STACK Build & Operate

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Construction plan management app for jobsite and office.

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Value for Money
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Eric
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Smartuse critical in day to day coordination

Reviewed on 2023/07/31

Pros

Provides all parties access to relevant documents.

Cons

Documents are not always up to date. Assuming the documents on Smartuse are the most current could leads to mistakes.

Caroline
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing software we can't live without !

Reviewed on 2021/10/15

We are 100% satisfied with the integration of Smartuse in our company since 2018. It has become an...

We are 100% satisfied with the integration of Smartuse in our company since 2018. It has become an absolute necessity to simplify our project management over the years.

Pros

- The fact that every user has the most recent version of every document is essential in construction.
- Software easy to use and intuitive to work with everyday

Cons

We are looking forward to the new additions in development to improve the software. The objective would be to centralize the majority of project management in the same software.

Alternatives Considered

Procore

Reasons for Switching to STACK Build & Operate

The software was recommended by another company that had been using it. After contacting Smartuse, we were able to receive a demonstration in person of all the features it has to offer. The variety of options that was presented offered a better organization with our projects than other products.
Martine
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Alright

Reviewed on 2023/08/02

Pros

I like that everything is in one place. The ease of use hinges on someone paying attention to the project and updating it in a timely manner.

Cons

Too many clics required to download items.

Francesco
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

GroupeGI2

Reviewed on 2021/10/12

A great overall experience.

A great overall experience.

Pros

We use this software daily and it has definitely helped us with access to immediate pertinent project information and modifications.

Cons

Would be great to be able to import information (documents) on mobile devices.

Alternatives Considered

Procore

Reasons for Switching to STACK Build & Operate

Integration of project management and takeoffs.
Davood
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Smartuse in Construction industry

Reviewed on 2023/08/03

Pros

User Friendly and easy to use. Having access to all drawings in one place and so on.

Cons

Actually I like Smartuse in all aspects. I don't think there would be any missed features!

Marc Andre
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

SmartUse

Reviewed on 2023/08/07

Im happy with the product.

Im happy with the product.

Pros

Mobile acess. Fluidity and accessibility.

Cons

Hard to import plan, not easy to understand.

Alternatives Considered

Procore and ON!Track
John
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

SmartUse Review

Reviewed on 2023/08/12

Pros

I like the directory format of Smartuse and the folder structures. The system is very fast and efficient.

Cons

I did not like that when I wanted to export an individual document from Smartuse on the PC version, I had to go through a whole link process through my email. I really believe that the option to download the file straight from Smartuse to my desktop would be way more efficient. It often happened as well that I never received the download link to my email, and I had to reach out to costumer service.

Husain
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent Software

Reviewed on 2023/07/25

Convinient and easy to use

Convinient and easy to use

Pros

All version drawings were very easily accessible

Cons

Frequent updates of software consumes time

Grant
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

It flows well

Reviewed on 2023/07/29

It is very fluid and runs fast compared to our apps I have used.

It is very fluid and runs fast compared to our apps I have used.

Pros

I really enjoy how the floor plans have direct links to the detailed cuts.

Cons

One feature I would like to see in any projdct management program. Is to be able to edit the drop down lists of names that have been previously entered. Especially in the case of spelling errors.

Jatin
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  • Industry: Railroad Manufacture
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Best Smartuse

Reviewed on 2023/08/08

Pros

Really easy to operate.i can also use it on mobile phone

Cons

I am not able to download drawing on my phone.

Adam
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Easy to use as a outside user.

Reviewed on 2023/08/03

Construction site documentation was made simple

Construction site documentation was made simple

Pros

Access to documents created by others was simple.

Cons

Had a French/English language issue, but that was only in initial set up.

Isabel
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Very intuitive plataform

Reviewed on 2023/08/07

Pros

It's easy to use. I like how it is structured

Cons

I'm not sure. So far I like how easy it is to use. It's very intuitive. There is nothing I don't like.

Antoine
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Overall very good!

Reviewed on 2023/07/25

It simplify the doc control on projects when everybody use it.

It simplify the doc control on projects when everybody use it.

Pros

All the up to date documents accessible at one place and on field.

