BuildingConnected | Autodesk Construction Cloud

Focus On Your Best Bid Opportunities

TopBuilder’s integration with BuildingConnected delivers bid invitations directly to subcontractors, offering tools to efficiently organize bid workflows, compare bids with scoring, and respond to bid invites. With TopBuilder’s calendar integrations, users can create appointments, set alerts, reminders and assign follow-up tasks for automated bid tracking that grows your business.

A construction manager on-site looking at the entire project workflow for his company's construction projects.
https://www.topbuildersolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/construction-img.png

Benefits of TopBuilder BuildingConnected Integration

Full Visibility

Access to all your bid invitations in one place for complete bid coverage.

enhanced-collaboration
Enhanced Collaboration

Manage bids with alerts, reminders and calendar integration to respond faster.

Improved Productivity & Profitability

Prioritize bids with automated filtering and assignments. Use dashboards and analytics to measure bid conversion rates.

Cloud-Based Synchronization

sync
BuildingConnected-Autodesk-logo
TopBuilder organizes all bid invitations on a single, easy-to-use bid board
BuildingConnected sends all subcontractor bid invitations to TopBuilder (including bid invitations from outside sources)
Bid statuses are set by users or automatically by filtering/scoring rules and workflows
Intent to bid status send to BuildingConnected
Bid prepared using TopBuilder bid management and proposal builder
Bid submitted to BuildingConnected

Comprehensive Bid Management

The integration between TopBuilder and BuildingConnected offers a complete set of features designed to enhance every phase of your bid management processes.

Bid management in one place

All bid invitations are captured and organized in one easy-to-use place (even bids for other 3rd party sources).

Automatic Collaboration, Assignments, Calendar Integration and Alerts

Bid invitations are automatically assigned to estimators, project managers and your sales team using detailed job information on the bid invitation. Set up and modify assignment criteria.

bid-scoring
Automatic Filtering and Scoring

Apply your custom filters and scoring parameters to each incoming bid invitation to score and filter without losing access to that history.

bidding-calendar
Organize all bid invitations on shared and individual calendars

Using the Outlook or Google Calendar integration, you can organize bid invitations on a common bid calendar as well as on individual team members’ calendars.

bid-organization
Organize bids by job

Sort multiple bids for the same job from different general contractors on your bid board and manage them as a single opportunity.  Close out bids and mark the win or loss reason once a bid is awarded.

bid-dashboard
Advanced dashboards and analytics

TopBuilder’s ContractorBI™ analyzes bid invitations and activity so you can see the status, performance and forecast impact of all bids and jobs by criteria such as job type, general contractor, source, estimator, job size and market segment.

FAQs

What is BuildingConnected used for?

BuildingConnected is a preconstruction bid management platform for commercial construction. It connects owners and builders through a platform built around the bid and risk management process. General contractors and owners use it to manage the bidding, qualification, and bid evaluation process from one central location, while subcontractors and vendors use it to manage their opportunities and submit bids.

Who owns BuildingConnected?

Autodesk owns BuildingConnected. BuildingConnected was founded in 2012, and Autodesk acquired it in 2019. It now sits inside Autodesk’s construction portfolio, part of what was Autodesk Construction Cloud and is now Autodesk Forma.

SCHEDULE YOUR DEMO

Grow Faster With Solutions Built for a Better Bidding Process

With TopBuilder, you can prioritize your most profitable opportunities and stay on top of every potential new project.