Welcome to the world of Online Plan Rooms. NextPlans is a service that offers you the speed, convenience and security of ordering plans and specifications from the World Wide Web. You don't need special computer programs to use NextPlans - all you need is a Web browser with Java capabilities.

NextPlans was designed to allow you to order project documents for yourself or for others. Using the built-in address book, you can create shipping addresses and use them to ship project documents to other project participants. For example, you could order and ship a set of bid documents to a sub contractor, or a group of sub contractors.

NextPlans uses a familiar shopping cart experience like ones that you may have used on other Web sites. You search for items, place the items is your shopping cart and check out. You can even view documents before you place them in your cart.. After you've placed an order, you can check the progress of your order through the production process. All your orders are permanently stored for you in your Order history.

NextPlans is a valuable tool for sub contractors to order plans and specs for bidding on projects. Using a simple search form, you can look for projects in the Plan Room that meet your criteria for bidding. Maybe you only bid on projects within a certain geography, or of a certain size. NextPlans will help you find projects that meet those criteria. Then you can order the exact documents you need to create a bid.

If you’re a General Contractor, Architect, Document Management professional, or somebody who needs to print and distribute documents to many locations, NextPlans will work for you too! Using the NextPlans Address Book, you can create distribution lists of project team members, order project documents and have the documents shipped directly to team members. From one source, you can manage the printing and distribution of plans and specs. NextPlans keeps track of all orders, so you can keep track of what documents were printed and who received them.
NextPlans can also help Project Managers find archived documents to help answer questions that come up during construction and post-construction phases of a building. Use NextPlans to find a document and download the file for local viewing and printing. You have instant access to stored project documents.