Autodesk Build Construction Reviews & Insights

Score8 out of 10

150 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Autodesk Build are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Efficient Collaboration: Users highly praised PlanGrid's mobile apps for their ability to easily share and collaborate on construction project documentation, with multiple reviewers highlighting this feature as extremely valuable. This aspect of the software facilitates communication and collaboration among team members, both on-site and off-site, throughout various phases of construction projects.

Responsive Technical Support: The promptness and helpfulness of PlanGrid's email-based technical support team were greatly appreciated by users. Several reviewers mentioned that they received prompt assistance in addressing any technical issues or inquiries. This level of support contributes to a positive user experience.

Intuitive Interface: Reviewers commended PlanGrid's website layout for being easy to use and understand, allowing new users to quickly jump in and perform basic to moderate tasks without extensive training. The intuitive and user-friendly interface was highly praised, enabling users to navigate the software effortlessly.

Autodesk Build Reviews

55 Reviews

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Autodesk Build Review

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

June 10, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Autodesk Build is the home of all our files and BIM sheets. Constant site monitoring reports are used on the build page such as forms, meetings, reports, sheets, schedule, files, and photos. Autodesk Build allows us to have all of our files for specific project, all easily accessible in one online cloud platform.

Pros

File management
Collaboration
Time saving

Cons

Files, making the files system easier to navigate and find files.
More ability to alter meeting templates to be used in multiple ways.
The sheets tool - has a hard time loading large sheet packages, and scrolling between sheets or files is not possible making review online harder then downloading a pdf.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for managing multiple trades working on one project. Autodesk Build works great for working with larger companies who have used this software before. Smaller companies have a harder time learning the software and using online cloud services and prefer to not use the cloud collaboration services that are provided by Autodesk.

Verified User

Employee in Product Management (Construction company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Nothing for Something

Rating: 1 out of 10

Incentivized

November 1, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

While PlanGrid seems to be a good program it really did not fit into our company [and] our employees found it difficult to navigate and use. We quickly discontinued use and just planned to not renew. This is where the user needs to beware they have a renewal clause in the contract which requires you to cancel 30 days prior to renewal. [In my experience] they conveniently do not send any renewal notices until you are inside that window and then require you to pay for a product you don't use. I have ZERO trust in a company that [I believe] operates like this.

Pros

[In my opinion] sell their product.
[In my experience] invoice for a product you don't use

Cons

Make product more user friendly.
Get rid of shady billing practices.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are purchasing with plans to integrate into your operations in the field you need to have computer-savvy employees.

Craig Price

Owner in Corporate at Craig Price Inc (Construction, 1-10 employees)

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1 year of experience

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The easiest project documentation tool for ALL users.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

March 14, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PlanGrid is used in our organization to document and communicate project plans and specifications in a quick and efficient manner. We utilize the software across all of our projects big or small. One of the major challenges in the industry is dealing with change management; anytime a change is made, the change needs to both be documented as a reference point, but also communicated with every party (from management to installer).PlanGrid is a tool that helps overcome the inherent challenges of communicating change.

Pros

The user interface is extremely easy to use for both the advanced and not-so-advanced computer users. This is huge in an industry that has a high diversity of computer skills among end-users of technology.
Rendering speed of documents is extremely quick on every device/platform.
The application can be used on every platform from Windows/iOS/Andriod (mobile or desktop) as well as the web, without diluting platform features.
The ability to import 3D models and maintain accompanying metadata is extremely beneficial.

Cons

It would be ideal to see a free viewer license that would allow some users (subcontractors) the ability to view the documents and be notified of updates. These users, of course, would be limited only to "viewing" permissions.
It would also be beneficial to be able to customize daily job log fields.

Likelihood to Recommend

PlanGrid performs really well in all aspects of construction from the general to the sub/trade. The platform distributes and communicates project documentation in an extremely user-friendly manner. As with most software, it is cheaper the larger the scale of the project. In situations where the project is relatively small, and the trade contracts are also of relatively low dollar value, the product can be cost-prohibitive.

Verified User

Director in Corporate (Construction company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

PlanGrid!

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

February 25, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, PlanGrid is used by our organization. As a way to view PDFs of the layout or plans of a building. Nearly all use the mobile version for the iPad.

Pros

Ease of use
Mobile app

Cons

Management of users
License Management

Likelihood to Recommend

For viewing hundreds of PDFs, PlanGrid allows users to view them for a specific project without having to open each individual file manually.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (Construction company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

PlanGrid is a great solution for document management in the fast paced construction industry.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 16, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PlanGird is used by our Project Management and Field Team to manage and publish drawings, documents, RFIs, and submittals. The company has a standard process to use for PlanGrid that is uniform throughout the company, and our subcontracts explicitly state that they must purchase and hold a PlanGrid license and account. Using PlanGrid help us centralize all of the document management activities involved with Construction Project Management.

Pros

Keeping an up to date set of documents and sharing it instantly with front line workers.
Keeping a history set of drawings, documents, etc. for use in change or schedule management.

Cons

Integration of other software such as BlueBeam or Asta Scheduling Software.
Response times on the web based application.

Likelihood to Recommend

PlanGrid is an excellent option for medium to large general contracting companies in general building construction. PlanGrid provides a single-source solution for all things document-related that previously were spread between multiple software packages or juggled in a hybrid email/fire management system that was easy to lose track of documents.

