Easy Field Review of Plans
August 16, 2017
Easy Field Review of Plans
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with PlanGrid
I use PlanGrid to view project plans on my iPad Pro at job sites. I often have the only current plans on hand when there are questions. More and more, Project Superintendents have out-of-date paper sets (sometimes Owners won't let Superintendents have the current set because it is not formally permitted yet - but that is what we are building in the field). I'll fault Cities and Counties as much as Owners, because most still require paper sets for permitting and approvals - and probably at job trailers too. Maybe you target municipalities and their massive plan rooms full of giant file drawers (I haven't had a plan file drawer for about 15 years now - and no plotter for about 5 years). Just make sure that PDF is the standard - don't let CAD enter into any municipal requirements. Thanks and good luck.
- Easy navigation between plan sheets - even while walking a job site with no table.
- Great zooming for review in the field.
- Loading and deleting plan sets can be confusing and time-consuming.
- Deleting plans or plan sets is difficult - I do it infrequently enough that I have a hard time finding what to click on.
- My small office just keeps the PDF count below 50 so I haven't been paying PlanGrid so far (retiring soon) - the jump up in PDF count is so huge that I can't justify the cost - maybe a smaller category of increase which would make sense for me.