Articles By: PlanGrid

The Ultimate Buyers Guide to Construction Software
What should you look for in construction software? Many rapidly growing construction companies face this question. This Buyers Guide will walk you through what questions to ask when evaluating different software, successful adoption plans for your teams, and give some ideas on what to look for when approaching software vendors.

How to Transition to a Paperless Construction Company
Rework due to poor document control costs the U.S. construction industry $4.2 billion a year. And an inconsistent record set is a primary cause of rework, which negatively impacts construction productivity and the bottom line. Imagine being able to update an entire team’s sheets in real-time without having to wait for a new set to be printed, delivered, and distributed.

Construction Productivity 101: A Practical Guide to Increase Productivity in 7 Easy Steps
While many factors contribute to construction project cost overruns, the primary factor is low productivity. In fact, construction is one of the few industries that is less productive now than it was 60 years ago. Low construction productivity costs the U.S. global economy $1.6 trillion a year.

An Introduction to Lean Construction for Today’s Construction Professionals
What it really means when construction teams decide to go Lean Today’s construction professionals are looking for ways to maximize value and efficiency and minimize waste–essentially doing more with less. In this introduction to Lean construction management principles, we’ll discuss the benefits of applying them to a project and continuously assessing ways to eliminate waste and inefficiencies.

Constructed Campus
Higher education teams have many challenges when delivering, maintaining and restoring their campuses.

Own Your Data: What Data Portability Means for the Construction Industry
To many in the construction world, project data is a new topic for discussion. data ownership, data structure and data portability.

Construction Disconnected: Rethinking the Management of Project Data and Mobile Collaboration to Reduce Costs and Improve Schedules
PlanGrid partnered with FMI Corporation to survey construction leaders about how teams spend time and leverage technology investments. The results indicate that time spent on non-optimal activities such as fixing mistakes, looking for project data and managing conflict resolution accounts for $177.5 billion in labor costs per year in the U.S. alone.

Own Your Trade: The Subcontractor’s Guide to Taking Control of Project Collaboration
As a subcontractor, you need to provide high quality, experienced tradespeople and excellent service. But that’s only a small portion of what you do. Your job is to meet productivity demands, stay on schedule and stay on budget.