ePlanIt Project Manager™

What you need to know, when you need to know it

Internet technology has fundamentally changed the way we communicate and is remaking the way the construction industry manages and runs. ePlanIt offers instant, affordable, and usable IT infrastructure to every member of the construction project team. ePlanIt Project Manager™ is a comprehensive construction management software solution designed for General Contractors, Architects, Developers, and Sub Contractors. With ePlanIt Project Manager™ users can access a wide variety of integrated project management applications that are delivered over the Internet as an on-demand web service.  When you subscribe to our service a secure password-protected website is created allowing your company, contacts, vendors, and subs to all share project information in an integrated on-line environment.

There is no software to install and manage, your ePlanIt Project Manager™ site is accessible anywhere through computers, PDAs, and wireless devices.  ePlanIt Project Manager™ is a fully integrated construction management system, which brings together all the tasks, processes, reports, schedules, documents, contacts, and work flow needed for a successful construction project into a single configurable website. With all project features sharing a centralized database, your company and contacts will benefit from seamless real time information technology. Whether you are a large GC or a small sub contractor, ePlanIt Project Manager™ will scale to fit your needs and grow with your company.

Communication and collaboration Coordinating all the activities of a construction project is a time consuming and complex process. With ePlanIt Project Manager all the participants involved in a project have instant access to the most recent data and a single source for contact information, plans, specs, RFI's, and much more. Website owners can synchronize their Outlook contact lists with their project website and invite participants to view and share the most current information, greatly simplifying communication and collaboration. Project communication features include: Automatically synchronize with Microsoft Outlook contact lists Central project contact list to manage subcontractor and vendor invitations Project discussion board and action items Email alerts sent automatically when project data is added or changed Single source for all current plans, specs, schedules and RFI's Instant access to announcements and current project status

With the growing trend in Design/Build technology, document management and workflow control is more critical than ever. Keeping everyone up to date with the latest plans and specs can be an expensive and often impossible task. With ePlanIt Project Manager, document management and revision history is handled automatically.  You'll no longer need expensive document services or have to sort through messy FTP sites.  Plans and specs are sorted by category and posted within your project site so everyone has access to the most recent documents.  As new plans are added or existing plans changed, action items are added and email alerts are sent requesting review and approval from the projects decision makers. The time it takes to update plans and approve changes is reduced from weeks to hours.  Once final approval is given, all selected project members are notified that new documents have been made available.

Bids and submittals Before the construction phase of a project starts, bids and submittals must be requested, managed, and approved.  Normally this consists of numerous phone calls, faxes, emails, approvals, and comparisons.  ePlanIt Project Manager provides a clean and consistent method for posting bid items, collecting and comparing bids, and managing submittal approval.  Bid items are posted and invitations are sent to subs and vendors to come to your site to review plans and submit bids.  A configurable bid form allows you to customize the information you want to collect for each bid item.  Once bids have been received they can be sorted by price, category, tasks, or any combination of criteria. Bid and submittal features include: Create Subcontractor and Vendor item bid lists Customizable bid submission forms Sort and manage bid and submittals by bid item, price, or current status Email alerts sent automatically when bids are received Security controls permit members to only view and edit their bids Submittals are controlled through document and workflow management

Integrated into the ePlanIt Project Manager infrastructure is a full featured scheduling environment.  Project schedule overviews or detailed tasks can be viewed by all project members needing access to construction status.  Schedules can be displayed in a variety of formats includes Gant Charts, calendars, or start times.  Deadline alerts, milestones, rain days, and percentage complete are all tracked and displayed based on real-time jobsite information.  From the bidding process through to completion, email alerts are sent automatically to notify project members of upcoming start dates, deadlines, and action items.

Multi-level security account access

Securing data and restricting confidential information is an essential component of ePlanIt Project Manager's design. Using our multi-level security account access, you control who can view or edit any part of your project site. When a contact is invited to join the site they are given their own login account and password which you assign to a permission (or security) group.  Permission groups can range from site administrators with access to all information or visitors who can only view a few selected parts of the project site.  A General Contractor might allow their subs to submit bids and RFI's but only view schedules and plans.  You can also track who is currently logged into your site, who edited any information, or view any member's account access history.

Office administration

ePlanIt Project Manager offers the same communication and collaboration advantages for your office staff as well as you projects.  Built into your project site is a separate administration area where you can manage proposals, contracts, bids, bonds, draws and much more.  A special asset tracking section is designed to coordinate all your equipments tracking, allocation, status, rentals, or any custom category you need. The back-office administration area uses the same technology that you use for project management so scheduling, communication, collaboration, and document management are easy and efficient.

Labor tracking and camera integration

Remotely monitor your projects from any computer with the addition of our Mobile Video Towers and Labor Tracking System.  These components integrate directly into your project site environment so you can view and control construction cameras and see exactly which workers are on your project and how may hours they have worked, all in real time.  ePlanIt Project Manager supports an unlimited number of cameras and workers.  Using our simple interface you can design custom pages within your project site to display multiple cameras or a combination of cameras, map views, and worker status.  With live project data delivered directly to your computer, you become a "virtual supervisor" with a complete overview of your project status.