With this browser-based application, a Utility’s land use contract process can be optimized for shorter contract lead time, cost-effectiveness, and improved visibility to contracts across the organization. The workflow is smooth: You simply enter contract related data, connect contracts to network objects, calculate compensations, create a contract document, have the contract reviewed by a landowner, make any necessary changes to the contract or network plan, and have the contract signed directly on site. Trimble Unity Contact Manager works on all modern browsers, so you can manage the entire contract process where you want, even during the first field visit.
- In the traditional land use contract management workflow, the lead time to conclude a contract can be long, especially if the landowner is not entitled to compensation. A prolonged contract process can delay network construction.
- The volume of network construction is growing. If the contracting process has many iterative stages, such as drafting, reviewing, and making corrections, it will become costly given the workload, extra field visits, and paper use.
- If contract management is isolated from the utility’s network data and asset management, network planning and construction will become complicated. There will be extra work and potential issues with the timeliness of the data, if the required changes to network data are made back at the office and not on the spot during field visits. Also, project managers and other stakeholders will have no real-time visibility into the status of contracts.
Trimble Unity Contract Manager enables network planners show construction plans to landowners in the field. The content of a contract can be reviewed and edited, and any necessary changes to the network plan or contract can be made directly on site. Consequently, planners can get land use contracts signed during the first field visit and cut out iteration rounds and emailing. Since the status of a contract is always up-to-date, also project managers and other stakeholders can keep up with the progress of the project. Trimble Unity Contract Manager helps improve efficiency and save costs. Getting the contract signed immediately eliminates unnecessary delays so that network construction can start as scheduled.
