Procore Use
November 09, 2017

Procore Use

chelsea sakata | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Procore

Many of our subcontractors and clients have trouble navigating ProCore to the places we direct them to. This requires us to take the time to teach each person--which isn't something we always have time to do.
We have 2 branches to our company (one located in Hawaii and the other in LA). We use ProCore for both branches to keep track of projects and to pass along important documents. We also use it to issue Contracts, Sub-contracts, Changes Orders, etc. ProCore allows us to easily provide our clients with one place to find all their documents (plans, contracts, contact information, etc), which would otherwise be lost within tons of emails.
  • Manages and uploads plans to one place and allows for drawing edits for all appropriate parties to see.
  • Allows users to make changes to things that have been submitted, while also automatically informing all appropriate parties of the changes.
  • Sends reminders to clients and subcontractors about answering RFIs that would otherwise have been forgotten about.
  • The online video demonstrations of how to use all of ProCores tools can be a little hard to watch. It's not that the videos are particularly difficult to understand, but the aren't the most stimulating thing to sit through and watch. They tried their best to break it down by providing quizzes and shorter videos, but when you look at how much material there is to learn in one course, it's daunting.
For what I do within our company, I have not had to really use these features. I collaborate mostly through my email.
  • Saved Paper
  • Allowed mobile access to documents on the field
ProCore is great for uploading photos from the field, straight to the desired project and it's also great to use it for bringing up specific information for the subcontractor to view on the field.

It's less suited for emails to clients and subcontractors and for being user friendly to first time users (subcontractors/clients).

Procore Feature Ratings

Plan distribution & viewing
8
Plan markups & sharing
8
Document sharing
8
Issue tracking & punchlists
8
Photo documentation
10
Jobsite reports
9
RFI tools
10
Collaboration & approvals
8
Mobile app
10