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Enterprise PKI for Meeting Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)
Speed electronic delivery and ensure AEC compliance for engineering drawings to building departments, government agencies, customers, and partners with legally admissible securely transferred digitally signed documents.(AEC) professionals benefit from ePKI with faster design collaboration, more efficient and less
expensive electronic document storage and exchange, and stronger protection via tamper evident easy to
understand trust symbols. ePKI makes it possible for engineering drawings and product
documentation to be exchanged via email, the Internet or electronic storage among customers, partners, contractors, and building
departments with the assurances all parties require. ePKI meets or exceeds most Federal and
State electronic signature guidelines with minimal impact to the author as well as an easy to
understand and highly trusted experience for the recipient.
- Cost Effective – simply purchase packs starting from only £295 for 5 Digital IDs*
- Provides immediate ability to secure engineering or high value documents, department email and provide authentication to public / closed networks
- Perfectly suited for the small to medium department or large department wishing to pilot or start with smaller roll-outs
- Carries no set-up fees and no annual hosting fees - pay only for the Digital IDs issued
- Includes additional 10% of initial purchase in form of free Digital IDs for user attrition and/or support considerations
Legally binding electronic documents and secure document communication
Legislation at both the federal and state level provides both governments and commercial
organizations the legal framework necessary to utilise electronic signatures. This framework
supports and promotes important transactions like electronic submission of drawings to building
departments. Florida Administrative Code 61G15 23.003 is a recent example of such legal
framework that defines the procedures for signing and sealing electronically transmitted plans,
specifications, reports or other documents. Specifically, the Electronic Signature, which can be
generated by using either Public Key Infrastructure or signature dynamics technology, must meet
the following requirements:
• Unique to the person using it
• Capable of verification
• Under the sole control of the person using it
• The electronic signature is invalidated if any of the data in the document is changed
Customer Case Study - Digitally Signed Engineering Drawings for Top 100 Engineering and Architectural firm
A top 100 Engineering and Architectural firm in America operating in most states manually signed thousands of engineering drawings that ultimately were converted to PDF for final distribution and archiving. Prior to the implementation of DocumentSign digital signatures, finalized documents required each page to include an engineering seal including a signature of the Professional Engineer that authored and/or approved the document. After a stamp and signature was applied, the document was scanned into PDF and multiple copies printed. As the volume of documents increased, it was decided it was time to automate the existing work-flow in order to meet the following objectives:
• Reduce paper as part of a going green initiative
• Reduce document delivery costs via automation
• Free-up Professional Engineer’s time by reducing time spent on low-level tasks
• Provide quicker document delivery to clients
• Meet State regulations surrounding digital signatures
Implementing GlobalSign’s DocumentSign digital signatures proved immediately successful illustrated by one typical example of an engineer signing a 150 page document that was immediately delivered to a client in minutes instead of days.
