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What is e-Builder?

e-Builder is a cloud-based construction program management solution that manages capital program cost, schedule, and documents. It allows owners to measure and manage the capital project delivery process from planning, design, procurement, construction and operations.

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A- builder not E-builder

Rating: 6 out of 10
May 17, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We would use e- Builder to create reports and build new dashboards. The company has been pretty happy with the results. My guys are not the most tech savviest so this website ...
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LIZET MELGOZA
Manager - Finance and Accounting
Office Manager
CCI
e-Builder2 years of experience

A Consultant's Thoughts on e-Builder

Rating: 5 out of 10
May 12, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The client for several of our projects uses e-Builder for deliverables, RFI's, documents, and communication. e-Builder allows for a web-based central location for everything r...
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Verified user
Supervisor
e-Builder2 years of experience

e-Builder helps us build better

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 9, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
e-Builder is being used by our organization to make tracking of projects easier. I work in higher education and we have in house project management and we are the main users, ...
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Susan Evans
Project Manager - Other
Project Coordinator
Cornell University
e-Builder4 years of experience

EB=GSD (Get Stuff Done!!)

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 21, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Currently, I've been an EB Admin support for a major water utility client in Pittsburgh. Our firm helped with the implementation, developing processes, and help manage user ro...
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Giuseppe Sciulli
Program Manager - Engineering
Senior Project Manager | Water, Environment, & Facilities
Mott MacDonald
e-Builder4 years of experience

e-Builder, works for me.

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 20, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use E-builder as a means of managing projects with the state. It is a great tool for updates on submittals, communications, and submitting invoices for processing as well a...
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Cshiana Brown
Administrator - Other
Executive Coordinator / Accountant
Total Systems Commissioning (TSCx)
e-Builder2 years of experience
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What is e-Builder?

e-Builder is a cloud-based construction program management solution that manages capital program cost, schedule, and documents. It allows owners to measure and manage the capital project delivery process from planning, design, procurement, construction and operations.

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Features

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)

7.4
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is e-Builder?

e-Builder is a construction program management solution that manages capital program cost, schedule, and documents. According to the vendor, e-Builder is a complete solution designed at its core to deliver control and reduce surprises for owners of capital programs.

As an owner-centric project information management system, e-Builder is the trusted central repository and becomes a knowledge-base for improving performance. It allows owners to measure and manage every step of the capital project delivery process from planning, design, procurement, construction and operations. By using a cloud-based program management solution, owners benefit from reduced cycle times, hard-dollar cost savings, mitigated risks and exceptional productivity.

e-Builder Features

Construction Project & Field Management Features

  • Supported: Plan distribution & viewing
  • Supported: Plan markups & sharing
  • Supported: Document sharing
  • Supported: Issue tracking & punchlists
  • Supported: Photo documentation
  • Supported: Jobsite reports
  • Supported: RFI tools
  • Supported: Collaboration & approvals
  • Supported: As-built drawings
  • Supported: Mobile app

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e-Builder Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

e-Builder is a cloud-based construction program management solution that manages capital program cost, schedule, and documents. It allows owners to measure and manage the capital project delivery process from planning, design, procurement, construction and operations.

Procore are common alternatives for e-Builder.

Reviewers rate Plan markups & sharing highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of e-Builder are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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EB=GSD (Get Stuff Done!!)

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 21, 2018
GS
Giuseppe Sciulli
Senior Project Manager | Water, Environment, & Facilities
Mott MacDonald (Civil Engineering, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
e-Builder
4 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, I've been an EB Admin support for a major water utility client in Pittsburgh. Our firm helped with the implementation, developing processes, and help manage user roles/permissions. In addition, being able to develop metrics and benchmarks for the client based on the historical and new data.

Also, provide EB support for a local client, in the education sector. We helped them modify existing processes they currently had (which EB had implemented in 2014) and created new processes which they needed since they wanted to get other consultants in the system.


Pros
  • We have been able to reduce change orders from 35% down to 3%, below industry average (5%).
  • Been able to reduce Vendor Invoice payment from 45 days down to an average of 33 days. A reduction of 26%. Been able to reduce Contractor Pay Application payments from 45 days down to average of 32 days. A reduction of 27%.
  • Been able to make everything electronic and help create or modify processes to help increase production of work, or make it easier for Project Managers to manage more projects.
Cons
  • It would be great if EB can introduce an asset management module where we can tie assets to a project. This is the biggest issue I am currently having. If you can develop this, it would make Finance, Engineering, and Operations life easier. In addition, synchronize data out in field to EB for creating specific reports. For example, in water utility environment, knowing how much total linear feet of water line pipes were installed per day, per month, or per year. Furthermore, know what size pipe was installed.
  • Help improve the Planning Module and make it more user friendly, similar to the updates made to Schedule Module
  • Provide better reporting options on Dashboard Module. For example, allowing us to choose different types of charts, colors, etc.
  • Improve the speed connection downtime which always happens around 1230am-2pm EST. EB really drags in speed when already logged in or having to log in to access the system.
Likelihood to Recommend

Besides the positive items I reported earlier, this has been on of the most user friendly system compared to other systems I've used.

