[APP] HCSS Plans Offers Digital Plan Management in the Palm of Your Hands

HCSS Plans program connects the office to the field, ensuring that field superintendents are working from the latest project information to avoid mistakes and costly rework

April 3, 2018

Kimberly Hegeman

HCSS Plans delivers simple uploads as well as field calculators for project drawings to help link the office to the field and ensure the latest project information is being used.

HCSS Plans delivers simple uploads as well as field calculators for project drawings to help link the office to the field and ensure the latest project information is being used.

Mobile app: HCSS Plans
Developer: Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Inc.
Cost: Free
Available on: Apple devices

HCSS Plans is a digital plan management solution designed for the heavy construction industry. The Web- and mobile-based applications allow contractors to upload and publish any set of PDF plans, perform takeoffs and add markups which can be seen instantly.

Mark revisions with clouds, link to call-outs and mark key areas with polygons. You can also add notes, photos, audio clips and short videos.

App features:

Quick Publish for fast, one-step PDF document uploading
Dual scaling: vertical and horizontal
Multiple calculators for jobsite items such as asphalt, concrete, trenching, trucking and more
Pan and zoom plan sheets
Overlay versions and highlight changes
Compile all plans into as-builts
Download plans to mobile devices and view offline
Automatically syncs when device returns online
Seamlessly works with other HCSS solutions

Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Inc. (HCSS)

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