PlanGrid is a No-Brainer for Construction Productivity
Updated August 16, 2017
PlanGrid is a No-Brainer for Construction Productivity
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with PlanGrid
We 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.
- 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 Revu
Bluebeam and PlanGrid work great together, not sure one could replace the other. Bluebeam is really great for more detailed markups, better than PlanGrid in that respect. When you zoom out on the markups for PlanGrid, markups get really thick and unreadable.
For me, Procore is not that useful from a sub-contract level. I find it is very difficult to find what I need, the iPad version is clunky and drawing management is slow and not that useful. PlanGrid allows you flip through drawings very quickly.
For me, Procore is not that useful from a sub-contract level. I find it is very difficult to find what I need, the iPad version is clunky and drawing management is slow and not that useful. PlanGrid allows you flip through drawings very quickly.