What is a public plan room and where can I find my company’s?

As a main contractor, you have the ability to make projects public before or after publishing. Once projects are made public, they are available for any subcontractors to view and join in your company’s public plan room.

What is a public plan room? 

A public plan room is a web page powered by BuildingConnected that is only available to anyone with the link. Public plan rooms list all public projects your company is currently tendering out through BuildingConnected. Please note that NDA protected projects are not displayed in your public plan room.

From your public plan room, subcontractors can view projects and join tender packages to submit tenders. If a subcontractor joins a tender package and they do not already have an account on BuildingConnected, they will be prompted to create an account so they view project information, files, messages, and tender forms.

Where can I find my company’s public plan room?

To find your company’s public plan room, click on a public project from your Projects page.



Navigate to the “Information” tab and click on the link next to the “Public” section reading, “[Your Company] Public Plan Room.”



You will be taken to your company’s public plan room where all current public projects are listed. In the screenshot below, the company HRL Construction has one public project they are tendering out called “New Public Project.”



Your company’s public plan room is available to anyone with the link, whether it is posted on your website or emailed to subcontractors directly. Once subcontractors click on the link, they can then click on the project name or click “View” see to a list of tender packages within the project.



From here, subcontractors can add themselves to your project on BuildingConnected by clicking “Join” on tender packages they wish to submit tenders for.



If a subcontractor already has an active account on BuildingConnected, clicking “Join” will add them to the project and take them directly to the tender package “Overview” tab so they can view project information, files, messages, and tender forms. As mentioned above, if a subcontractor does not already have an account, they will be prompted to do so before they can view project information.