BuildingConnected Pro
Helpful information for using our bid management tool.
To see release notes for BuildingConnected Pro and other BuildingConnected products, click here.
Getting started
- Online training: BuildingConnected 101
- Online training: Best practices to increase subcontractor bidding
- Online training: General contractors
- Does BuildingConnected have a mobile app? (General contractors)
- How general contractors can start a trial, purchase, or renew BC Pro
- How to inquire about pricing for BC Pro (general contractors)
Projects
- How to create a project in BuildingConnected
- How to publish a project in BuildingConnected
- How to view all the projects in your office or your company (BC Pro)
- How to edit project information (BC Pro)
- How to change the currency of your project (BC Pro)
- How to use "Certificates" (BC Pro)
Bid packages
- How to add bidders to bid packages
- Optimizing your Bidder List
- How to add bid packages to projects
- How to publish an individual bid package
- How to invite bidders to projects using the slider feature
- How to import bid packages into projects
Best practices
- Best practices for managing your bid package table
- Best practices for setting up a project in BuildingConnected
- Best practices for owners setting up projects (BC Pro)
- How to increase subcontractor engagement in BuildingConnected
- Sending invites to the correct point of contact for a subcontractor company
- Vendor information for general contractors
Recommendation Engine
Messages
Files
Bid forms
- Project bid forms overview (BC Pro)
- Scope-specific bid forms overview (BC Pro)
- How to print your bid forms (BC Pro)
- How to import quantities from Assemble into Bid Forms (BC Pro)
- How general contractors can update bid forms that are currently in use (BC Pro)
- How to create scope-specific bid forms (BC Pro)
Bid leveling
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- How to make cost adjustments in Bid Leveling (BC Pro)
- How to leave notes and color cells on proposal in the Bid Leveling tab
- How to clear all plugs on a proposal within the Bid Leveling tab
- How to turn plugs on and off
- How to view and print proposals from within the Bid Leveling tab
NDA protected projects & sealed bids
Network
- How can I add contacts?
- What is an “Invalid Email” and how can it be fixed?
- How to use the "Suggest an Edit" feature
- I suggested an edit and nothing happened - what can I do?
- Understanding unclaimed accounts in BuildingConnected
- What are “Company Tags” and how to use them
Bidder List Templates
- How to create bidder list templates
- How to add, duplicate, and remove bid packages on bidder list templates
- How to add bidders to bidder list templates
- How to allow teammates to edit bidder list templates
- How to remove bidders from bidder list templates
- How to edit bidder list templates information
Reports
Calendar
- How to use the Calendar in BC Pro
- How BC Pro users can sync their BuildingConnected calendar with Google Calendar
- How BC pro users can sync their BuildingConnected calendar with Outlook/Office 365
- How BC Pro users can sync their BuildingConnected calendar with their iPhone
- How BC Pro users can sync their BuildingConnected calendar with iCalendar
- How to print your calendar (BC Pro)
Additional Bid Manager Tools
- Online training: How to see key analytics on the companies you have worked with
- How to use Project History (BC Pro)
- How to use Bid History (BC Pro)
- How to see which projects you have invited a company to bid on
- Online training: Bid history and cost data (BC Pro)
- Online training: Project Analytics (BC Pro)