Subcontractors

Instantly Find What you Need With Keywords

April 22, 2023

PDF Scanner makes finding what you need easier and more convenient using keyword searches. Do you spend hours searching through projects or drawing files to find key terms related to your work? Do you remember seeing a detail somewhere in the project drawings for a walk-in cooler, but can’t seem to locate it again? Or maybe your business specializes in walk-in cooler installation — and you are looking for projects that call for this particular type of work.

With PlanHub’s easy-to-use PDF Scanner, you can hone in on exactly what you are looking for, instantly – and save hours of detailed searching and a whole lot of headaches. Here’s how it works:

Getting started with PDF Scanner

Use PlanHub's PDF Scanner to search thousands of project documents by keyword so you can find relevant opportunities in seconds instead of spending hours combing through blueprints manually.
Save your most-used keywords to a personalized list and let PDF Scanner automatically scan new job postings on your behalf, so you never miss a project that fits your trade.
Set up instant alerts so that when a newly posted project matches your keywords — filtered by trade and region — you're notified right away and can act before your competitors do.
Search within a specific project's documentation to quickly locate the exact detail or specification you need, so you can put together a more accurate and competitive bid.
The more targeted your project search, the less time you waste on leads that don't fit — PDF Scanner's automatic trade and region filtering helps you focus only on the work that's right for your business.

PDF Scanner uses optical character recognition to look inside PDF documents, including blueprints, to find keywords. Here are ways that you can search for keywords using PDF Scanner.

Finding new jobs to bid on. Enter a keyword in the search bar, and PDF Scanner will search within thousands of project documents. Not only that, but it will automatically filter projects to your trade and region, so the list of search results will be as targeted as possible to your business.
Search for keywords in a particular project. Don’t remember where you saw the reference to that walk-in cooler? Use PDF Scanner to search within a project’s documentation to find exactly what you are looking for.
Save keywords to your own personalized list. If you frequently search for a keyword, you can save it to your own keyword list. PDF Scanner will then automatically search any new job postings. And, you can save as many keywords as you like!
Get instant, automatic notifications. PDF Scanner automatically checks newly posted projects to see if they match any of your keywords – filtered for your trade and region. When there is a match, we’ll send an alert to notify you right away.

At PlanHub, we are constantly finding ways to make your work day simpler, more streamlined and more convenient. PDF Scanner another way PlanHub makes it faster and easier for you to find, bid and win business.

Find more jobs. Win more bids. Grow your business.

PlanHub is your all-in-one hub to simplify preconstruction. Our cloud-based platform makes it faster and easier than ever to find hundreds of quality projects for your trade in your area. What’s more, PlanHub provides a complete suite of tools that create and manage bids easily with time-saving efficiency – and get your business the visibility it deserves. To find out all the ways that a PlanHub Premier membership can help you be more competitive and grow your business, schedule a demo today.