NWIPCA

NWIPCA is an association of regional plan centers that was formed to share ideas, technology and information. The purpose of this organization is to strengthen and enhance the local plan centers.

NWIPCA does not sell subscriptions or any services. This site does offer a project portal to post projects to its members. You can use one of our "Post a Project" buttons to advertise a project to a local plan center. Advertising a project with a NWIPCA member will help send your project out to local General Contractors, Sub-contractors and Suppliers who are members of independent Plans Exchanges/Plan Centers affiliated with NWIPCA. For subscriptions to view the documents posted through NWIPCA, please contact the Plans Exchange in your local market for membership information.

• Builders Exchanges have a long history in their construction communities, several with more than 100 years of service.
• We are your partners in providing access to projects both electronically and in hard copy, to help you meet compliance requirements and serve a wider audience for a fraction of the cost.
• Builders Exchanges have experienced personnel handling your projects. We make sure that all current addenda and subsequent project correspondence are partnered with the plan and providing the project owner and bidders with up to date bidder's information.
• Builders Exchange personnel are available to answer non-technical questions and get bidders to the correct person to answer document related questions.
• Builders Exchanges are in the business of making it easy for owners to put a project out to bid and get the responsive bids they need to bring a project from the drawing board to life.

While the services vary slightly by location, here is a list of general services offered across the Network of Plan Centers/ Builder's Exchanges

Services offered by your local plan room:

• Project Posting
• Printing and Copying large format blueprint documents
• Digital Archiving
• Full Service Physical Plan Rooms
• Online Plan Rooms
• Overnight Plan Checkout
• Private Plan Posting
• Real Time Project Notifications

Contact your local NWIPCA Member to find out more about a location specific list of services offered.

There is NO CHARGE to you, the project owner or agency, or Plan Issuing Office to place plans in any of the NWIPCA Plan Rooms. This free service is offered to help you get more qualified bidders for your project, resulting in the lowest possible project costs for you and your client.

Montanabid.com requests documents in one of the following document formats: (PDF, DWF or TIFF)

Best Practices include:
Unlocked PDF files with One (1) PDF file for Drawings and One (1) PDF file for Specifications.
(Please zip all files locally on your hard drive before upload)

Your documents that are uploaded to a NWIPCA member plan centers will be advertised on a secure, password protected, members only website. This website allows members of participating NWIPCA Plan Centers to access your projects to help facilitate the bidding process.