In addition, its customizable vs off the shelf product. Also, internally, adjustments can be made to processes w/o calling EB to have them correct it.

e-Builder Feature Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management (10)
76%
7.6
Plan distribution & viewing
10%
1.0
Plan markups & sharing
100%
10.0
Document sharing
100%
10.0
Issue tracking & punchlists
100%
10.0
Photo documentation
100%
10.0
Jobsite reports
100%
10.0
RFI tools
80%
8.0
Collaboration & approvals
100%
10.0
As-built drawings
60%
6.0
Mobile app
10%
1.0
Estimating
N/A
N/A
Human Resource Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • See comments made earlier showing how EB has helped reduced the amount of CO rate and help get invoices paid quickly by using EB.
Alternatives Considered
EB is user friendly and stacks up very high, compared to the others.
Other Software Used

e-Builder helps us build better

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 09, 2022
SE
Susan Evans
Project Coordinator
Cornell University (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
e-Builder
4 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
e-Builder is being used by our organization to make tracking of projects easier. I work in higher education and we have in house project management and we are the main users, but it also is being used to allow all of the stakeholders involved in a project access to the documents and costs associated with a project. Previous to having e-Builder, project managers tended to keep project information on their personal computers or in shared drives. Different PM's arranged their files differently and it was often difficult to determine where things were if a PM left or handed a project over to another person. With e-Builder implementation, we have a central document repository and a folder structure that is the same across all projects. It also allows direct integration with our financial systems which makes it easier to track project costs.
Pros
  • Provide a document structure that is easy to navigate. All documents, even within a process, are stored in the document structure and easily accessed by those with the correct permissions.
  • Scheduling, especially with the new module is easy. It is helpful with a large organization where many hands touch projects to be able to forecast workloads (we have an in house engineering team who reviews all projects during their design phase)
  • Allows for easy interface with contractors and makes the submittal process more straightforward.
Cons
  • We have MS Project 2016 and it doesn't interface with the new schedule module.
  • We have multiple layers of submittal approvals. Additional functionality to reflect how submittals are reviewed would be great.
  • The new schedule module Save button is in a location that is not intuitive to look for. If it could auto save or not be all the way on the upper right hand side, it would be easier to use.
Likelihood to Recommend
e-Builder is well suited to situations where there are stakeholders across a large organization who need updates on a regular basis and great for tracking costs and schedule. It is less well suited to small projects with little complexity. It is also not well suited to projects with multiple primes.
e-Builder Feature Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management (10)
79%
7.9
Plan distribution & viewing
90%
9.0
Plan markups & sharing
90%
9.0
Document sharing
90%
9.0
Issue tracking & punchlists
90%
9.0
Photo documentation
40%
4.0
Jobsite reports
90%
9.0
RFI tools
90%
9.0
Collaboration & approvals
90%
9.0
As-built drawings
80%
8.0
Mobile app
40%
4.0
Estimating
N/A
N/A
Human Resource Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Has added extra steps to processes that were previously easier. And I work for a university that complicates everything
  • Has more than cut in half the time it takes to generate reports about project status
  • Has made project management more efficient
Other Software Used

A- builder not E-builder

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
May 17, 2022
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We would use e- Builder to create reports and build new dashboards. The company has been pretty happy with the results. My guys are not the most tech savviest so this website makes things an easy breeze. My boss previously used this at her old company so she comes with 3+ plus years experience. It's a very well-organized software for construction project management. This software covers all the bases from documentation to project closeout as needed for a construction project.
Pros
  • Dashboards
  • Reports
  • Audits
  • Closeouts
  • Sharing
Cons
  • slow system after hours
  • refreshment
  • more training videos
  • Updates
Likelihood to Recommend
e-Builder offers good financial reporting on projects. It also holds accountability with PMs, Directors, and Executive Directors. Very good auditing tool that can help score staff performance and outside consultants or contractors. It's easy to build reports and dashboards including building customized reports and workflows. Allows everything to tie back to a project including cost, budget, documents, forms, invoices, and change orders.
e-Builder Feature Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management (10)
55%
5.5
Plan distribution & viewing
70%
7.0
Plan markups & sharing
70%
7.0
Document sharing
70%
7.0
Issue tracking & punchlists
60%
6.0
Photo documentation
20%
2.0
Jobsite reports
80%
8.0
RFI tools
50%
5.0
Collaboration & approvals
50%
5.0
As-built drawings
50%
5.0
Mobile app
30%
3.0
Estimating
N/A
N/A
Human Resource Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • user friendly
  • file structure
  • project progress
Alternatives Considered
We have not compared other plans since the boss prefers this program from personal experience. But from using this program for 2 years I can see why we don't need to compare. Why fix something that isn't broken? It gets the job done, yes we might run into some issues but I feel like with all companies that can happen.
Other Software Used
Products Replaced
No
Key Differentiators
  • Price
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Evaluation Lessons Learned
Would not change a thing.

