Plan Room Services

Weekly Plan Room Briefs

As a Builders’ Association member or Electronic Plan Room (EPR) subscriber, you have access to Weekly Plan Room Briefs to keep you up-to-date on upcoming plans and projects.

Weekly Plan Room Briefs are provided for the following areas:

  • Kansas City
  • Central
  • Southern

Weekly Plan Room Briefs are:
1) faxed to Builders’ Association members who request them;
2) available at our Plan Room facilities; and
3) available to members online.
If you are not a member of the Builders’ Association, please check out our
Sample Plan Room Brief

Electronic Plan Room

Visit The Builders’ Association EPR at www.buildersepr.com

As a subscriber to the Builders’ EPR, you have access to up-to-date postings of publicly-bid jobs in the Kansas City, Jefferson City, Columbia, and Springfield areas. Services include:

  • Internet access to plans and specs along with weekly CDs of our plan room projects
  • E-mail orders to us for printed copies of any project you need at the member discount price
  • Print all plan documents in your own office in any size, even 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 scale
  • Access to more projects in less time
  • Search for projects by location and CSI division
  • Customize and print your own brief
  • Download plans and specs at the click of a mouse
  • Automatic notification of changes (addenda, planholders lists, and all other documents) on the jobs you select in real time
  • Free viewing software which allows you to figure square footage and linear footage, and to perform counts to scale on your computer screen

You may also sign up for the demo area at www.buildersepr.com.

The Builders’ EPR is available exclusively to Builders’ Association members at extremely reasonable rates. To contact a Builders’ EPR staff member, click here: Contact Us

For a Modern Builder article about Builders’ EPR safety and reliability, click here.

Plan Room Facilities

In addition to the EPR, The Builders’ Association has onsite Plan Room facilities in Kansas City, Jefferson City, Columbia, and Springfield.

Our Plan Room facilities offer services including:

  • Large-format plotters for reproducing information
  • Opportunity to check plans out overnight and return them the next morning

To contact a Builders’ Plan Room facility staff member, click here: Contact Us

Digital Plan Exchange

Let the new Digital Plan Exchange work for you:

  • Your company can have its own electronic plan room.
  • You select subcontractors and the projects you want them to see.
  • Invitees have instant, free access to plans and specs.
  • You can access projects from the Builders’ EPR or upload your own projects.
  • Slash your printing, coping, faxing, and shipping costs.
  • Download On Center’s On-Screen Takeoff® software at no charge.
  • No time-consuming follow-up calls to learn if subcontractors intend to bid.
  • Organize and manage multiple projects easily.
  • Affordable and easy to use.

General Contractors: Thousands of subcontractors have already signed up and are waiting to bid your job.

Subcontractors: Sign up to access fully-printable plans and specs from your favorite general contractors at no cost at www.digitalplanexchange.com.

To schedule a free demonstration, please call Robin Norris at (816) 531-4741.