Collaboration & approvals
Users can comment, send messages, and/or approve documents.
Cat avg: 8.4
Top Performing Features
Change orders
A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.
Cat avg: 8
Bid creation
Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.
Cat avg: 7.8
Plan markups & sharing
Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.
Cat avg: 7.5
Worst Performing Features
Issue tracking & punchlists
Users can track issues from the field, and create punchlists upon substantial completion.
Cat avg: 8.3
Plan distribution & viewing
Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).
Cat avg: 8.4
Jobsite reports
Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.
Cat avg: 8.1
B2W Estimate Features from Reviews
Construction Project & Field Management
Features related to collaboration between construction management and project execution (e.g. the office and the job site, general contractors and subcontractors)
8.1+2%
Plan distribution & viewing
Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).
Category average: 8.4
Plan markups & sharing
Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.
Category average: 7.5
Issue tracking & punchlists
Users can track issues from the field, and create punchlists upon substantial completion.
Category average: 8.3
Jobsite reports
Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.
Category average: 8.1
Document sharing
Users can share/attach other documents related to construction projects, such as specifications, contracts, drawings, etc.
Category average: 8.4
Collaboration & approvals
Users can comment, send messages, and/or approve documents.
Category average: 8.4
Change orders
A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.
Category average: 8
Estimating
A set of tools and applications that allow contractors to forecast, track, monitor, and adjust the cost of building a structure. Cost estimates are used by project owners to determine the scope and feasibility of a project, and also for budget allocation. Contractors also use cost estimates when deciding whether or not to bid on a project and for bid creation.
8.5+8%
Takeoff tools
Allow users to list the materials and quantities they will need for the project either manually from hardcopy blueprints or electronically from digital blueprints.
Category average: 7.7
Job costing
Tracking and monitoring of the costs of all materials, labor, subcontractors, & equipment required for a given construction project. Allows users to compare actual costs to estimated costs, see how the job is progressing, identify which parts of the job are using the largest parts of the budget.
Category average: 7.5
Cost databases
Pulls information from online databases and aggregates it to allow contractors to compare prices of materials from different suppliers.
Category average: 7.6
Bid creation
Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.
Category average: 7.8
B2W Estimate Features from the Vendor
Additional Features
Vendor-contributedCentral Resource Database
Audit Trail
Error-Check Wizard
Export to project management, accounting and field tracking systems
Flexible pay item, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) or hybrid bidding
Specialized functionality for creating bids from databases, templates and cost structures
Vendor and subcontractor RFQ management
Simultaneous use by multiple estimators