What Spokane Regional Plan Center does

Spokane Regional Plan Center (SRPC) is a non-profit membership organization founded in 1945 (originally as the Spokane Construction Council, rebranded in 1999) that operates an electronic plan room and bidding-information platform for the commercial construction industry across the Northwest United States. Headquartered at 209 N. Havana in Spokane, WA, SRPC serves approximately 850 member companies and 4,000+ active users concentrated in Central and Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, with sourced projects spanning Western Washington, Oregon, Southern Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Its core offering is a 24/7 online portal (ipin.plancenter.net) that aggregates hundreds of commercial projects out for bid (478 active projects cited on the public site, with 89 new in the prior five days), supported by staff who report on over 6,000 bidding projects annually.

The platform pairs a public-facing bid library (Online Project Resources) with a Private Projects Portal requiring key-code authentication for non-members. Members access an Advanced Search Function across specs and addenda, real-time automated alerts on tracked projects, customizable filters, and an A&E and Member Directory searchable by company or individual employee. Adjacent services include reprographics/blueprint printing at member discounts, a File Upload service (supporting up to 250MB across common document formats), and an Association Health Plan delivered through a Marsh McLennan Agency partnership offering Premera Blue Cross, Ameritas, and MetLife coverage to member employers. SRPC also runs a scholarship program that has awarded over $427,000 since 1994, funded by an annual Crab Feed and Golf Tournament, alongside a workforce-development partnership with the NEWTech Skill Center active since 2018.

Commercially, SRPC operates a subscription model priced at $1,200 annually or $300 per quarter, with free trials available via online request. With only 1-10 employees disclosed, the organization runs at highly efficient scale and is self-sustaining through dues, reprographics margins, and insurance-program economics; it has no external investors or parent company. Distribution is direct via the website and inside-sales phone/email support, and marketing relies on member testimonials, industry events, and word-of-mouth through the member network rather than paid acquisition.

Name

Spokane Regional Plan Center

Legal name

Spokane Regional Plan Center

Website

https://plancenter.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Spokane Regional Plan Center is a non-profit, membership-based electronic plan room founded in 1945 that gives 850 Northwest construction companies and 4,000+ users 24/7 online access to commercial project bid documents, advanced search, alerts, an A&E directory, reprographics, and member insurance benefits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Spokane

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual or quarterly membership fees providing access to online project resources, directory services, and member benefits. Primary revenue stream supporting the plan center operations.
2. Reprographics/Printing Services: Blueprint and plan printing services for projects and jobsites at discounted rates for members
3. Insurance Benefits Program: Association Health Plan offering Premera Blue Cross, Ameritas, and MetLife insurance products to member companies with 2+ enrolled employees

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Spokane Regional Plan Center operates a membership-based electronic plan room that aggregates commercial construction projects out for bid across the Northwest United States, giving general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, owners, architects, and engineers 24/7 online access to bidding documents, specifications, addenda, automated project alerts, an advanced search function, and a searchable directory of professionals. Members also receive discounted reprographics/printing services at the Spokane facility and access to a construction industry Association Health Plan offering medical, dental, vision, and life insurance products via a Marsh McLennan Agency partnership.

Product overview

Spokane Regional Plan Center operates as a construction industry electronic plan room and bidding platform, offering a unified membership-based service that provides online access to commercial projects out for bid throughout the Northwest. The core platform consists of the Online Project Resources system with 24/7 document access, the Advanced Search Function for specs and addenda, and Real Time Automated Alerts for project tracking. Supporting modules include the A&E and Member Directory for finding contractors and professionals, Private Projects Portal for key-coded access to non-public bids, Printed Plans for reprographics services, and the Insurance Benefits Platform offering healthcare coverage through Marsh McLennan Agency. The company also operates a Scholarship Program for workforce development in skilled trades. The platform connects general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, owners, and architects to facilitate the bidding process across Central and Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, and the broader Northwest region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Project Resources Platform (Membership Plan Room) Annual or quarterly membership providing 24/7 online access to hundreds of commercial construction projects out for bid throughout the Northwest, with unlimited downloads of plans, specifications, and addenda. Targeted at general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, owners, architects, and engineers.
• Printed Plans (Reprographics Services) Blueprint and plan printing services for member projects and jobsites at discounted rates, performed on-site at the Spokane facility.
• A&E and Member Directory Searchable online directory of architects, engineers, and member companies available to all members, searchable by company name or by employee.
• Private Projects Portal Secure separate portal allowing general contractors, architects, engineers, and suppliers to post and access private project documents using a key code for authentication; enables non-members to participate in private bids when given access.
• Insurance Benefits Program (Association Health Plan) Member benefit program offering Premera Blue Cross, Ameritas, and MetLife insurance products (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and EAP) through a construction industry Association Health Plan in partnership with Marsh McLennan Agency, available to employers with two or more enrolled employees.
• Scholarship Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Staff reports on over 6000 bidding projects annually, saving members the time of tracking down bid documents
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NEWTech Skill CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership formed in 2018 with mission to promote careers in skilled trades. SRPC provides donations to NEWTech's Construction, Welding, and Electrical programs, including funding for student identification, work attire, transportation, and instructional materials. Joint activities include Construction Career Days, 8th Grade Career Fair, job site visits, and apprenticeship office tours.
• Marsh McLennan AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarsh McLennan Agency partnered with Spokane Regional Plan Center to bring more employee benefit options to members. The program offers Premera Blue Cross, Ameritas, and MetLife insurance to employers with two or more enrolled employees through a construction industry Association Health Plan.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BuildingConnected (Autodesk): Digital bid-management platform (acquired by Autodesk) connecting GCs and subcontractors for private and public project bidding. Comparable to SRPC's Private Projects Portal and broader bid aggregation role, with deeper preconstruction workflow tooling.
• iSqFt (ConstructConnect): Construction bid management service for subcontractors and suppliers to find, track, and bid commercial projects. Closely mirrors SRPC's value proposition of online project access, custom search/filtering, and automated alerts for bidders.
• BidNet: Government and private-sector bidding opportunity aggregator serving suppliers and contractors. Comparable to SRPC's Private Projects Portal in distributing bid documents via subscription, but with broader government and private coverage rather than construction-only.
• ConstructConnect: Commercial construction bid management platform (now encompassing iSqFt). Offers online access to commercial project plans, specifications, and addenda to general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers — the same core service SRPC provides, but across a much larger national footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC): National trade association for the commercial construction industry with regional chapters, providing member services including training, insurance, and networking. Comparable to SRPC's membership-organization model and its member benefits stack (insurance, scholarships, networking).
• Dodge Construction Network: National construction data and project-bidding platform (formerly Dodge Data & Analytics). Directly comparable to SRPC's core project-bid aggregation and distribution function but operates at national scale across commercial, institutional, and infrastructure projects.

Regional players

• Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce (DJC): Pacific Northwest construction news and project-bid information service, historically operating a regional plan room. Closest geographic peer to SRPC with a directly overlapping market in Western Washington and a similar bid-information aggregation model.
• AGC of Washington: Regional chapter of the Associated General Contractors trade association serving general and specialty contractors in Washington state. Comparable as a membership-based construction industry organization serving overlapping regional audiences, though focused on advocacy rather than bid aggregation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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