Procore Preconstruction

By audience

General Contracting

• Build bid packages, invite bidders and track coverage by trade in one place.
• Level bids side by side to find gaps and outliers before award.
• Convert the awarded bid into a subcontract or purchase order that updates the budget.
• Prequalify trade partners before inviting them to bid.

Specialty Contracting

• Run linear, area and weight-based takeoffs and price them into a proposal.
• Complete and submit a GC's qualification forms through the Prequalification Portal.
• Use 3D takeoff from models to count repeated components.

Construction Management

• Carry bid and estimate data into contracts and financials without re-keying.
• Link BIM coordination issues to RFIs and change events.
• Check penetration, blockout and embed locations against the model from the field.

Owner/Developer

• Collect qualification forms from contractors and approve or deny them before bidding.
• Compare contractor bids side by side before award.

Estimator

• Extract quantities from 2D plans or 3D models with auto-mapped takeoff.
• Use AI to detect floor plan areas and auto-count repeated symbols.
• Adjust material prices, labor units and margins, then produce a customer-facing proposal.
• Validate estimates against historical cost data.

By phase

Concept & Planning

• Find and prequalify potential trade partners before formal bidding starts.
• Build early estimates from historical cost data.

Pre-Construction

• Issue bid packages, manage bidder communication and level bids.
• Run quantity takeoffs and estimates that carry into budgets and contracts.
• Award bids and convert them into subcontracts or purchase orders.

Design

• Review design models and raise coordination issues with the design team.
• Take off quantities from 3D models as the design develops.