The Best Product for Project Management- Sustainability Consultant Perspective
Updated June 15, 2022

The Best Product for Project Management- Sustainability Consultant Perspective

Laura Samoisette, LEED AP, WELL AP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Project Management

Overall Satisfaction with Procore

As a sustainability consultant, I often use Procore to review submittals, hold sustainability rating system documentation, and review drawings and specs. Typically, we are involved with LEED of WELL projects, but also the occasional Passive House or Net-Zero project. Procore assists in having a central and accessible place for the most up-to-date documentation. It also helps to organize submittals nicely and search for keywords throughout all submittals easily.
  • Hosting most up to date documents- easy access for all team members
  • Organizing submittals and allowing for searches of particular folders for keywords
  • Folder and file uploads are straightforward
  • Downloading drawing sets sometimes involves an extra step that holds up the process
  • The dashboard is simplistic to the point that I don't feel like I am getting enough information about a specific project from the get-go
  • Granting access to a project on Procore is not very straightforward as a consultant- restrictions sometimes cause hold-ups
  • Procore saves time on searching submittals, giving us a larger budget to work with
  • Hosting our sustainability-related documents on Procore reduces confusion amongst the team
  • Reviewing drawings is made easy- zoom functions work well and you don't need to worry about large files loading pages slowly since you can view page by page
Autodesk Bim 360 is lesser than Procore in my opinion. That's because it is less commonly used and team members need to understand the product before they can jump into action. Almost all of our projects use Procore, which makes it easy for me to search for projects all in on space. Autodesk Bim 360 is also harder to search because every time you change the word you are searching your arrow moves away from the search brand you need to move it again to the enter button- usually comes up when searching submittals.

Do you think Procore delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Procore's feature set?

Yes

Did Procore live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Procore go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Procore again?

Yes

Procore is great for projects both large and small in my opinion because of the ability to organize and search folders. I often find myself asking during schematics if there is Procore access early on because I need a reliable place to host information. All professionals know to reference Procore documentation- it is more reliable than documents floating around via email.

Procore Feature Ratings

Plan distribution & viewing
8
Plan markups & sharing
9
Document sharing
9
Issue tracking & punchlists
Not Rated
Photo documentation
8
Jobsite reports
9
RFI tools
Not Rated
Collaboration & approvals
Not Rated
Mobile app
Not Rated
Submittal design and management
9
Meeting Minutes
9
Specifications
9
Change orders
Not Rated
Not Rated
Job costing
Not Rated
Bid creation
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Dashboards
6
Standard reports
Not Rated
Custom reports
Not Rated
Data exportability
Not Rated