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The takeoff and markup tools work very well.
The mobile application works very well.,The price point for sharing between employees is missing a level I feel...between the free and the next level version.
More integrations with other project management platforms would be great.,7,8,Saved cost and time of printing plans.
Organized location for updating drawings which reduces time spent manually confirming drawings
Increased communication.,ProcoreVerified UserPlanGrid for subcontractors2017-08-24T20:18:49.940ZWe have been using plangrid company wide for about 2 years now as a solution to document distribution issues. We offer access to the plangrid software to anyone willing to use it, it is our best resource for ensuring our entire team is up to date with the latest drawings available.,Plangrid is still the quickest PDF reader on the market. It's the only app that keeps pace with our industry.
The unlimited storage of attachments means that on projects where the number of RFIs can often reach into the hundreds, we never have to make a decision regarding which documents to share with the field.
The simple to use tools, such as quick document mark-up and photo capture have made generating RFIs simpler than ever before.,It'd be nice to have access to upload and edit documents from the app. Only for certain users.
A small business billing option that addresses multiple users of a single account would make managing access simpler. Being able to load unlimited sheets, but only access a specific limit on your team's devices.
Allow users to integrate their own RFI templates into the app, so RFIs can be generated in your own format right from the field, immediately ready to ship.,10,10,Implementing plangrid throughout our operation has drastically reduced construction errors due to working with out of date plans.
Plangrid has allowed me personally as a PM responsible for multiple projects to easily stay on top of and in touch with all of them. The ability to have full project documentation at my fingertips wherever I am, even when I don't have excellent cell service, is invaluable.
Plangrid has reduced the time spent printing and delivering new drawings to job sites by 80% throughout our firm.,Procore and DropboxJames NolanGreat resource for hospital facilities staff; perfect way to access & verify Life Safety drawings & features in the field!2017-08-18T17:01:00.035ZWe use PlanGrid in the hospital facilities maintenance world regularly to view our life safety drawings and confirm the integrity of fire and smoke barriers, etc., during environmental rounds, and to note any life safety deficiencies found during weekly rounds or unscheduled inspections. We are also able to check the size of suites and smoke compartments while in the field, and to capture any changes in life safety features (due to remodels., etc) so our LS plans are updated accordingly.We used PlanGrid on an iPad while walking portions of our 6m S.F. academic health center campus during our most recent joint commission survey, and the LS code surveyor loved it! Carrying one iPad where we had everything he might ask for at our fingertips sure beat carrying around 4 or 5 sets of LS drawings, some of which have up to 40 pages!Now that joint commission engineers (LS surveyors) are being forced into the digital age and utilizing tech more, I expect more of them will expect to see hospital facility managers utilizing mobile access to their building floor plans during the survey, and PlanGrid is perfect for this.,Accessing drawings on the fly. By having the PDFs readily available, you don't have to worry about internet connection issues or lagging issues by going to your plans on a website.
Being able to measure suite sizes, mark issues etc right on the iPad while out in field, instead of carrying a note pad.,PlanGrid has been focused on design & construction; I'd like to see more focus on user-friendly features (and marketing) to those of use MAINTAINING those facilities once they are built.
We met with rep from PlanGrid last summer here in our office and listed some features we'd like to see included eventually. We were told she would take these notes home to the development team, but no one ever followed up with us for more details or to give us an update.
PlanGrid missed a huge opportunity to market itself to healthcare facilities (where the need for such a product is increasing constantly) by not having a booth or presence at the national ASHE (Healthcare Engineering) conference. Many companies with similar technology were there; I was disappointed PlanGrid was not.,9,9,It helped us "wow" a joint commission survey in 2016 and have a successful survey because he loved how we could access plans on an iPad, check suite sizes, and didn't have to carry around huge, heavy sets of life safety plans.Melissa McCainPlanGrid is a No-Brainer for Construction Productivity2017-08-16T21:06:40.476ZWe use PlanGrid in our construction division - mostly Project Managers, Project Engineers and Foreman. We use it to update drawings to the field to ensure they have the latest plans. The biggest issue it addresses in making sure the field has the latest drawings, easily referencing past drawings, and a tool for communication between the office and the field. Prior to PlanGrid, there were many instances where architectural or owner updates were not communicated to field efficiently and a lot of time was spent either slip-sheeting or updating paper binders of changes, resulting in re-work and lost time/money.,Organize plans and reference past drawing sets.
