Which virtual plan room to pick

摘要

For those of a certain age, plan rooms are a blast from the past, a mere blip on the radar screen of nostalgia. In 1860 Nova Scotia, someone thought to have a room where owners and contractors could leave plans and specs - either to satisfy a legal obligation, or to simply shop the best price - for prospective bidders to eyeball. The room was the first of the Builders Exchange plan rooms that were soon to become ubiquitous in North America. As plan rooms developed, most of the jobs were publicly funded, although mostly private companies, such as Builders Exchange,1 operated the rooms themselves.