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Streamline Construction Workflows with Dropbox Sign + Procore
Construction projects are fast-paced and complex—coordinating contracts between owners, subcontractors, and vendors can quickly become a bottleneck. That’s where Dropbox Sign for Procore, developed and supported by Shake IT, comes in. This seamless integration transforms how your team sends, signs, tracks, and stores project documents, all without leaving Procore.
Volker Schaberg
Oct 82 min read
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Electronic Signatures in Construction: Why Dropbox Sign Is Both Legal and Locked Down
Are eSignatures legally binding?
Short answer: Yes - when you use a platform that adheres to the right laws and provides a defensible audit trail. Dropbox Sign aligns with the major eSignature laws—ESIGN (U.S.), UETA (U.S. state-level), and the EU’s eIDAS—so your electronically signed contracts carry the same legal weight as wet ink in most business use cases.
Volker Schaberg
Sep 57 min read
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Enhancing Construction Workflows: New Dropbox Sign for Procore Features Inspired by Client Feedback
Adding Automatic Status Updates for Prime Contract Change Orders (PCCOs) and Commitment Change Orders (CCOs) and populating the Signed Date. Shake IT implementing customer feedback and showing commitment to continuous improvement of Dropbox Sign for Procore.
Brad Hickey
Jul 143 min read
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Streamlining Procore Signature Workflows Using Dropbox Sign Text Tags for Enhanced Efficiency
In the construction industry, managing contracts and documents efficiently is critical to keeping projects on schedule and avoiding...
Volker Schaberg
Jul 74 min read
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Legal Validity of eSignatures: What Businesses Need to Know
Electronic signatures are legally recognized worldwide, supported by laws like the U.S. ESIGN Act, New Zealand’s Contract and Commercial Law Act, and the EU’s eIDAS regulation. To be valid, eSignatures must meet criteria such as intent, consent, identity verification, and secure storage. While some documents remain exempt, using compliant platforms like Dropbox Sign helps businesses stay secure and legally aligned across jurisdictions.
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 243 min read
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Key Benefits of eSignatures and How They Overcome Business Challenges
The rise of remote work and hybrid office schedules has certainly made electronic signatures (eSignatures) more widespread in recent...
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 243 min read
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eSignature Integration: The Key to Faster, Smarter Business
Small, consistent improvements can lead to big results over time. A single brick may seem insignificant in an open field, but as more...
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 244 min read
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eSignatures vs Digital Signatures: What You Need to Know in 2025
As digital transformation reshapes how we work, so too has the way we sign and manage documents. Traditional pen-and-paper signatures—and...
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 243 min read
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Unlock the Power of Digital Signatures for Business
The most impactful innovations don’t create new needs—they fulfill existing ones more effectively. Digital signatures are a prime...
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 244 min read
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Navigating Lien Waiver Notarization in the Construction Industry.
The Importance of Lien Waivers in Construction Every construction project generates mountains of paperwork. Permits, safety inspection...
Volker Schaberg
Jun 244 min read
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Dropbox Sign vs Adobe Sign vs DocuSign: Which eSignature Solution Is Best for Your Business?
In recent years, electronic signature software has proven to be a valuable asset for businesses. These tools accelerate workflows by...
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 234 min read
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Use eSignatures To Speed Up and Help the Hiring Process
Streamline Your Hiring Process with eSignatures Hiring new talent involves multiple moving parts for your HR team—defining job...
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 234 min read
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The Benefits of Digital Signatures in Business
Many of the best technological innovations take an existing need and make that need more easily fulfilled. This is definitely true of electronic signatures. They have taken the old pen-and-ink signing process and improved it significantly. The list of digital signature advantages is long. From reducing wait time after sending out documents for signing to opening the door for automation in workflows across your business and more, transitioning to the right eSignature solution
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 237 min read
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Looking Beyond DocuSign: Why Dropbox Sign Might Be the Better eSignature Solution for Your Business
When people think of electronic signatures, DocuSign is often the first name that comes to mind, but it’s far from the only option. If...
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 234 min read
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The Legal Validity of Electronic Signatures
Electronic signatures have been around for a while now. The first laws regarding the legality of eSignatures in the United States, for example, were being drafted as far back as 1999. Across the world, eSignature legality was largely established as a recognized and enforceable element of agreements between businesses and individuals—as well as between government agencies and other legal entities—between the years 2000 and 2002. In the meantime, those laws have been updated an
Natalie Lloyd
Jun 236 min read
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Streamline eSignature Solutions for Procore with Shake IT LLC
In the fast-paced world of construction project management, efficiency and accuracy are key factors for success. One essential tool that...
Volker Schaberg
Apr 301 min read
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