How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane Features: Pay App Review & Approval We've launched the ability for Project Managers to review and approve Payment Applications sent by Subcontractors on their projects. BuildPlane already makes it simple to request timely and accurate Pay
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Enable subcontractors to manage their teams This is one of those simple but powerful features that empowers both Subcontractors and Project Managers to get information in the hands of the right people.
How BuildPlane Works We are expanding the pilot of our enhanced Pay Apps This feature aims to reduce time-wasting errors and alleviate the common pains of Pay Apps that both PMs and subs experience. You can see at a glance all the Pay App information that's transmitted between subs and PMs.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Daily Activity Report email Think of it as an automated assistant that gives you updates on yesterday’s progress.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: RFP 1-click updates We've been listening to your feedback and watching how y'all in the commercial construction field are using our "Superpowers for Project Managers" app. Based on that, we've rolled out a couple of improvements to streamline the RFP workflow.
How BuildPlane Works How to request Docs from Subcontractors, step-by-step Like many things online, the Doc request process can look intimidating at first. Once you try it out, though, you get the hang of it quickly.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: One-off Pay Apps For any project that does not have automated Pay Apps enabled, you can create a one-off Pay App Request form just by clicking a button.
New Product BuildPlane features: simple, powerful Notes Anyone on your team who has access to the project can share information about the project—and know where to look it up when needed.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Change Orders We've added a Project Financial Summary—automatically updated in real time—that shows line items for the budgeted Prime Contract and Subcontracts.
How BuildPlane Works Feature update: BuildPlane for Subcontractors, improved We've optimized the portal for keeping track of what's urgent, what's new, where you stand on all your projects, and where you can easily store and retrieve all the documents you need.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane's superpowers, explained BuildPlane pulls together in one electronic portal all the financial and workflow information that's usually scattered across various disconnected spreadsheets and other documents.
How BuildPlane Works Social distancing: an opportunity to rethink how we work BuildPlane's communication tools give you efficient ways to handle Pay Apps and RFPs, share documents, and stay in touch with people inside and outside your team.
How BuildPlane Works 5 tips to help Project Managers stay on top of remote work Make sure the members of your team have the tools they need. You may need to get them laptops, software, mobile devices, even a high-speed internet connection.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Project Financials These simple but powerful widgets deliver a real-time, easy-to-understand snapshot of project status.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Managing Subcontractors BuildPlane puts all your subcontractors in one list at your fingertips for easy assigning, updating, tracking, and managing. Emphasis on "easy."
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Pay Apps BuildPlane automates the process of requesting pay applications from Subcontractors, makes it easy for subs to respond and upload necessary documents, and lets Project Managers track where everything stands in real time.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Technical Documents Once you upload the documents, BuildPlane automatically gives subcontractors access to view and download them; you don't have to take any additional steps to make that possible.
How BuildPlane Works BuildPlane features: Tracking Issues and Tasks We built the Issues and Tasks features to make it as easy as possible to stay on top of the dozens of small but important to-dos that pop up every day.
Getting Started BuildPlane features: Subcontracts Management We put a lot of thought (and trial and error) into making the dashboards as intuitive as possible and giving you quick, easy access to the information you need.
Getting Started BuildPlane features: Requests for Pricing (quote) Once you fill in the necessary information and set up your email list, just click "Email RFP to Selected Subcontractors" at the bottom of the screen. BuildPlane then emails all the subcontractors you picked.
Getting Started BuildPlane features: Startup Documents If you had only one flow to worry about, keeping track would be easy. The complexity comes from handling potentially hundreds of Startup Document flows at once. We break down that complexity in several ways.
Getting Started BuildPlane features: Subcontractor Portal The portal lists all projects for which you're a Subcontractor. Through it, you and the GC can send back and forth the information you both need.
Getting Started BuildPlane features: Project Dashboard The dashboard gives you an up-to-the-minute look at where you stand. Any single project has a list of to-dos a mile long, so we show you at a glance the information your team needs today.
How BuildPlane Works Welcome to BuildPlane We're solving that with a focused and lightweight set of tools that allow project managers to spend less time in front of their laptops and mobile devices and more time with their people and on the job site.
