Commercial & Planning
DocuSign
Electronic signature for contracts, approvals and sign-offs, with a time-stamped trail.
Overview
Legally binding electronic signatures
DocuSign integration brings legally binding electronic signature into the platform for contracts, subcontracts, approvals and sign-offs.
Each signature carries a time-stamped trail, and the executed document lands back on the project record automatically rather than in somebody’s downloads folder.
On a regional project with signatories in three countries, physical signature is a genuine programme risk. A subcontract that waits a fortnight for wet signatures is a fortnight of mobilisation not happening, and the delay rarely appears in anyone’s risk register.
- Legally binding
- Time-stamped trail
- No print or scan
- Routed approvals
How it works
How signing works
Prepared from the record
The document to be signed is the one held in the platform, at the correct revision.
Routed to signatories
Signing order and roles are set, and each party signs from wherever they are.
Time-stamped and evidenced
The signature trail records who signed, when, and from where.
Filed automatically
The executed document returns to the project record against the right reference.
Why it matters
On a live project
Sign-off stops being the bottleneck
Approvals happen from wherever the signatory is, which on a regional project matters.
Legally binding and evidenced
Time-stamped signature trails stand up where a scanned signature does not.
Signed copy on the record
The executed document files itself against the right project reference.
Use cases
Where it is used
Subcontract execution
Packages executed in days rather than weeks.
Variation agreement
Agreed variations signed off without a paper round trip.
Handover certificates
Completion and taking-over documentation signed and filed in one step.
Questions
Frequently asked about DocuSign
Electronic signatures are recognised under UAE federal law for most commercial documents. Specific instruments may still require wet signature or notarisation, so confirm the position for your document type with your legal adviser.
Yes, the integration connects to your DocuSign account so the signature record sits with your organisation.
Yes. Signatories sign through DocuSign and do not need a platform account.
It is filed automatically against the project record, and remains available in DocuSign.
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