Verified User

Project Manager in Engineering (Construction company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

PlanGrid for Plan Management

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 10, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PlanGrid is used by the field for plan management only. We distribute documents to the field to make sure everyone is using current plans. Punchlist is done this way. We also generally walk an area and mark up what needs to be corrected then assign a contact or sub symbol to complete in PlanGrid.

Pros

Plan management
Ease of use
Punchlist implementation and tracking for items through to completion
Document storage

Cons

Unlicensed client access for issue corrections
Mark up tools. Need symbols that relate to construction industry (outlet, fire alarm, light switch, drain etc.) that can be selected from a list to update better on redline drawings
Issue symbols should not be limited to 2 characters. I have run into several scenarios that I need a 3rd character to identify the issue symbol with

Likelihood to Recommend

Again, with plan management, we use a self-developed program for dailies, pictures, RFI's, etc. so we have no need for the RFI’s, dailies, submittals, or tasks functions. We would use more of the task capabilities in PlanGrid if we could keep an ongoing log for our QC program rather than having to update and send daily.

Verified User

Manager (Construction company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

PlanGrid for the future

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 8, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use PlanGrid to distribute project and design documents to our field personnel, communicate design changes from the field to the design department, and as a repository for project or system related documents. This allows us to gain faster access to changes or issues for faster build markups and increased productivity. PlanGrid's measurement tools also allow our field personnel to supply more accurate installation tracking information and accurate information for change order related work.

Pros

Drawing markups: The ability to annotate drawings with pictures and their exact locations helps eliminate guesswork and production slowdowns related to design questions
Issue tracking: The ability to note issues and communicate them and their resolution between the field and office help limit miscommunication.
Linking drawings: PlanGrid makes it simple to link drawings to one another, as well as, linking purchase orders, specifications, and listing drawings.

Cons

The lack of auto reports requires users to check in on projects daily and creates extra work should we want to push issues out to our clients.

Likelihood to Recommend

PlanGrid is a great tool to pass annotated installation drawings and questions between field and office personnel.

Verified User

Project Manager in Engineering (Construction company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

PlanGrid is great

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 8, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use PlanGrid to communicate information to the field. It allows us to share information with the field staff immediately. Our estimators also use it when attending pre-bid walks.

Pros

One of the things that we like about Plan Grid is when we receive an updated plan sheet we can upload it and have a record of the changes that have been made along the way.
Information can be shared in real time.
Our field team has all of the information that they need at their fingertips.

Cons

Uploading revised plans is a little cumbersome. It would be nice if you didn't have to add a new version every time you updated a sheet.
Sometimes the sheet number and name recognition does not work properly when adding a new job or updating sheets. There is a workaround but it would be nice if it was more consistent.
The cost seems a little high. It would be nice if they increased the plan limit for each pricing tier.
They got rid of their free version, 50 sheet limit. We used to have our estimators use this option, but now we have to pay for a subscription for a service that is only used once in a while.

Likelihood to Recommend

PlanGrid works for almost every project that we do, large or small. We can share company specific documents that are required regardless of the project dollar value.

Kyle Montague

Senior Estimator in Sales at Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC. (Construction, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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Choose Plangrid and your users will love you.

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

December 26, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are currently in the process of integrating Plangrid in all of our departments except accounting. We initially used it just for doing punch-lists but now require all projects to use it for progress photos, plan viewing and markups, as well as the aforementioned punch-lists. It immediately saves us money in requiring less printing of plans as well as better documentation of punch-lists with attached pictures. Plangrid also breeds collaboration by allowing easy sharing of all data within the program.

Pros

Plangrid is the best SaaS I have seen for ease of uploading construction plans and automated organization of those plans.
For companies that are not using other products for mobile access, the Plangrid mobile apps are perfect to allow people on and off site to share and collaborate in many phases of construction project documentation.
Plangrid has a very responsive technical support team (although it is pretty much email only).
Plangrid's website layout is easy to use and understand and allows new users to jump right in and do basic to moderate tasks without little training.

Cons

Plangrid is in the process of adding enhanced construction documentation such as better Submittal, RFI, and Field Reporting modules, but the ones in place right now will not be up to par for some people used to more full-featured applications such as Sage or Procore.
Like other SaaS Construction applications, Plangrid is very expensive. Too expensive in my opinion. They should find ways to offer more tiers of cost so smaller companies can use the application is a limited manner and not have to pay the same cost as the larger companies which may get more use out of advanced features.
On the same theme of cost, many of Plangrids collaboration features require all collaborators to have a license. Try telling all 30 subs on your project that they have to run out and pay an extra $50-$100/MO per employee to collaborate with you. Does not always go over well.
Plangrids Field Report, Submittal and RFI modules are still a bit of a work in progress.

Likelihood to Recommend

Plangrid is well suited for companies (that are not currently using a different SaaS construction package) to make their construction document management more collaborative and mobile friendly. Companies requiring/wanting their subs and owners to collaborate with them as part of the life of a construction project will find Plangrid very helpful in fulfilling this goal. On the negative side, companies that are fully entrenched in using other construction suites will struggle to fully use Plangrid to its potential as pre-built integration between Plangrid and other packages is limited.

Jeffrey Rudacille

IT Manager in Information Technology at Edwards Construction Services Inc. (Construction, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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