ConstructConnect Bid Management

We use SmartBid both for educational purposes in Management engineering courses at the University where I work and in managing complex restoration works for historic buildings. In particular, SmartBid is very useful in managing complex construction sites in all the different phases of intervention (from diagnostics to conservation). We use the free version of the software with our students. SmartBid helps us to save precious time. It is also handy software to store working documents and share them with all workers.

• It has incredibly increased our efficiency. SmartBid allows you to speed up complex operations through significant simplification.
• SmartBid allows you to work even remotely (smart working). This made us possible to follow various construction sites from a distance.
• It helps manage and monitor different projects together. The documentation is always accessible, and this incredibly increases the speed of execution of the interventions in construction sites.

Adobe Analytics, Revit, Autodesk Civil 3D

• SmartBid helps eliminate jumping all over the place, all your invites are on one system.
• It allows us to see who and how many general contractors are bidding, let’s us know if it’s a job worth spending time on.

BuildingConnected

Bluebeam Revu, BuildingConnected, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Flow, WeTransfer, Microsoft Publisher

As a subcontractor, we are a user of iSqFt as part of our bidding and estimating process. Our general contractor clients send us bid invitations through iSqFt along with the project documents, specifications, and drawings for each project. The platform allows for sharing documents and information easily with all project stakeholders.

• Allows us to receive project bids from clients
• Allows potential clients to send us project bids
• Has gotten us jobs

Building Stack, Procore and SmartBid

BuildingConnected, an Autodesk product, Procore, PicMonkey, Canva, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

iSqFt helps me keep track of upcoming projects and bidding opportunities in my area. It has projects listed that I may not have been aware of if not through their platform. iSqFt also send emails when new bidding opportunities featuring my scope become available which is a great for someone who is busy bidding projects because it eliminates the time it takes digging through the bid boards to find relevant projects.

• It has helped increase exposure and the number of General Contractors we can meet and bid with
• It has caused some wasted time by digging through bids that do not have all the relevant information to issue a proposal
• It has made bidding opportunities easier by sending them directly to us.

PlanHub

Procore, AutoCAD, NitroAccelerator

I have to use iSqFt when a general contractor sends me a bid invite thru their service. I am the only one who uses it in our company. iSqFt would be a great asset to me because it gets me plans, bid invites etc.

• I have done a lot of take-offs on iSqFt and won a few that I have done on there but like I said, if I can get the plans elsewhere I do.

Procore

BidClerk, BuildingConnected