Switching Projects / Creating New Projects

Switch to working in a different project, or create a new project.

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Project Settings

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Locked Projects

If a project is internally confidential, you can lock it so only staff who are active on the Project Team can access it.

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Installing the Outlook add-in

Filing email is possible once the Outlook add-in is installed.

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Filing Project Email

Using the Outlook add-in, you can file project email from your personal inbox to a shared project email box in TonicDM.

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Filing Multiple Emails / Drop Folders

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Filing Sent Emails

The fastest way to file sent emails is to CC the Project Email Address when you send the message.

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Confidential Emails

File email that isn't for general viewing by staff.

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"Confidential" folders in Outlook

Drag-n-drop emails into a project folder in Outlook and have those emails set as Executive Access Only.

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Outlook categories for email

When you file email, TonicDM adds categories so you can see where an email is filed. Read this to learn how to color code the categories.

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Trouble-shooting the Outlook Add-in

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Edit Contacts in the Outlook Sidebar

Manage the Project Team list in TonicDM's Outlook Sidebar

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Adding team members in bulk

Add multiple contacts to your project team at once using the Bulk Add to Team link

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Send Files with TonicDM

You can send large files and folders quickly and easily with TonicDM. Learn how here.

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Managing RFIs and submittals: Overview

There are only 4 actions that a design team can take on an RFI or submittal.

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Integration with Procore

Link your user account and project, then import RFI and submittal data.

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RFIs and Submittals in Detail

Topics covered: Manually Logging RFIs and Submittals, Forwarding, Manually Logging the Reply to a Forward, and Replying

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Resubmissions

With TonicDM, submittals can have as many resubmissions as you need.

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Managing RFI and Submittal Status

Open, Closed, and Awaiting Resubmission

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Recording past actions

Entering RFI or submittal actions that were made outside of TonicDM

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Responsible Person

TonicDM allows you to track who on your team is assigned to a particular RFI or submittal.

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Return Dates

You can track two return dates for RFIs and submittals.

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Number Submittals By Spec Section

Working with Procore's submittal numbering

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Sending RFI Responses back to Procore

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Filing Documents on your Organization's Network

To open documents in your software applications, you'll need to download them from TonicDM.

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When the GC sends RFIs/submittals directly to the consultant

If the GC sends items directly to a consultant (and CC's the architect), this can cause problems with information tracking.

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How to collaborate with other organizations

You've created your project, but now you need to invite other organizations to join you on TonicDM.

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Items That Need Filing

A description of why items need filing, and what to do when this condition occurs.

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Project Email Address

Each project has a unique email address where incoming items can be sent by collaborators who don't use TonicDM.

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TonicDM Administrators

The most senior people in your organization can be given power over all the organization's projects.

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Getting Executive Access on your Project

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Downloading Logs to Excel

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Adjusting the Columns in Tables

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Copy and Paste from Tables

Quickly get information from a log into email, Word or Excel.

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