Last year, we anointed Windows 10 as a game changer for construction applications and the Microsoft Surface Pro as the tablet to watch out for. Now, a popular construction app is adapting to the Windows platform.

PlanGrid, a construction document management, markup, and annotation tool, has released a beta version of the application for the Windows platform, which supports Windows 7, 8, and 10. With this release, it effectively makes PlanGrid accessible on every major device you can imagine, so no one is left out. PlanGrid initially launched in 2012 as an iOs application, before expanding to Android two years after that.

With PlanGrid, users can access the latest versions of construction drawings, view RFIs and attachments, and view, create and share annotations and photos through a web browser or mobile/tablet application. The new Windows version also allows access to the application both online and offline.

To help get you started with PlanGrid on Windows, the company put together a quick guide to help make it seamless.

For those who aren’t familiar with the application at all, the video below gives a great and quick overview. Pricing for use of the application begins at $39 per month.

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