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Plangrid: best practices for mechanical contractors

Jackson Sensat

Construction Technology Implementation Specialist

ASTI

About Me

• Texas A&M University

BS in Construction Science

• Experience as a GC and Subcontractor
• Past Projects

Marriott Cesar Chavez Hotel CyrusOne Data Center Chiller Buildout Molecular Templates Cleanroom Austin Baptist Church Expansion

• I need to be able to access contract drawings, shop

drawings, and spools all in one place while in the field

• There’s no way to know for sure that our field personnel are

working off the most current information

• I need something that is easy to train new workers on

The Problem

• One single source of truth
• Cloud-based
• User friendly interface
• Available on Windows, iOS, and Android

The solution: plangrid

• Sheet and document organization for the mechanical

trades

• How to generate and close out tasks and RFIs
• Field Reports: Best uses for mechanical contractors

Learning objectives

Current Workflow: Posting drawings

ALL CONTRACT DRAWINGS SAVED AS INDIVIDUAL PDF IN COMPANY SHARED FOLDER RECEIVE NEW DRAWING PACKAGE OR ASI FROM GC OPEN PDF DRAWING FROM SHARED COMPANY DRIVE IN BLUEBEAM DRAW X THROUGH OLD VERSION OF DRAWING AND ATTACH THE NEW VERSION ON TOP AND SAVE

PLANGRID SHEET WORKFLOW (Live demo)

• Architectural
• Mechanical
• Plumbing
• By Level (Useful for high rises)
• Shop Drawing- Plumbing (or Mechanical Pipe, Sheetmetal)
• Spools- Plumbing (or Mechanical Pipe, Sheetmetal)
• Elevation
• Section
• RCP

Useful tags for sheets

RECEIVE MARKUP ON CONTRACT DRAWING FROM DETAILING VIA EMAIL REVIEW QUESTION AND MARKUP WITH ANY NEEDED ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON BB REVU OPEN EXCEL AND FILL IN QUESTION ON RFI TEMPLATE, EXPORT TO PDF, ATTACH WITH MARKUP FROM DETAILING SEND RFI TO GC AND WAIT FOR GC WORKFLOW THROUGH DESIGN TEAM GC SENDS RFI BACK TO SUBCONTRACTOR CLOSE OUT RFI IN INTERNAL RFI LOG AND SAVE CLOSED RFI TO COMPANY DRIVE

Current workflow: rfis

Plangrid rfi workflow (live demo)

Current workflow: Tasks (pre-punch)

WALK IN THE FIELD AND MARK ISSUES ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND TAKE A PICTURE PUT ISSUES NOTED IN THE FIELD ON EXCEL DOCUMENT IN COMPANY SHARE DRIVE LET RESPONSIBLE SUPER OR FOREMAN KNOW VIA PHONE CALL AND/OR BRING UP IN WEEKLY INTERNAL MEETING ONCE TASK IS COMPLETED AND COMPLETION IS VERIFIED, CLOSE OUT TASK IN EXCEL DOCUMENT IN COMPANY SHARE DRIVE

PLANGRID TASK WORKFLOW (live demo)

Current workflow: field reports

FILL OUT PAPER REPORT AND SCAN TO PDF FILL OUT REPORT IN EXCEL AND EXPORT TO PDF ATTACH PICTURES FROM THE FIELD TO THE REPORT FILE PAPER REPORT AWAY IN COMPANY FILE OR SAVE PDF IN COMPANY SHARE DRIVE

Plangrid field report workflow (live demo)

Q & A

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