The existing plansroom permits all subscribed members to view plans and specifications on-line to assess each project before requesting electronic or hard copy plans or driving to the association building in London.
This new extension of service creates a private viewing room for invited contractors and subtrades only. As a designer or developer, you can decide who you would like to bid your work and add them to your bidders list. As a general contractor, you can protect design bid quotes by allowing only trusted, preferred subtrades to know that this project is out for bid.
As a member of the electronic plan room, you have access to this service at no extra charge. Now that's value added.
To use this service, you would send a set of drawings and specifications along with a bidders list to the administrator of the Private Electronic Plansroom. The administrator does the rest - including tracking all traffic and providing a CD of activity after closing.
If bidders have viewed the project and would like drawings printed, the association looks after the printing - for a small fee - and will even arrange to courier the drawings to the trade. Documents are viewed in .pdf format and can be self-printed.
