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Ask Franklin

What can you actually do with Franklin? Here, we share real examples, questions, and use cases that show how Franklin works on real construction projects.

Franklin Gantt chart showing project phases, dependencies and schedule comparison
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How to Build and Manage Your Project Schedule in Franklin

A step-by-step guide to building, updating and tracking your project schedule in Franklin.

A project team arranging large stacks of construction documents
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Managing Construction Information Across a Real Estate Portfolio

How developers and building owners can keep drawings, documents, changes and decisions under control across projects and throughout the building lifecycle

Franklin Issues list with nested issues, progress statuses, due dates and linked documents
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Why Did the Project Fall Behind Schedule? How to Track What Actually Happened

How connected schedules, dependencies and issues can turn a construction programme into a traceable history of the project

Franklin project Timeline showing dated milestones from initial concept to handover
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How can I keep track of everything that changes in my project?

One timeline for every document, version and important event - creating a complete history of your building over time.

Franklin Compare view of floor-plan versions V1 and V2 with removed geometry in red and added geometry in green
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What changed in the new version of this drawing?

Compare two versions, understand the differences Franklin finds and verify every important change in its drawing context.

Franklin actions for creating a new issue and exporting meeting minutes
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Turn the issue list into meeting minutes

Select a period, choose what belongs in the record, and Franklin drafts the minutes from the issues themselves.

Floor plan comparison showing added and removed drawing lines
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How can I review technical drawings faster?

A faster way for project managers to view, compare and measure technical drawings - and turn what you find into action.

Ask Franklin chat showing sourced building data and an IFC version comparison
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5 ways to work in Franklin

Until now building project knowledge is scattered across drawings, models, issue lists and inboxes. Franklin helps to organise this.

Try Franklin with your own project

Bring a real project and we will show you how Franklin connects drawings, documents and decisions into answers you can act on.

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