Technical Editing

for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry Deliverables

Producing clear and concise technical reports is essential to advancing your project. Creating content to be consumed in the digital era (required by legislation drafted in a pre-digital era) requires dynamic and modular outputs with adaptive report layouts and design.

Our shop provides a unified point of contact to not only meet the existing need but also create consistency across your firm’s deliverables. We can serve as a virtual in-house editorial, layout, and deliverables department, streamlining workflow for project managers and leads.

Services

  • Technical Editing and Writing

  • Technical Proposals, Memoranda, and White Papers

  • Compliance Reports

  • Environmental and Social Impact Reports (for NEPA, SEQRA, CEQR compliance)

  • Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments  

Proofreading / Copyediting

  • Report Consistency Review

  • Project globals 

    • Project-specific terms

    • Report references [e.g., figure/exhibit/table numbers] 

    • Internal and external cross-references

  • Client comment integration

  • Version control and project file management

  • Comment/Response (public or agency comments)

  • Log, categorize, and subsequently summarize/consolidate public comments for response by technical leads

  • Create, curate, and update public comments matrices 

Graphic Report Layout and Management

Design, layout, and management of reports/documents in Adobe InDesign, Canva, and Microsoft Word

Distribution

Includes formatting and updating existing content in raw (Word) and PDF form, as well as cross-platform export and management of deliverables (i.e., paper / digital / online distribution)

Section 508 accessibility compliance for documents

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), requires federal agencies to develop, procure, maintain, and use information and communications technology (ICT) that is accessible to people with disabilities - regardless of whether or not they work for the federal government.

We provide support for 508 compliance throughout the project life cycle, from compliant template and content development to reverse-engineering existing deliverables for compliance review.

Template Development and Maintenance

Project-specific, scalable templates across software platforms (most notably Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Word)

Writing Workshops/Training

General technical writing and grammar skills workshops (for individuals or working groups)

Project Workflow Assistance

  • Document Creation and Maintenance: Creation of an initial project-specific style sheet, as well as any requested project-specific document templates; establish project milestones with QAQC check-ins

  • Composition: Includes content generation, editorial review and, if needed, any necessary re-writes

  • Editorial / Proofing Review: Report Consistency Review, including both project-specific editorial work review and more general proofreading/copyediting, as well as client comment integration and project file management 

  • Layout Management: Design, layout, and management of reports/documents in Adobe InDesign and/or Microsoft Word

    • Customization of document functionality to suit end-use requirements (e.g., digital navigation, 508 compliance, etc.) 

    • Coordination on Graphics and GIS-based maps and figures