Reflections on e-Builder

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 27, 2018
Verified User
Manager in Quality Assurance
Civil Engineering Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
e-Builder
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
e-Builder is being used by our firm on any project we consult for where our client is the Illinois Tollway Authority. It is used company-wide. As far as business problems addressed, I feel e-Builder has been efficient in assisting with tracking changes in our budget and managing contract and invoice approvals. It's also helpful in organizing requests for change orders as well as budget approvals.
Pros
  • I appreciate the fully configurable dashboards. They are beneficial for both individual or company-wide use.
  • Getting email alerts when documents are recently uploaded is helpful with staying on top of current submittal processes. Highly supportive in the process of getting items paid for in a timely fashion.
  • Redundancy is easily reduced because e-Builder is helpful in standardizing different processes. Transparency is also emphasized, which keeps people on the same page.
Cons
  • The restrictions in formatting, and sorting of information rendered, in a way, affects the reporting output.
  • At certain times of day, e-Builder traffic causes the loading of filtered searches to take a while. This is probably common regardless of the site or software used.
  • More complicated reporting has some limitation, though the program is highly efficient in assisting with simple format reports.
Likelihood to Recommend
e-Builder is well suited for tracking building construction as well as roadwork. The ease of use combined with cloud-based computing makes it beneficial for customization of different departments ranging from quality control and assurance all the way to project management. Also, I feel the reliability factor is very high. There have been minimal instances where I did not have immediate access to the program.
e-Builder Feature Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management (10)
91%
9.1
Plan distribution & viewing
100%
10.0
Plan markups & sharing
80%
8.0
Document sharing
90%
9.0
Issue tracking & punchlists
80%
8.0
Photo documentation
100%
10.0
Jobsite reports
90%
9.0
RFI tools
100%
10.0
Collaboration & approvals
100%
10.0
As-built drawings
80%
8.0
Mobile app
90%
9.0
Estimating
N/A
N/A
Human Resource Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Transparency has helped put team members all in the appropriate "know".
  • The idea that everything is basically kept in one place has helped our project with coordination and planning.
  • Ease of use has helped contribute to time savings.
Other Software Used

e-Builder boosting project productivity

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 20, 2018
Verified User
Employee in Engineering
Environmental Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
e-Builder
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
e-Builder was originally used only in the engineering department for one of our projects because our client used it. We would use e-Builder to review plan drawings and designs with other companies who are also involved with the project and used to upload daily inspection reports and photo logs. We would also use the program to view upcoming projects with the client and to schedule meetings.

Since then, we have increased the usage of e-Builder and it's now used in both our engineering and industrial hygiene departments because more clients are using the program. We now use e-Builder for reviewing and submitting drawings/project designs, daily inspection reports, submittals for environmental review and much more. e-Builder makes it easier to coordinate with other companies or entities involved in a larger project and allows everyone to be on the same system so we can be efficient and accurate at our job.
Pros
  • The dashboard is laid out nicely where you can see everything that is relevant or important to your projects without having to go searching for it.
  • e-Builder allows you to customize your dashboard so there is only relevant information and you're not seeing a bunch of folders or tabs that are unrelated to any of your projects.
Cons
  • Maybe I haven't found the feature yet, but it would be nice if e-builder also sent you an email notification for items marked hot or important so that you know you need to address something immediately.
  • Sometimes the preview for reports and documents are slow.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's good at allowing multiple companies to work on a project or be involved in meetings. It can also be used strictly company-wide to allow more situations where employees can work from home and still collaborate on a project with other employees. There are similar programs out there that offer the same or similar features that might be cheaper so smaller companies might not go with e-Builder and with a different program strictly based on cost.
e-Builder Feature Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management (8)
80%
8.0
Plan distribution & viewing
80%
8.0
Plan markups & sharing
80%
8.0
Document sharing
90%
9.0
Issue tracking & punchlists
80%
8.0
Photo documentation
80%
8.0
Jobsite reports
80%
8.0
Collaboration & approvals
80%
8.0
As-built drawings
70%
7.0
Estimating
N/A
N/A
Human Resource Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • More productive with the clients we have used it with.
  • e-Builder runs smoother and is more user-friendly than the previous programs our clients had been using so this has started to increase our productivity on projects with these clients.
Alternatives Considered
The previous program our client used was not user-friendly; documents wouldn't load properly and it was hard to find the project file or document you were looking for. It was harder to collaborate with other companies or entities than it is with e-Builder so switching has been a great improvement.
Other Software Used
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