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Successful DB major project Stuttgart-Ulm converts complete drawing management to EPLASS Professional

At the turn of the year 2014/2015, DB Projekt Stuttgart - Ulm GmbH converted the entire axial drawing management to EPLASS Professional. EPLASS replaces a paper-based system. The changeover during the ongoing planning operation was prepared over several months by a team of DB PSU employees as well as experts from DB International, THOST Projektmanagement and EPLASS GmbH.

All planning approval sections of the project defined their own, tailor-made workflows for their checking processes, which were subsequently implemented in EPLASS. From now on these workflows control the highly complex inspection processes fully automatically. Via the DOWEBA interface to the Federal Railway Authority included in EPLASS, planning documents are now transferred to the EBA with a qualified digital signature.

The EPLASS integrated checking options via so-called redlining and the omission of the postal route have significantly reduced the checking times. The possibilities of EPLASS deadline management according to individual inspection periods and milestones guarantee reliable information about the planning status for the planning managers and the deadline controllers as well as special reports for the management.

"What we like very much about the EPLASS system in terms of operation is the logical and comprehensible interface as well as the possibility of individually calling up and thus also being able to control every piece of information stored via own filters. EPLASS's advice and participation was always professional, motivated and highly focused". Dr. Florian Bitzer, Head of Technical Services (I.GT(T))"

"EPLASS was helping us to optimize the coordination of the planning and to fasten the approvals. It was definitely a key to master all the complex challenges of an inner-city grand project."

Michael Ditandy (Großprojekt Stuttgart-Ulm, Teamleiter Los 2b - HP Feuerbach)