For architecture firms
One project space for all plan versions
Upload plans once, compare versions, have them approved and print directly from the project. For architecture, landscape architecture and interior architecture firms throughout Switzerland.
For architecture firms
Sound familiar?
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The new plan goes to everyone by email
Every version is sent to specialist planners, site management and contractors. Three weeks later, nobody knows who has which version on their desk.
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What changed from index B to C?
Site management lays two printouts side by side and looks for the change. A moved door or a changed dimension gets lost in the process.
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Approvals happen by phone
Whether the specialist planner has checked the plan is recorded in an email, in a phone call or nowhere. It gets printed and distributed anyway.
Project platform
What the platform does for architecture firms
The LOY construction project platform is a project space developed in Switzerland for the Swiss construction industry.
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Versioning and PDF comparison
Every new file is automatically filed as version -A, -B, -C or numerically. The old file is retained, the history is visible at any time, and guided uploads prevent duplicates. With the PDF comparison you overlay two plan versions and see at a glance what has changed from index B to C.
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Plan review directly on the plan
Specialist planners and site management review the plan in the platform. Reviewer and approval status are on the document, not in an email. Unapproved plans are flagged in the print basket before they go to paper.
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Share links without an account
Contractors who only need a plan set receive a share link to the document or folder, even without an account on the platform. Optionally with password and expiry date. Every download is logged, as a ZIP on request.
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Workflows instead of distribution lists
A workflow automatically sends an email to site management with every new version, sets a tag or moves the file to the right folder. You upload once, and distribution runs by itself. The activity log shows per project who uploaded, shared or downloaded what and when.
Printing and digitisation
Print and scan directly from the project
Add approved plans from the project to the basket, without a separate plan server. The format is detected from A0 to A4 and oversize; you choose colour, folding, scaling and paper per file. Several recipients with their own quantity and delivery method in one order: folded to the office, rolled to the site, one set to the building owner. The project invoice goes to the debtor of your choice, for example the building owner or the general contractor.
- Orders by 3 pm: delivery the next working day with the first post, express by 9 am
- Status up to «dispatched» with postal tracking, reorder with one click
- Have as-built plans scanned, redrawn as DWG or turned into an IFC model, versioned into the project
Prices
Prices for architecture firms
The construction project platform costs 200 CHF per month with annual payment, 250 CHF with monthly payment, with unlimited storage and an unlimited number of participants. You invite specialist planners, site management, contractors and the building owner by email, with no licence per person. The platform + print flat rate for 500 CHF per month includes plan plots up to A0 from our production in Glattbrugg; support, project set-up and presentation are included in both options.
Try for free with one project, 500 MB and all functions at pp.loy.ch, or request a demo of 30 to 60 minutes.
Frequently asked questions
Questions from architecture firms
01 How do we see what changed from index B to index C?
With the PDF comparison. You select two versions of the same plan, the platform overlays them and makes the changes visible. In the PDF preview you can also set the scale and measure directly in the browser; DWG files are also displayed in the browser. Both versions are retained because the platform never overwrites a file.
02 Do contractors need an account to download plans?
No. You share a document or an entire folder via a share link, optionally with password and expiry date. The contractor downloads the plans individually or as a ZIP, and every download is logged. Anyone who works on the project regularly is invited by email as a project participant, for example with the role «read only» or «print recipient»; no licence per person is needed.
03 How does plan review by specialist planners and site management work?
You specify on the plan who reviews it. The reviewers receive an email, open the plan in the platform, apply a stamp from the stamp library if needed and approve the plan or not. The approval status is shown directly on the document. A workflow can automatically inform site management when the status changes or move the file to the «Approved» folder. As long as approval is missing, the plan is flagged in the print basket.
04 Can we adopt our folder structure according to SIA 112?
Yes. When creating the project, you choose a template: without phases, with phases or according to SIA 112. You then adapt the structure, with folder colours, bookmarks and access rights per folder. You also tag files by trade, floor and phase, including multiple tags, so that the building services planner sees only their plans and site management sees everything.
05 Our as-built plans exist only on paper. How do they get into the project?
You send us the plans or bring them to Glattbrugg. We scan up to 1.30 m wide, distortion-free and with text recognition, so that the platform's full-text search also finds the scanned plan. On request we redraw the scan in DWG from 80 CHF per plan, and we create an IFC model on request. The files are usually in your project, versioned, within 24 to 48 hours. More under Digitise plans.
For architecture firms
Set up your first project together
We set up your first project with you, in Swiss German, High German, French or English. Try for free at pp.loy.ch or call: +41 58 517 44 20.