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Bluebeam Revu
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Definition
Bluebeam Revu is a desktop application for marking up, collaborating on, and working with PDF drawings and documents in construction workflows. It is widely used by general contractors, subcontractors, and design teams for plan review, takeoff, redline collaboration, and document control. Revu is sold by subscription in four tiers (Basics, Core, Complete, Max) and runs on Windows desktop, web, and mobile.
Category
PDF markup and document collaboration software
Vendor
Where it sits in the bid workflow
Bluebeam Revu sits across the document-review and markup workflow that runs through every project stage. During bidding, estimating teams use it to mark up solicitation drawings, capture quantities for takeoff, and circulate addenda comments. During construction, project teams use it for submittal review, RFI coordination, and field markup.
Revu is platform-agnostic in the sense that it sits on top of any project’s PDF documents regardless of which document-management or project-management platform the contractor runs.