Get the Power of the Private Construction Office

The iSqFt Private Construction Office is another tool that general contractors across the country are rapidly adopting as an indispensable part of their everyday efforts for managing their preconstruction process and winning more work.

The Private Construction Office gives contractors the power to minimize the inefficiencies that exist in the estimating and bidding process phase of the project life cycle, and deliver real, hard dollar cost reductions. These efficiencies and savings translate directly into a quantifiable competitive advantage on bid day.

How does the Private Construction Office work?

Within his Private Construction Office, a general contractor uploads all of the critical documentation related to an upcoming project. This provides a quick and secure method for distributing project plans, specs, and addenda, as well as construction schedules, meeting minutes, or any other documents that need to be shared with the project team.

All of the posted information is secure, giving the general contractor exclusive control over who has access to any specific documents within his Private Construction Office. As a default, only those individuals specifically invited to bid on a project are able to view any of the information or documents contained within that project office.

The Private Construction Office serves as an ideal location for a general contractor to house and manage his vendor database. Private vendor databases that are loaded into a Private Construction Office remain exclusive to that general contractor - who at the same time gains access to our public vendor database, providing the opportunity to find and invite more bidders to their projects.

The invited subcontractors and suppliers have the ability to view or download the information directly from the Private Construction Office - eliminating the need for a process to have project documents reproduced and shipped to a large number of potential bidders on any given project. The ability for these vendors to view and download these documents at no cost has helped to drive vendor adoption, overcoming one of the great fears that many general contractors have expressed.

Use of the Private Construction Office has enabled contractors around the country to streamline their entire preconstruction process - leading to more successful and profitable bid days.

The Power of the Private Construction Office

Expand your list of bidders - Locate new subcontractors, material suppliers and other vendors in any market throughout the iSqFt network through our public vendor database. Instantly send an Invitation to Bid - giving the firm you select the ability to instantly view that project's Construction Office and free access to a complete set of plans, specs and the most current addenda.

Get more bids on bid day – No matter the type of project, you're certain to get more qualified bidders - and more competitive bids too. As the only application on the market today that is also independently used by subs and suppliers, field requests from network vendors that want to work with you on your projects. You still have the power to determine on a case-by-case basis who you want to give access to - leaving you in complete control.

Update and Track your project - As addenda are created on a project, an automatic email and/or fax notification is sent to all subcontractors or subscribers affected by the change. Communication tools such as this, and the bulk mail tool, make it easy to share information electronically - ensuring that everyone receives the information on a timely basis. Track bidder receipt and response to Invitations to Bid and other correspondence. You can even determine which vendors have viewed specific documents within your Private Construction Office with a click of your mouse.

Work with hassle-free file formats – Whether uploaded, downloaded, or scanned, files on iSqFt are secure and highly compressed - making them easy to read, print and use.

Cut printing and distribution costs – Save time and money with online access to plans, specs, and addenda. View them online. Download them to your computer. Print them on your own desktop printer, or to scale on a large format plotter in your office. Subs have the ability to output only the pages they need. The cost savings that our customers have reported from reduced printing and distribution is measured in thousands.

Reduce your IT costs – The Private Construction Office hosts your project data on our highly secure servers. We handle implementation as well so your own IT staff isn't required to install, run, back-up, or do anything else to support your Private Construction Office. Maintenance and regular upgrades don't incur any additional costs either.

Take this opportunity to view an audio visual demonstration about iSqFt and the Private Construction Office, and see the impact it can have on your business.