Blueprints are big, bulky and blow away on a job site. And, they’re expensive, especially if you need to update them with change orders.
PlanGrid hopes to change all that. The iPad app is more than an electronic blueprint viewer. It lets you upload landscape plans to the cloud, where they are then automatically synced with the iPads of your crew in the field. The app is currently free, as is up to 50 sheets of storage.
The automatic syncing keeps everyone on the same page. Plans can also be marked up on the iPad app, which features page-based versioning of revisions. Markups can be shared with the rest of your crew.
The app also helps you organize plans. They can be filtered in a number of different ways to help you categorize them. Photos and PDFs can also be associated with each sheet, allowing you to track progress by project, or keep specifications handy.
Below is a video tour of PlanGrid:
http://embed.vidyard.com/landingpage/ypGAtD-m8LWv_LlntiktRA
