SmartBidNet Integration
SmartBidNet.com has evolved to become the industry leader in commercial construction bid invitation and management software. Each week large and small general contractors all across the USA send more than 600,000 invitations to bid to subcontractors and suppliers using the SmartBidNet system. On July 4th 2011 Phillip Ogilby the CEO of Cloud Takeoff and James Benham the President of SmartBidNet announced a (patent pending) joint venture that will ultimately give SmartBidNet general contractor users unprecedented visibility into their subs view of projects and make communications between subs and gcs directly on the blueprints faster and easier than ever. Subcontractors can expect to easily navigate across a large canvas of project plans and determine their interest in bidding very quickly without waiting on pages to open and close. Subs can use Cloud Takeoff to perform highly detailed takeoffs directly on the plans and integrate their takeoff with their own spreadsheet or other software for estimating. They can markup the plans or ask questions to the GC directly on the plans and the GC can respond from his or her own MAC or PC computer.
States Cloud Takeoff President Phillip Ogilby, “We are very excited about our integration with SmartBidNet. James and his team have built the most powerful application in the market today for general contractor and subcontractor communication and collaboration and our application is a perfect fit. Our partnership will provide GC users unprecedented visibility into their subs view of the plans and the project. Both parties will have the ability to communicate directly on the plans. Subs and GCs can perform detailed takeoffs across a broad canvas of plans without waiting on individual pages to open and close. Subcontractor users will be able to work from any PC or Mac with an Internet connection,”
Says James Benham, "The implications for how this will impact construction are far-reaching. Just like Google Docs has changed the way people collaborate on documents and spreadsheets, SmartBidNet and Cloud Takeoff’s integration will revolutionize preconstruction by connecting professionals in a real-time online environment with all the plan files and tools they need."
A beta version of SmartBidNet with full Cloud Takeoff integration will be available for select users in an August beta release. The official integration will become available in October for all SmartBidNet clients. Pricing is yet to be released for the takeoff functionality, but the basic web viewing of plan files will be available to all users free of charge.
GC users may sign up for a free trial of SmartBidNet by going here
Subs may sign up for a free trial of Cloud Takeoff by going here
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I've heard good things about this program… thanks for posting, I think it's going to be a huge help for us!