Docusign

By audience

Construction Management

• Routes change orders and PCOs for electronic signature, capturing owner, GC, and design-team approvals without printing or mailing.
• Collects signed subcontract and trade-partner agreements before mobilization, with audit trails proving who signed and when.
• Manages lien waiver and pay-application sign-offs each billing cycle, tying releases to progress payments.
• Standardizes RFI/submittal approval routing with templated signature blocks and automatic reminders to keep workflows moving.
• Centralizes executed agreement records so CMs can retrieve fully-signed documents during disputes or audits.

General Contracting

• Executes subcontractor and supplier agreements electronically, accelerating buyout and locking in pricing before backlog shifts.
• Processes change orders and purchase orders for fast multi-party countersignature across owner and subs.
• Collects conditional and unconditional lien waivers tied to each draw, reducing payment-release delays.
• Sends prime contracts and teaming/JV agreements for owner and partner signatures with enforceable audit trails.
• Uses reusable templates and bulk-send for recurring forms like safety acknowledgments and insurance certificates.

Owner/Developer

• Signs owner-contractor and owner-architect agreements (AIA-style) remotely, compressing project kickoff timelines.
• Executes financing, loan, and investor documents alongside construction agreements in a single signing workflow.
• Countersigns change orders and major scope approvals, keeping the owner in the formal approval chain with proof of authorization.
• Manages tenant, lease, and easement agreements for development parcels through templated signing flows.
• Retains a searchable, legally-defensible repository of every executed project agreement for the asset's lifecycle.

Legal & Risk Management

• Relies on tamper-evident audit trails and certificates of completion to prove signature authenticity in disputes and claims.
• Enforces signing order, identity verification, and access controls to reduce contract-execution risk.
• Standardizes approved contract language via locked templates, limiting unauthorized edits before signature.
• Captures lien waiver and indemnity sign-offs with timestamped evidence to defend against payment and liability claims.
• Maintains ESIGN/UETA-compliant records that hold up as admissible evidence during litigation or arbitration.

Accounting & Finance

• Gates progress payments on signed pay applications and lien waivers, syncing approvals into AP workflows.
• Executes purchase orders and vendor agreements electronically before commitments hit the job-cost ledger.
• Speeds collection of W-9s, insurance certificates, and onboarding paperwork from new subcontractors and suppliers.
• Captures authorized signatures on change orders that adjust contract value, keeping budgets and billings reconciled.
• Provides timestamped execution records that support audit, revenue-recognition, and compliance documentation.

By phase

Concept & Planning

• Executes NDAs, LOIs, and feasibility-study agreements with consultants and partners early in the deal.
• Signs owner-architect and design services agreements to authorize schematic and planning work.
• Closes land acquisition, option, and easement documents that unlock the site for development.
• Captures investor, financing, and JV commitments through coordinated multi-party signing flows.
• Routes early entitlement and stakeholder approval letters for remote signature to keep planning on schedule.

Pre-Construction

• Executes the prime owner-contractor agreement and notice-to-proceed before mobilization.
• Runs subcontractor and supplier buyout, signing trade agreements and locking in scope and pricing.
• Collects subcontractor onboarding paperwork: W-9s, insurance certificates, and safety acknowledgments via bulk-send.
• Signs purchase orders for long-lead procurement so material commitments are authorized early.
• Templates recurring pre-con agreements so estimating and contracts teams send and track signatures at scale.

Construction

• Processes change orders and PCOs for rapid multi-party signature as scope evolves in the field.
• Collects conditional and unconditional lien waivers tied to each monthly draw and pay application.
• Captures signed pay-application approvals to release progress payments without paperwork delays.
• Executes supplemental purchase orders and added-scope subcontract amendments mid-project.
• Maintains a running audit trail of every executed field agreement for claims, closeout, and disputes.