Architect's point of view on PlanGrid
August 16, 2017
Architect's point of view on PlanGrid
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with PlanGrid
It's being used mostly for coordination purposes between all trades. At this time, only a few people within our architectural department are using this program. We are a full Architecture and Engineering firm. As an example, for one of my projects, the contractor is not taking advantage of what PlanGrid has to offer. They are not using any of the following programs: Issues, RFIs and Field Reports.
- The overlay or "compare sheets" works great for coordination purposes.
- The fact that you can share your comments to each sheet with others in the team.
- For Punchlist items or Field Observations Reports, it's great to snap a picture and place it on a plan sheet for reference.
- At the compare icon, it would be great if it had the ability to shift the inserted drawing in order to align with the walls. In most cases when dealing with outside consultants the plans do not align with each other for coordination purposes.
- For the attachment, if it had the same capabilities as the drawings sheets this would be better.
- It would be great if you could insert word documents or another type of file and inset it to the plan like an image. In my case, the contractor is not using the RFIs icon to its full capacity so when they issue a PDF/Word doc as a RFI it would help for coordination purposes in the field.
- Saving paper for sure!
- Coordination purposes with multiple trades.
- Shares files with field conditions.