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https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/gY/BN/3X0N7O5FG2BQ.PNGPlanGridChoose Plangrid and your users will love you.2018-12-26T14:18:49.780ZWe are currently in the process of integrating Plangrid in all of our departments except accounting. We initially used it just for doing punch-lists but now require all projects to use it for progress photos, plan viewing and markups, as well as the aforementioned punch-lists. It immediately saves us money in requiring less printing of plans as well as better documentation of punch-lists with attached pictures. Plangrid also breeds collaboration by allowing easy sharing of all data within the program.,Plangrid is the best SaaS I have seen for ease of uploading construction plans and automated organization of those plans.
For companies that are not using other products for mobile access, the Plangrid mobile apps are perfect to allow people on and off site to share and collaborate in many phases of construction project documentation.
Plangrid has a very responsive technical support team (although it is pretty much email only).
Plangrid's website layout is easy to use and understand and allows new users to jump right in and do basic to moderate tasks without little training.,Plangrid is in the process of adding enhanced construction documentation such as better Submittal, RFI, and Field Reporting modules, but the ones in place right now will not be up to par for some people used to more full-featured applications such as Sage or Procore.
Like other SaaS Construction applications, Plangrid is very expensive. Too expensive in my opinion. They should find ways to offer more tiers of cost so smaller companies can use the application is a limited manner and not have to pay the same cost as the larger companies which may get more use out of advanced features.
On the same theme of cost, many of Plangrids collaboration features require all collaborators to have a license. Try telling all 30 subs on your project that they have to run out and pay an extra $50-$100/MO per employee to collaborate with you. Does not always go over well.
Plangrids Field Report, Submittal and RFI modules are still a bit of a work in progress.,9,8,Plangrid saves a tremendous amount of time when it comes to onsite plan viewing. With a tablet, someone can walk the site and have all plans at their fingertips without the need to return to a trailer for reviewing plans or markups. This frees up onsite personnel for other duties and in some cases saves money by requiring less people on the job.
Their punch-list/issues feature is another big time and money saver by making the entry and distribution of punch-lists much easier than more archaic methods. Users have the ability to create reports by sub/trade and send the sub a punch-list with just their specific issues on it.
Despite their RFI and Submittal features still being a work in progress they too speed up turn around time and entry time vs. older methods. This frees up POM's for other tasks and again, in some cases, allows a great ROI with less manpower needs.,Procore and Sage 300 Construction and Real EstateJeffrey RudacillePlanGrid is great2019-01-08T03:22:53.444ZWe use PlanGrid to communicate information to the field. It allows us to share information with the field staff immediately. Our estimators also use it when attending pre-bid walks.,One of the things that we like about Plan Grid is when we receive an updated plan sheet we can upload it and have a record of the changes that have been made along the way.
Information can be shared in real time.
Our field team has all of the information that they need at their fingertips.,Uploading revised plans is a little cumbersome. It would be nice if you didn't have to add a new version every time you updated a sheet.
Sometimes the sheet number and name recognition does not work properly when adding a new job or updating sheets. There is a workaround but it would be nice if it was more consistent.
The cost seems a little high. It would be nice if they increased the plan limit for each pricing tier.
They got rid of their free version, 50 sheet limit. We used to have our estimators use this option, but now we have to pay for a subscription for a service that is only used once in a while.,9,9,I am not sure if the subscription cost per user is a cheaper option than paper, but it certainly saves us the hassle of getting documents printed, updated, delivered, etc.
The timeliness of the information being shared does certainly help us avoid rework. We seem to have fewer communication problems now.
It is nice to have all of the information in one program. The teams seem to like it better. However, with anything, new some prefer paper over an iPad.,Bluebeam Revu,20,8,The biggest thing for us is the real time information sharing between the team members.
One of the other benefits is that it works both ways. If the field has a question about a scope issue they can snap a picture, push it to master, and the Project Manager can see what they are asking about and address it immediately.
We also share company specific documents that all of our field leaders are required to have access to when they are on site. We can change these documents and share to all of the teams with relative ease.,We have stated to use some of the other functions that PlanGrid seems to add periodically. Some of our field supervisors are using the daily logs and seem to like it better than hand writing the information daily.
We are starting to use it for time cards.
The punch list feature has saved us a few times because we were able to document damage before the punch list was generated.,As mentioned in the previous question we would like all of our time cards to be electronic.
We are utilizing the daily logs and adding photos so we can have better documentation of the issues that become disputes at the end of the job.,10,Bluebeam Revu, Procore, Microsoft Office 365Kyle MontagueExpanding Use of PlanGrid Features2019-01-08T17:39:54.113ZWe love using PlanGrid for it ability to put all the documents, questions and images in one place for a project team. It's extremely useful to us during the program verification and design stages. We can track issues that need resolved during the detailing at the construction documents stage later on in the process. We've used the app on iPhones and iPads as well as Windows devices, but much prefer iOS.,Reliability
Progress Photos
IssuesLog,Sharing access with non-users,10,7,Improved Coordination
Issues in one place,Asana, Bluebeam Revu and Adobe Acrobat DCNicholas BittnerBest Plan Management Software I've Used So Far!2018-12-21T22:29:31.826ZPlanGrid is used mainly out in the field on our construction jobsites. 100% of all project engineers use PlanGrid, and is the main platform we use to view drawings in the field. It is mainly used by the operations department that are located offsite and not in the corporate office. It addresses the need for physical copies of plans and the tiresome re-printing and re-updating your plan set.,Great at updating and consolidating plan sets!
The filter option on plans is particularly helpful when you want to vie wa specific plan set, like electrical drawings only or fire protection and plumbing only.
Great with incorporating and managing RFI's, ASI's and punchlist items.,I wish there were an option to git rid of a notification once you've seen it, e.g. "you're viewing an old plan sheet - do you want to continue?" There should be an option on this pop-up to say "Noted - do not show this message again".
Better markup options, similar to BlueBeam. I feel like the options available are limited.
Better able to view linked sheets. Some sheets do not link automatically to the detail they are referenced in.,10,10,Saved time and paper
Ease of communication with the subcontractors
Easy to use for all users so quick implementation for companySheila NguyenPlanGrid as a Project Management/Documentation Control Program2018-12-21T17:33:17.982ZPlanGrid is used to share drawings and documents with the entire project team. Team members can use it to markup/measure plans, as well as overlay previous iterations. The calibration feature is usually pretty accurate and allows users to create complete quantity takeoffs as well as check dimensions. It is used on a few project teams.,Measurement Calibration
Drawing Overlay
Facilitates collaboration,System updates are slow
Can only have one measurement calibration per page
Slow to download PDFs,9,9,Saved paper
Improved coordination
Easy to use,Bluebeam RevuNatalee Easthom
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