video Andrew Martin from BlueRithm is interviewed by Thomas Stuenkel (CEO of Swiss Commissioning). Andrew answers the question “What is Substantial Completion?”.

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Data Center Commissioning

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

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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 combine … Read More

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Customizable site visit report templates with options to track as standalone activities, or to incorporate into the issues log.

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Customizable design review templates with options to track as standalone activities, or to incorporate into the issues log.

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Customizable meeting minute templates.

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TAB templates for custom forms with formulas that you can create and edit. 

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Functional and integrated systems tests / level 4 and 5 forms for commercial commissioning. 

Virtually unlimited formats to support your unique needs. 

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Pre-functional / level 2 and 3 checklists for commercial commissioning, installation and startup tracking.

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Bluerithm has LEED process checklists to ensure you’re on track with your LEED certification requirements, as well as checklist and test forms so you can meet Fundamental and Enhanced LEED certification requirements.

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Bluerithm has extensive templates ready to use and customize for a variety of commercial commissioning needs. 

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Bluerithm has comprehensive punch list and issue log features to support thorough recording, tracking, and control workflows. New items and responses can be easily added on mobile devices in the field, even when offline. 

Issues are customizable on a project by project basis with custom fields.