BuildingConnected

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Bid tracking and management for construction contractors

About BuildingConnected

BuildingConnected is the all-in-one bid management platform for construction professionals. Connect owners, general contractors, and subcontractors through a real-time construction network of over 1 million.

With features such as invitation sending, bid management, bid leveling, advanced analytics & reporting, subcontractor qualification, and more, users are invited to bid on projects directly from inside the platform. From there, the full bidding process can be managed in a single location, from project drawings up to the final bid.

Compare bids side by side and level centrally to increase transparency. Edit scope sheets if additional information is surfaced after bids have been received, and include unsolicited bids when leveling. Access every bid version to revisit original values and proposals.

BuildingConnected enables the analysis and mitigation of subcontractor risk through TradeTapp, with support for the automatic import of subcontractor contact and qualification data through API. Advanced analytics and reporting provide users with the need-to-know data for informed decisions, including historical costs, subcontractor relationships, and more.


Key benefits of BuildingConnected

• Businesses can track project activities from drawings to final bidding from a centralized location.
• It helps users compare bids and gain insights into costs, business performance and historical relationships with customers through real-time analytics.
• Users can track documents, integrate the system with cloud storage applications and receive notifications about bid packages.
• Businesses can send branded bid invitations, manage bid leveling processes and monitor wins by location.


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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Construction Resource

Reviewed on 07/05/2020

Overall I will continue to use the software as it is a very reliable source.

Overall I will continue to use the software as it is a very reliable source.

Pros

I get receive 30% of my bid invites through Building Connected. Very organized. Nice layout. Definitely a recommended source.

Cons

The bid form is a bid to much others I have been on I put on the amount the scope and then drop my estimate in. With this software its a draw out process.

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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Bid invite system that's well worth the price

Reviewed on 08/05/2022

Overall, this system is amazing. Implementation was simple. You can choose to dial in your uploads...

Overall, this system is amazing. Implementation was simple. You can choose to dial in your uploads with the integration team or start from scratch. Training was in person and super easy and fast. Online videos are available and customer support can help. Estimating teams will be blown away with how easy it is to customize a bid form, collect bids, soft award, complete bid leveling, and win jobs.

Pros

There are so many pros to this online application. To keep it brief: implementation is fast, training is about 15 - 30 minutes, ease of use is insane, capabilities are off the wall with online customizable bid forms, easy file sharing, massively amazing messaging system, brilliant bid leveling online which can be exported and manipulated further, and more! On top of all this, Building Connected integrates with other systems that complete the entire bid to project to close out process.

Cons

The greatest con about this software is that any and everyone can create a fee company listing, so you may view vendor/sub information that's invalid. However, if someone's responsible and reports and edit Building Connected will fix this. Most people don't seem to take this action, though. So don't be surprised if some of the listed information isn't 100% accurate.

Bruce
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Building Connected - pros and cons

Reviewed on 25/08/2020

It is good for broadcasting bids, requires a lot of extra work to level bids and complete bid forms.

It is good for broadcasting bids, requires a lot of extra work to level bids and complete bid forms.

Pros

Nice interface, large list of available subs on the contact list

Cons

Many subcontractors struggle to use the software. It seems as if 1/3 to 1/2 of contacted subs do not get the message or do not respond

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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

My, how you've grown!

Reviewed on 20/12/2018

As a trade contractor doing about $5 million a year I've been getting plans and proposals from GC's...

As a trade contractor doing about $5 million a year I've been getting plans and proposals from GC's via BuildingConnected's 'Private plan room' for several years now. I've noticed recently the change in GUI and functionality and investigated. I wound up with a few days to test drive the full product and liked it quite a bit. Unfortunately I'm not convinced of the day to day justification for the high entry costs. It seems they are being stingy with features here under the misconception that trade contractors either aren't sophisticated enough or not large enough or don't have subcontractors of their own.

While using the test membership, I did the research and background work that I would normally do to decide if we will take on a new contractor on one that I found through the search engine on BuildingConnected. I found one in a few hours, one that we don't normally do business with but regularly does the $1 million pus jobs we normally do. I was surprised when they then responded a few days later with an Invitation to Bid (based they said on their research) on a project that was exactly the kind of project we find profitable, though not quite as large as we normally prefer. we could not do it, because it conflicted with another project we had on the schedule. Even if I had WON this job, the additional profit from it would have in large part gone to pay for the first year of membership. If the software DID MORE OR COST LESS we would have already purchased it....

Pros

The ability to find those GC's that are bidding on the same projects (why not submit your proposal to all bidders?) easily and accurately. The almost infinitely customizable search interface. Finding new GC's in regional markets and being able to research them and their projects BEFORE I ask to be included in ITB's! Integration with my current 'free' account.

Cons

Not an even rudimentary ability to manage MY subcontractors and vendors! They offer this feature in a richly granular way in the product they market to GC's, put a stripped down version HERE if you REALLY want to attract trade contractors!! Probably too costly for the returns for many trade contractors, yet not feature rich enough to appeal to larger trade contractors.

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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Building Connected Review

Reviewed on 23/06/2021

Building connected is very helpful in keeping all the information in one place. Phone numbers,...

Building connected is very helpful in keeping all the information in one place. Phone numbers, email, fax, and even various personnel available within the program. Very easy to use and I would highly recommend to colleagues

Pros

It was very convenient being able to add the variety of trades when inquiring on a new or updated price for new drawings. Everything was organized very well to include the bidders and files pertaining to the specific sections

Cons

What could use more work within this software is the ability to easily add a proposal received from a bidder not previously added to the software. There are times when bidders are told about a job from other coworkers and send a price in without an invitation to building connected. It gets tough adding them as it requires you to add to the system instead of just directly adding the proposal as needed.

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BuildingConnected offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$3,600.00/year
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Contact BuildingConnected for pricing information.

BuildingConnected has the following typical customers:

11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

BuildingConnected supports the following languages:

English

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BuildingConnected integrates with the following applications:

Box, Egnyte, Procore

BuildingConnected offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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