Construction is about 60% underway on a Pratt Industries Recycle Paper Mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and not a sheet of paper can be found among the Wieland Construction team or its 60 subcontractors. Instead of pocket notebooks and hard plans, workers are breaking out iPads from designated vest pockets to reference documents, update task lists, upload photos and more.
Converting to a fully paperless workflow is a pretty radical undertaking on any project, and on this off-the-beaten-path greenfield site, the Lansing, Michigan-based general contractor certainly did not take the easy route.
