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PlanSwift, by ConstructConnect

PlanSwift, by ConstructConnect

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What is PlanSwift, by ConstructConnect?

PlanSwift is a quantity takeoff software for construction estimating. It features a drag-and-drop interface and automatically calculates material and labor estimations in exportable formats. PlanSwift was acquired by ConstructConnect in the middle of 2018.

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PlanSwift is a versatile software that caters to the needs of various departments within an organization. The primary use case revolves …
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PlanSwift Review

8 out of 10
October 25, 2017
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Planswift is being used by the Project Development department, mostly by the Estimators to determine product quantities required by …
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$1,595

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Product Details

What is PlanSwift, by ConstructConnect?

PlanSwift is a quantity takeoff software for construction. It provides a drag-and-drop interface that utilizes assembly templates for quantity counts and measurements. PlanSwift automatically calculates material and labor calculations and exports the information via built-in reports or as raw data to 3rd party software like Excel. The tool provides trade-specific features for general contractors, concrete, drywall, electrical, flooring, framing, HVAC, landscaping, painting, plumbing, and other specialties. It is priced at $1595 for the first year, then $300/year per license in subsequent years.

PlanSwift, by ConstructConnect Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo
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PlanSwift is a versatile software that caters to the needs of various departments within an organization. The primary use case revolves around the pre-construction department, where team members utilize the software for take-off and pricing of intricate plans. With PlanSwift, the process becomes easier, quicker, and clearer, ensuring smooth collaboration among team members. Additionally, the Project Management team relies on the software to confirm take-off items, while former members of the estimating department occasionally use it for quantity takeoffs on project sites. However, most estimators now prefer Bluebeam for this task.

Contractors across different trades have expressed their satisfaction with PlanSwift's accuracy and ability to provide marked up drawings. This feature enables them to easily identify variations, saving time and effort during project execution. In terms of compatibility, users value PlanSwift's integration with Excel, allowing them to present schedules in their preferred format for clients. The software's impact on productivity cannot be underestimated, as it significantly reduces the time and paperwork required for measuring jobs.

Customer service is another aspect that receives praise from users. The responsiveness and support offered by the customer service department have been appreciated by customers. With its availability on both mobile devices and desktop computers, PlanSwift offers accessibility and flexibility to users.

Overall, PlanSwift functions as a central hub for construction businesses, serving as the primary quantity take-off software for Project Managers and Estimators in organizations like Benchmark Construction. It streamlines workflow across departments by providing accurate quantities and valuable information for trade partners and project managers alike. Furthermore, it replaces paper copies of drawings and saves time and expenses in proposal building in the estimation department. Lastly, PlanSwift finds application in determining product quantities required by Territory Managers across the country in the Project Development department.

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Convenient Single Click/Hover-over Feature: Several users have found the single click/hover-over functionality in PlanSwift to be extremely convenient for quickly obtaining various attributes of a take-off. According to their feedback, this feature proves particularly helpful when determining the length of slab edge form for multiple types of slabs in different areas.

Highly Praised Browsing Feature: The browsing capability in PlanSwift has received high praise from many users. They appreciate how it simplifies file and image sharing with colleagues by allowing them to easily add any file or image from across their network.

Major Advantage of Integration with MS Excel: Many users consider the seamless integration between PlanSwift and MS Excel as one of its major advantages. It significantly streamlines the process of creating and evaluating reports during or at the end of a project.

  1. Lack of user-friendly features beyond linear and square foot takeoffs: Some users have expressed that the software becomes outdated and less intuitive when using functions beyond linear foot and square foot takeoffs, making it difficult for them to perform more complex tasks efficiently.

  2. Difficulty in accessing technical support: Several users have found it challenging to schedule technical support sessions and have reported limited availability, leading to dissatisfaction with the assistance provided by the company.

  3. Limited training resources: Users have mentioned that the training videos offered by the software are limited in scope and hard to follow, hindering their ability to effectively learn how to use the program.

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
All of our estimators and project managers use it for our project take offs. It provides a central hub for our entire team to work from which is crucial. We also have all of our projects saved through SharePoint, making all of the information accessible anytime, anywhere. The main use is blueprint take offs and all of the information trickles down to all departments.
  • Easy to use and intuitive.
  • Accurate data to use for projects, allowing for a central hub for all teams to work from.
  • It's a central stop from take off and plan review all the way to plugging numbers into our estimating.
  • The ability to link through SharePoint, which always access from any user and location.
  • It could be more intuitive / easy to use on some of the more in depth areas like saving pricing per item.
  • I think it would be great to have more 1:1 virtual training, especially with COVID times.
  • If there was a way to easily track and save some of your frequent costs, as to create a type of estimating database.
If you're in any type of construction it is a no brainer. It makes analyzing a job extremely easy from estimating to constant review during all phases. The best part is allowing all of your information and calculations from a blueprint to be in a single, accessible location, allowing for a consistency across all departments. Everyone is working in a single spot which avoids confusion.
  • Huge return on investment with time savings compared to manual / hand take off.
  • Accurate and reliable numbers to use for your team.
  • Creating a single take off for all parties to use, in a single location, removing all guess work or confusion.
  • Inspires collaboration by having multiple people work within the same project within the software.
I have not used any other software before! We've had PlanSwift and have stuck with it!
Ketaki Shiralkar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The pre-construction department of our organization is the primary user of PlanSwift. However, from time to time, the Project Management team finds itself browsing through this software for confirming take-off items. It makes the take-off and pricing for intricate plans easier, quicker, and clearer for all team members to understand the work.
  • It has this really convenient single click/hover-over feature where it tells various attributes of a take-off. For example, if an area has multiple types of slabs, and we need to find the length of slab edge form for all of those, we just need to hover over each area and it gives us the quantities.
  • It has a great browsing feature - you can add any file/image from across your network thus making it easier to share with colleagues.
  • It integrates directly with MS Excel thus making it easier to create and evaluate reports during or at the end of a project.
  • It has good tools for editing as well - for instance you take off a slab on grade as floating but later find out that it sits on top of the foundation walls - you don't need to redo the take off, you can merely double-click, add extra points and move them around to modify your work.
  • If there was a way to break a take-off line, that would be very helpful. At times I find myself taking the curbs off for the site work, and when I need to separate the straight curbs with the integrated curbs with sidewalks, I need to just redo the work. It would have been good if PlanSwift gave an option of breaking down lines the way it does for deducting parts from an area.
I use PlanSwift for all my projects - it has just cut my time by a major percentage when it comes to quantifying a blueprint. At times there are funky areas, which are just hard to calculate on paper. It also has a great tool for scaling according to the dimensions, so if a drawing is missing a scale, you can always allot a scale by giving directions and then marking the points. I use this tool to check the scale as well - sometimes the drawings say something but the scale if off and you are left with an incorrect take-off. The dimension tool is a good way to check that.

We don't use it much for pricing purposes though, we have found other software which are more robust when it comes to estimation, but we can see using PlanSwift for pricing sometime in the future.
  • The positive impact is that it has simplified our quantifying process and also helps keep records in a great way. The Project Managers can access a file from years past, and check the items they need to, as opposed to a personal long hand take-off done by someone which has the chances of getting misplaced.
  • We don't use this for pricing purposes, so we haven't had much return on investment there.
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