Questions From the Field

TradePlane is a field execution platform for specialty trade contractors. A crew scans a QR code to see the exact current drawing and submittal for the room they are standing in, captures a verified record of every device before it is concealed, and the daily report writes itself from that activity.

Three steps. First, scan a physical QR sticker on the wall, which routes to the exact drawing viewport for that room. Second, update status on the spot by logging install progress, checking device-to-panel traceability, and pulling submittals for any device, all tied to the exact location on the drawing. Third, you own a verified install record: every device captured with serial, model, photo, and location before concealment, and the GC-ready daily report writes itself from the same activity.

TradePlane is built for specialty trade contractors managing crews and daily logs in the field. General contractors get a consolidated, drawing-native view of every sub's daily activity. Owners, developers, and facility managers get a defensible field record that carries into closeout as a living as-built map.

Yes. TradePlane is built for field use. Crews can log, tag, and access drawings on any phone or tablet on site.

Honest answer: a tool a foreman has to learn is a tool a foreman won't use. That is why TradePlane starts with a QR sticker on the wall, not a login screen. A crew member points their phone camera at the sticker and the right drawing for that room opens. No app to install, no password to remember, no menu to find. Logging an install is tapping the device on the drawing they are already looking at. The crew's reward is immediate: they stop flipping through plan sets and stop getting end-of-shift questions from the office, because the daily report builds itself from what they already logged. Adoption is still work, and we tell every customer that straight. But the fight is a lot smaller when the tool asks less of the crew than the paper process did.

TradePlane is built for the MEPF trades: mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection. The platform reads the schedules those trades live by, including panel schedules, lighting schedules, HVAC equipment schedules, and plumbing schedules, and ties every device on the drawing to its record. Electrical is the deepest today, with device-to-panel circuit traceability. General contractors use TradePlane to see every sub's daily activity in one drawing-native view, but the tool in the crew's hand is built for the MEPF scope of work.

No. The QR codes are ordinary printed stickers, and any phone or tablet camera reads them, the same way you scan a menu at a restaurant. There is no scanner gun, no company gadget to buy, and no app to install. The sticker opens the room's drawing in the browser. On job sites that don't allow personal phones, a company tablet works the same way.

TradePlane works from the PDF plan set every job already has. Upload the PDF and TradePlane reads the drawing natively, meaning it works from the actual lines and text in the file rather than a photo of them, which keeps device locations precise. Scanned or photographed sheets can be read too, with a text-recognition fallback. There is no CAD software to buy and no special export needed from your engineer.

You do. The install records, photos, serial numbers, and reports your crews capture on your projects are yours to keep. That matters at closeout: the as-installed record is the owner's permanent account of what physically went into the building, and it doesn't disappear when the job ends.