Work fast. Reduce risk. Stay in control.
CDE NextGen helps teams move from file handling and email chasing to governed information access, structured collaboration, and traceable execution.
Boost productivity with faster information access
Embedded AI-assisted search, metadata, and structured records help teams find the right document, answer, or approval without searching across folders, inboxes, and disconnected tools.
Work as one team with governed collaboration
Keep documents, comments, RFIs, communication, and actions linked to the right record so owners, contractors, and consultants stay aligned without losing control.
Proactively reduce risk with full traceability
Controlled revisions, permissions, and workflows reduce rework from outdated information and make every approval, decision, and exchange traceable.
Improve handover readiness and lifecycle continuity
Build a validated information record during delivery so approved documents, packages, and decisions are ready for handover and usable in downstream asset workflows.
Built for owners, operators, and contractors
CDE NextGen supports the priorities of every key stakeholder, with one common environment for information, process, and accountability.
For Asset owners and operators
Standardise information governance across projects, delivery partners, and asset types. Keep approved project information reusable for handover, compliance, and downstream operations.
Standardise metadata, permissions, and workflows across projects
Maintain a defensible record for compliance, claims, and audit
Improve handover readiness and lifecycle continuity
For General contractors
Keep design packages, transmittals, reviews, and communication moving without losing control. Reduce time spent chasing approvals and make sure every team works from the latest approved information.
Accelerate multi-party reviews and approvals
Reduce version confusion and coordination effort
Keep deliverables, RFIs, and responsibilities traceable
Keep every deliverable, approval, and decision under control
In complex construction and infrastructure programmes, the issue is not lack of information. It is lack of control. Without a structured construction document management software or CDE, documents, approvals, and communication become fragmented across teams and systems. That makes it harder to know what is up-to-date, who approved what, and whether information can stand up to audit or dispute review.
CDE NextGen helps teams maintain reliable project information without slowing delivery.
No fragmented tools. One governed data environment.
CDE NextGen combines platform control with governed information workflows to deliver a scalable construction document management software solution.
Set the rules once
Create the structure, permissions, metadata, and workflows that keep information consistent across teams and organisations.
Run collaboration in context
Manage documents, reviews, communication, comments, transmittals, and approvals in one governed environment.
Reuse validated information downstream
Carry approved documents, deliverables, and decisions into handover and connected lifecycle workflows without rework.
Platform control layer
Central identity, access, permissions, and governance across applications.
CDE NextGen value layer
Structured information management, embedded AI-assisted search, review workflows, and traceable collaboration for daily project execution.
Common Data Environment workflows for complex project delivery
Focus on the workflows where controlled information makes the biggest difference.
Document control and AI assistance
- Document and drawing management with AI Search and Assistance
- Manage documents, drawings, and revisions in one controlled environment. Ask questions and find answers and related sources
- Outcome: One trusted source of truth for construction teams, fast and reliable answers for governed decisions
Review and approval workflows
- Review and approve workflows
- Automate review cycles and maintain traceability for every decision
- Outcome: Faster approvals and stronger audit readiness
Communication and RFIs
- Communication and RFIs
- Keep queries, communication, and actions linked to project context
- Outcome: Less coordination effort and fewer misunderstandings
Deliverables and package management
- Deliverables and package management
- Track responsibilities, submissions, and status across stakeholders
- Outcome: More predictable delivery and reduced coordination risk
Handover and asset readiness
- Handover readiness
- Prepare structured, validated data for transition into operations
- Outcome: Better continuity from project delivery to asset operations
One CDE. All capabilities for governed collaboration.
CDE NextGen provides all core capabilities expected from a leading CDE software, combined with advanced governance and AI-powered access.
One Platform. All the capabilities you need.
CDE NextGen provides the governed information foundation for connected workflows, analytics, and AI across the built asset lifecycle platform.
VDC Collaboration
Field Manager
Contracts
Handover
Analytics
Built for complex and regulated construction environments
Enterprise security, traceability, and governance are built into the way CDE NextGen operates.
- Role-based access and permissions
- Full audit trail across documents, workflows, and communication
- ISO 19650-aligned information governance
- Structured, compliance-ready processes across multiple organisations
- Enterprise-grade security backed by the Thinkproject Trust Centre
Start with one workflow. Scale across your portfolio.
Start with one urgent workflow today and build the foundation for broader governance across projects and programmes.
- Start at project level
- Standardise across programmes
- Extend into connected workflows across solutions
- Reduce operational friction with platform-level control
Frequently asked questions
A common data environment is a governed environment where project information is captured, managed, reviewed, and shared so teams work from current, traceable information.
CDE NextGen combines information control, workflows, traceable communication, and audit readiness. It helps teams manage controlled project delivery, not just store files.
It is designed for asset owners, operators, and contractors working across multiple stakeholders, regulated environments, and complex approvals.
Document and drawing control, reviews and approvals, RFIs and communication, transmittals and packages, and handover readiness.
CDE NextGen helps teams build validated information during delivery so approved documents, packages, and decisions can move into handover and connected lifecycle workflows with less rework.
Embedded AI-assisted search helps users find governed information faster. Governance, approvals, and responsibility remain with the user.
See how CDE NextGen works on your projects.
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