Why Legacy Documents Are the Next Big Thing in Facility Management
In facility management, there’s a silent crisis unfolding behind our walls: historical building data—the permits, drawings, CAD files, and legacy contractor notes vital for today's maintenance and tomorrow’s renovations—is trapped in basements and file cabinets. It wasn’t always this way. As buildings age, so do their documents. Yet, the outdated practice of paper storage is not only inefficient—it risks losing invaluable institutional knowledge. That’s why more organizations are turning to legacy documents , a digital solution that rescues and centralizes vital building information for anytime access and smarter facility planning. The Hidden Cost of Inaccessible Information Picture this: it’s Monday morning and your renovation project starts today. You need old building permits, as-built drawings, HVAC layouts, and electrical schematics. But your files? Buried in dusty boxes, or worse—missing. You scramble, delay kick-off, waste precious man-hours—and that’s before the fist ham...