Communicate with the field.
Make sure the field has the latest plans.
Link architectural or owner changes (by way of attachments) on the drawings so the field has the latest changes (vs previous paper model where RFI's were stuck in a binder somewhere and stuff got missed).
Post submittals and schedules so the field has everything they need in one place.,We are an electrical firm. I would love to specify which drawings to view first in a whole set of drawings. Currently I label E1.0 to "_E1.0" so it will be up top, but update the drawings with the latest set means I need to manually add the "_" in front which is a pain.
Quick count.
Turn off specific markups, organized by date. I think you can do this on web but haven't been able to do on iPad.
Send an email summary of changes to the team so the field (who often does not refresh PlanGrid on a regular basis) knows that there has been an update.,10,10,Save paper but more importantly time. I can upload the latest drawings and don't have to send it out to the printer, only to find out weeks later the plans never got delivered and they are still building off of the old set.
A quick way to mark up changes to the drawings and "push to master" so whole team can view and track
The field adoption has been quick. There are still a few old-school Foreman who don't want to use it but most love it. The cost of equipment can pay for itself by reducing paper and by reducing re-work due to design changes.,Procore and Bluebeam RevuKara Hermann, PE, LEED APIncreased production and profitability with minimal effort2017-08-16T15:50:24.360ZPlanGrid is currently being used within our company to deliver up to date plans, specifications, and addendum between our office an supervisors in the field. We currently have three subscriptions of PlanGrid. One large subscription (5000 pages) for the main office to upload all documents for ongoing projects, and two smaller subscriptions (500 pages) that are utilized by our in field staff. The in field staff manages their downloads based on the projects they will be on over the next few weeks. PlanGrid has greatly reduced the time it takes to get accurate information from our estimating/project management staff out to our field staff, and eliminated costly errors generated from working off old project documents. In addition it helps keep the office staff aware of any issues on site during the course of our daily operations. The foreman is able to send RFI's, document damaged or incorrect work, and provide daily as built markups so adjustments to scheduling can be made as required.,PlanGrid gives us the ability to maintain the most current set of drawings for a project. When plans change the user still has the ability to review the old version to determine where and why something has changed.
PlanGrid lets the user include PDF documents for the project without using up the number of sheets in the subsctiption. This allows us to provide the field staff with specifications, addendum write-ups, and other internal documents our company uses to make sure things are done correctly the first time.
PlanGrid allows our users in the field to submit RFI's, document issues, scale drawings, and provide daily markups of the work completed. This keeps our office staff informed of what is going on in the field and make adjustments to increase productivity and profitability.,PlanGrid lacks in the scaling/measuring of plans. We would like to see an improvement in setting up the scale for a sheet and make it easier to measure in ways other than a straight line.
I would like to see PlanGrids sheet recognition improve when uploading plan sheets. Sometimes it picks up the plan number and title, but not consistently.,10,10,The use of PlanGrid has cut down on our printing cost for plan documents. We can now upload the most current set of plans and instantly have it distributed to our entire team without needing several paper copies.
With the ability to upload blueprints, specifications, and other project documents on PlanGrid we not longer have to worry about everyone within our company having the most up to date documents.
The ability to document issues and submit RFI's via the app has cut down on our turnaround time for submitting pricing adjustments. Plus the general contractor is always happy to see supporting documentation for these requested pricing adjustments.,Brandon Zahrt
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