As the bid coordinator, typically I am the one ensuring that all bids are sealed before getting sent out. While I was out of the office, some project teams sent out bids without checking the sealed bid box. It would be nice if there was a way to select sealed bid after the bid is already published so we don't have to resend the whole bid out again. Another idea is to allow for sealed bidding to be a default.  Show More

Hello,   We are a contractor that specializes in Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD). With using Building Connected, the concept is great but is a huge waste of time for our industry, and a hassle for the contractors that ask us to bid with them because our industry is not an option listed and it takes up a lot of time that gets wasted. Is there a way we can get this industry added so when a job does come through, there is either a certainty, or a much high probability that there actually is HDD work on the project that is sent? Again, the concept of the site is great however it is not there yet for HDD work. Show More

Currently, the Bid Board calendar in BuildingConnected provides a fixed set of event types such as “Bids due,” “Job walk,” “RFIs due,” and “Follow-up.” While these cover external milestones well, there is no way to track critical internal milestones within the same calendar. A key gap for our team is the ability to schedule and visualize internal bid review meetings prior to bid submission. These internal reviews are essential to ensuring estimate accuracy, scope alignment, and risk evaluation, especially on larger or more complex projects. At the moment, there is no dedicated event type for this, and no ability to create or customize event types. This forces teams to either: Misuse existing event types (which creates confusion), or Track internal reviews outside of BuildingConnected (which breaks workflow visibility) Requested enhancement: We are requesting the ability to: Create custom event types within the Bid Board calendar Edit or rename existing event types if needed Add a new event type such as “Internal Bid Review” (or “Bid Review”) Optionally assign unique colors or tags to custom event types for clear visibility Value: This enhancement would allow teams to manage both external deadlines and internal workflows in a single system, improving: Pre-bid coordination Estimate quality and review consistency Calendar clarity and communication across teams This would be especially valuable for companies managing multiple estimators, offices, and scopes within a unified bid process. Show More

I would suggest a Scope of Work report. This essentially pulls in the scope specific description for bid packages into one document. (I've attached an example.) This would help when putting together a proposal.  Show More

It would be helpful to have an Accept or Deny button when you receive a TradeTapp Qualification invitation. Show More

Checking to see if we can change a setting to when a bid comes into BuildingConnected, it can come to our email as an attachment? Right now, it gets emailed with a link in the body of the email to download the bid. Show More

Description Request that bid invitation emails from BuildingConnected include the bid due date within the email body. We understand that the due date can be viewed after clicking on the email link, but we think it would provide better clarity for our company, and for our downstream invited bidders, if the due date was shown somewhere in the email. Attached is one example of an invitation with due date shown, and another example where due date is not seen in the email.   Business Case Email notification formatting is inconsistent and lacking information, such as due date. Show More

Request is to add a "vcard" button so we can add Trade Partners to our phone contact list or to attach to an email.   Communication is kindness. Show More

In Bid Leveling the apparent low is always auto-sorted to appear in the first columns of bidders.   However, for our company, we would prefer to show our Self Perform group’s bid in this first column. Request is to have the ability to select the "preferred bidder" to show up in the first column under Bid Leveling. Show More

Unable to manually edit contacts. Email contacts for bid invites are outdated. We frequently invite by manually typing in an email address which is time consuming. No updates to contacts when reporting user is no longer with company Multiples of same company / making a new breakout when manually inviting an email to a company that is already in system Search by trade and distance from project is clumsy. Also often inaccurate. E.G. – search for Lightweight Concrete populates a list of foundation contractors that do not do lightweight concrete. Keyword trade search and filters are not CSI specific.   There is no check box or ability for trades to respond if they are attending a job walk. Messages are delivered as email notifications, but this is only for the initial message. Once you reply through BC, all message response notifications stop for that message thread. “Messages” does not auto-refresh with new messages. No transfer of notes between projects (i.e. which users are main contact, no longer there, etc.) Having to manually re-invite one by one instead of re-invite entire company at once Do not see any useful calendar of due dates (job walk, prequals, RFIs, bid due, etc.). No useful Outlook plug-in to respond to messages or submitted bids. Needs a dedicated photos viewer “Sign in with an AutoDesk ID” is unacceptable to those who are just trying to get information and don’t have account – can’t see information Show More

We are a fire protection engineering firm but that category is not listed as a "work performed" category. Military projects require the participation of a fire protection engineer (QFPE and/or FPQC) during construction. Can Fire Protection Engineer be added? Show More

