Case Study: Prism Electric achieves real-time BIM-field coordination and major time savings with PlanGrid Build

Prism Electric Streamlines its BIM Workflow with PlanGrid

Prism Electric, a 20+-year-old electrical contractor doing over $175M annually across Texas and Oklahoma, struggled with a persistent disconnect between its BIM models and real-world jobsite conditions. Field crews frequently found clashes—like ducts installed where conduit belonged—while the BIM team relied on handwritten notes, emails and trips to distant sites to resolve issues, causing slow, unclear communication and wasted time.

Prism standardized on PlanGrid, creating custom issue stamps and a PlanGrid–Revit API integration so field annotations feed directly into the BIM model, establishing a single source of truth. The change enabled real‑time office-to-field communication, reduced travel and manual work, improved accountability and coordination, and accelerated issue resolution—helping Prism track tens of thousands of annotations and issues and reclaim significant time for its BIM team.

Prism Electric

Chris Baker

BIM coordinator