A couple weeks ago I was talking with one of our construction management clients about the cost savings and benefits of using EADOC to facility owners. This cm said they have a very difficult time convincing owners
Owner says consultants and contractors pay for those costs. 
Contractor includes costs of inefficiency, adds markup and submits to the owner as a bid
Construction Manager calculates costs of inefficiency, adds markup and submits as fees
Designer calculates cost of inefficiency, adds markup and submits as fees.
This process is also conducted by sub contractors and sub consultants. All the costs of meeting the owners requirements are calculated and passed back to the owner.
The owner pays for everything on a project.
If an owner requires 8 paper copies of submittals then they will pay for 8 paper copies of submittals to be generated and passed along the team for review. If the owner tells the contractor to submit electronic copies of submittals the owner is saving themselves mon