The default "Work Performed" keyword options in the Building Connected Pro & Bid Board Pro platforms do not fully reflect the sophistication of the engineering services that some companies provide. To better represent their work and ensure clients, GC’s and owners understand their capabilities, we would like to request the addition of a few custom service descriptors (i.e. "Work Performed" keywords).   To keep things clear for users searching within Building Connected Pro & Bid Board Pro, the subject services have been grouped into the following structure:   Engineering Disciplines Power Systems Engineering (CSI 26 – Electrical) Mechanical Engineering (CSI 23 – HVAC) Piping Engineering (CSI 40 – Process Piping) Process Engineering (CSI 40 – Process Integration) Architectural Engineering   Automation & Manufacturing Automation Engineering (CSI 25 – Integrated Automation) Manufacturing Automation (CSI 25 / 40) Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (CSI 25)   Project Delivery Capital Project Planning (CSI 01 – Project Management) Systems Validation (CSI 01 – Quality Control / Validation) Commissioning & Startup (CSI 01 – Commissioning) Machine Safety Services (CSI 01 – Emergency Response)   Specialties Site Engineering (CSI Division 31 Earthwork /32 Exterior Improvements /33 Utilities)   The intent is to organize the services in a way that reads clearly to owners and GCs while aligning with CSI divisions where applicable. Thank you! Show More

Referring to the PDF "Formatted Bidder List" report in Building Connected, it would be beneficial if there was a way to remove the rows containing individual contact names, email addresses and phone numbers from the aforementioned report (or to customize it in general). In its current format, the PDF report that's produced can lack conciseness and be quite long (40 - 50 pages). You also can’t really recreate it using one of the other downloadable Excel reports unless you make a ton of modifications. Therefore, on the "Formatted Bidder List", it would be beneficial if each row was limited to containing only the company name, bid status, etc. for each bidder in each Bid Package. This would produce a report that can be referenced to quickly understand and analyze bid coverage on a given project without getting bogged down by the contact info and other details associated with each company/bidder. Thank you! Show More

Feature Request: Built-In Descope Meeting & Internal Notes Tool It would be extremely helpful to have a descope meeting feature built directly into BuildingConnected so teams can conduct scope reviews within the platform without exporting bid leveling sheets to Excel. Currently, BuildingConnected provides the bid leveling view, but there is no built-in way to run a descope meeting and capture internal discussion notes tied to a specific bidder. Because of this, our current workflow requires several manual steps: Export the leveled bid comparison to Excel Delete all bidders not relevant to the specific meeting Save the edited file in our internal filing system Conduct the descope meeting and add notes in Excel Upload the updated Excel file back to BuildingConnected for record keeping Re-enter the same notes again in BuildingConnected A more efficient solution would allow users to: Conduct descope reviews directly within BuildingConnected Add internal comments or meeting notes tied to a specific bidder or scope Keep those notes private so bidders cannot see competitor information Maintain a saved record of the descope discussion within the project This feature would streamline the bid review process, eliminate duplicate documentation work, and keep the entire bid evaluation history centralized within BuildingConnected. Show More

It would be very helpful to have the ability to upload bid documents once and control visibility by scope/trade using selectable checkboxes. Currently, if we want certain drawings or documents to be visible only to specific trades, we often need to upload the same file multiple times to different scopes, which is inefficient and increases the risk of version control issues. A better workflow would allow users to: Upload documents one time Select which scopes/trades can view the file using checkboxes Optionally exclude specific scopes if needed For example, we could upload the full drawing set once and then simply check or uncheck scopes (e.g., roofing, flooring, structural steel) to control which trades can access certain documents. This would significantly streamline bid setup, reduce duplicate uploads, and improve document management for teams managing large bid packages. Show More

Can we expand the Divisions in work performed to include CSI Master Classification?  Show More

1.  As a GC who uses TradeTapp and is disciplined in prequals it would be helpful to have a setting that blocks all bidders that are currently tracking in our TradeTapp platform.   2.  It is frustrating that the only way to set Preferred Contractors and Contracts is through an actual bid.  This setting should be rolled in to the view where you look up contractors.   3.  It would be helpful to be able to have some control over how the CVS outputs if you want to print it, by selecting the columns you want and limiting each contractor to a single line. Show More

Files that we need to send out in a Message only live currently in the message. Would be great if whatever files we add to a Message would upload into the FILES tab automatically so we don't have to upload it twice (in message and in files).  Show More

We receive some bids via BuildConnected, but also a large number come directly to our company email as often times bidders see we are on the market bidding on a public project so they just email us their bid directly without receiving an invite from us. For bid leveling purposes we like to ideally add every bid to BuildingConnected.   Here is a scenario: Johnnys Windows emails us a bid. We go to add it in BC but they are not on our bid list and consequently are not invited to their specific division. So, we add them to our bid list (most of the time people are already in BuildingConnected), then we want to add their bid to their division so we can bid level the whole group. When we go to add (invite) them to the group - it sends them an invite to bid. This often creates confusion and people call in and say 'we already sent our bid to you why are we getting an invitation after the fact?' -especially if we are bid leveling after the bid is closed.   If there could be a way for us to 'Invite' (or add) a bidder to a division *without it emailing them an invite notification this could revolutionize our bid leveling abilities and also maximize our use of BuildingConnected. Without this ability it makes things messy and unorganized as some bids remain in our email inbox, and others in BuildingConnected. Our company's traditional method is to try to bid level just through our scanned Bid Book which is time consuming and not always as simple to bid level.   If next to the "Invite Bidders" button there could be an "Add Bidders" button that would allow us to add them/their proposal to the group without it sending that company a notification that would be amazing!! Show More