Buildingconnected

What Buildingconnected does

BuildingConnected operates a cloud-based preconstruction platform that connects general contractors, subcontractors, and project owners through what the company describes as the largest real-time construction network in North America, with over 1 million professionals and 4M+ bid invitations flowing monthly from 4,000+ general contractors. The platform is built around three core products: BuildingConnected Pro, a centralized bid management and analytics suite for GCs and owners; TradeTapp, an automated subcontractor qualification and risk-mitigation tool covering 250,000 vendors with financial benchmarking, capacity, and safety history analysis; and Bid Board Pro, an online bid board for subcontractors to track invitations, deadlines, and team workload. Supporting modules include Bid Leveling for side-by-side proposal comparison and an open API that exposes qualification and contact data to ERP, accounting, and project management systems (with a native Procore integration). The underlying technical differentiator is the collectively maintained, real-time vendor and project data graph, which is continuously updated by network participants rather than maintained as a static directory.

The company sells primarily through annual, non-cancellable, non-refundable subscriptions (BuildingConnected Pro, TradeTapp standalone or bundled, and Bid Board Pro), with a freemium layer for basic subcontractor access and quote-based pricing for enterprise accounts. Distribution is hybrid: self-serve onboarding and free trials for the long tail of subcontractors and smaller contractors, paired with enterprise field sales and demos targeting large GCs — 13 of the ENR top 20 GCs are named customers, including Barton Malow, Hitt, DPR Construction, Boldt, Hensel Phelps, Hoar Construction, Plaza Construction, and Shawmut. Go-to-market is reinforced through content marketing, customer stories, and the Autodesk Construction Cloud community 'The Big Room'.

BuildingConnected was founded in 2012 and raised approximately $52.7M in venture funding across five rounds (2014–2018) from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Brookfield Growth, Bee Partners, Brick & Mortar Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Freestyle Capital, Homebrew, and Kiddar Capital. It acquired TradeTapp in August 2018 and was itself acquired by Autodesk on January 23, 2019, since which it has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary within Autodesk Construction Cloud, integrating bid management into Autodesk Forma's preconstruction experience through the 2026 beta 'Bidding in Preconstruction' feature.

Name

Buildingconnected

Legal name

BuildingConnected, Inc.

Website

https://buildingconnected.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Preconstruction Software

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Integration Builders (BPAMAOAL)

Keywords

• Construction bid management
• Preconstruction software
• Subcontractor qualification
• Bid leveling tools
• Construction risk analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services (BuildingConnected Pro): Paid subscription service for general contractors and owners providing bid management, network access, and advanced features. Subscriptions are annual with auto-renewal and are non-cancellable and non-refundable once contracted.
2. Subscription Services (Bid Board Pro): Paid subscription service for subcontractors providing online bid board, tracking, and collaboration tools. Contracts are non-cancellable and non-refundable.
3. TradeTapp Subscription: Risk mitigation and qualification platform available as an integrated solution with BuildingConnected Pro or as a standalone subscription for risk teams.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BuildingConnected operates a construction preconstruction SaaS platform that connects general contractors, subcontractors, and owners on a single network to manage the bid process end-to-end. It offers bid management tools (BuildingConnected Pro and Bid Board Pro), subcontractor risk qualification (TradeTapp), and bid comparison/leveling analytics. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Autodesk following its January 23, 2019 acquisition.

Product overview

BuildingConnected is a preconstruction software platform consisting of three core products: BuildingConnected Pro (bid management for general contractors and owners), TradeTapp (subcontractor risk qualification and mitigation), and Bid Board Pro (bid tracking for subcontractors). The platform is built around the largest real-time construction network in North America connecting over 1 million construction professionals. Products integrate with each other—TradeTapp qualification data syncs automatically to BuildingConnected Pro—and support external integrations with Procore and ERP systems via open API. The platform is offered as a unified SaaS solution with tiered subscription options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BuildingConnected Pro: The #1 all-in-one bid management solution for construction professionals, providing bid management, bid leveling, and analytics for general contractors and owners.
• TradeTapp
• Bid Board Pro

Products and services

• BuildingConnected Pro Enterprise bid management platform for general contractors and owners that consolidates bid invitations, tracking, and analysis in a single workspace. Includes an open API for integration with project management and ERP tools.
• Bid Board Pro Bid invitation and tracking tool for subcontractors that consolidates incoming bid opportunities from general contractors into one dashboard, replacing email- and spreadsheet-based workflows.
• TradeTapp Subcontractor risk mitigation and prequalification tool that automates the collection of financial, safety, and compliance documents and produces a quantitative risk score for each subcontractor.
• Bid Leveling Automated bid comparison and leveling capability within BuildingConnected Pro that normalizes scopes and pricing across subcontractor bids so estimators can evaluate them side by side instead of in spreadsheets.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% decrease in manual entry for users switching from spreadsheets to BuildingConnected
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Autodesk FormacoreTechnology or Integration · 28 May 2026Bidding in Preconstruction feature integrates BuildingConnected's bid management and prequalification workflows directly into Autodesk Forma's preconstruction experience. Requires US data storage region and linked Autodesk/BuildingConnected accounts.
• ProcorecoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Procore for construction project management. Users can access BuildingConnected bid management features alongside Procore's project controls.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BldgConnected

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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