Cons

Everybody on the project have to use it to be useful. If some other professionals don't use it, it became less useful. When some use traditional emails and others use SmartUse...

Christian
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

External User using SmartUse for site surveillance

Reviewed on 2023/08/08

Good experience to access all the documents for site surveillance and construction management

Good experience to access all the documents for site surveillance and construction management

Pros

Easy of use, everything rapidly accessible

Cons

It would be nice to be able to rapidly switch between pages in a set

Yogi
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Smart use

Reviewed on 2021/06/03

It's Awesome and I am sure a lot of improvement can be made for the software.

It's Awesome and I am sure a lot of improvement can be made for the software.

Pros

I like the arrangement with drawings and access to different versions. easy access to folders and documents.

Cons

The software could be made more in line with Project management requirement such as a dashboard on status of the documents, workflow for RFI's , change orders and billings, A separate billings module to keep in line with billing processing. Customize for different delivery models such as design build, design bid build, construction management and P3 projects.

Stephen
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Ennis Electric Review

Reviewed on 2021/05/28

Very happy with the product overall. Especially happy with the development enhancements.

Very happy with the product overall. Especially happy with the development enhancements.

Pros

Drawing management.
User friendly.
Markups.

Cons

When loading sheets, there is no ability to bulk rotate sheets for sheet name detection and then rotate them back.
We need better mark-up tools.

Nicolas
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Smartuse review

Reviewed on 2021/10/07

Pros

Easy to learn, collaborate in realtime on plans between all team members.

Cons

sometimes it bugs and the plans wont appear. Sometimes the annotations of other people wont appear. restart the application and it works.

DANIEL
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

IMPERCO review

Reviewed on 2021/05/28

Pros

Reliable, links to cuts, revision updates

Cons

Sometime the uploading of PDF's take quite a bit of time.

Luciano
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

SmartUse for subcontractor

Reviewed on 2021/10/12

For us it is a temporary solution that help us to give digital access to some information on the...

For us it is a temporary solution that help us to give digital access to some information on the field

Pros

Easy to use for field employees. Easy to add documents

Cons

It is limited. We need a "ONE" platform does all solution that communicates between subcontractors and GC and avoids to enter information twice

Mike
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  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great tool to have on a construction site.

Reviewed on 2018/06/05

Pros

Lots of options to mark up drawings and hyper link between drawings/documents. Having the option to create a live drawing that a full construction site can view from a site trailer or their own personal computer/iPad reduces questions that need to be asked.

Cons

Inability to view drawings without an internet connection. The ability to download the drawings with all mark ups onto an iPad or other tablet should be an option so you can bring it on site and have access to everything in your hand.

Response from Stack Construction Technologies

SmartUse offers an offline mode that allows the users to have access to their plan wherever they are. If you need more details on how to activate the offline mode, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]

Jonathan
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

great software

Reviewed on 2021/10/12

Pros

Its really easy to transfer project information

Cons

downloading time is too long... It would be a great idea to have an intergrated calender- schedual like MS project

Susan
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

SmartUse - Smart

Reviewed on 2021/05/28

Great Tool

Great Tool

Pros

Easy and effective project maintenance program

Cons

Downloading drawings; when you are coordinating for projects and the foreman is not tech savvy, most of the work falls on support.

David
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Easy to use

Reviewed on 2021/06/04

Pros

Quick access to plans and information of changes on our projects. I can stay updated on all my projects.

Cons

None, we enjoy using this software. I honestly cannot complain about it

Steve
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

SmartUse Software

Reviewed on 2021/05/28

For the project i used this on, it was a good way to stay on top of the ever changing and additional...

For the project i used this on, it was a good way to stay on top of the ever changing and additional scope for the project

Pros

It was easy to use, it is like most of the other software out on the market so if you have used any of the others you will be able to use this software with ease

Cons

About the only thing I can think of is the notifications for items being added, if they alerted the user of items that got added better.

Lianne
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great for Field work

Reviewed on 2021/06/03

Pros

the ability to post pictures linked to specific spaces and the reviews of each plan easily accessible are great features

Cons

the software is great I havent found anything to be lacking or needing improvement