The Washington-Idaho state line hasn’t kept general contractor Baker Construction & Development and specialty framing contractor Mandere Construction from doing good work together. In fact, the two companies have forged their partnership across 25 years.

But the digital divide was another matter. Both teams were bogged down in manual document handling, constant back-and-forth, and exhausting vigilance against outdated drawings.

They needed a solution to coalesce fragmented administration and communications. By using Procore Connect, they found increased speed, streamlined drawing distribution, and 200% growth in their shared business pipeline.

Don’t settle for plain file sharing.

Procore Connect is a cross-company, platform-integrated collaboration layer. It seamlessly syncs project documents like RFIs, drawings, and submittals between separate Procore accounts while letting each company retain control of their own project data.

Procore Connect creates visibility between GCs and SCs like Baker and Mandere for up-to-date handoffs that help save time and generate efficiencies.

The challenge: Fragmented data created fragmented handoffs

Serving the Inland Northwest, Baker Construction & Development is a premier Spokane construction, development, and preconstruction firm.

Mandere Construction, based in Rathdrum, Idaho, provides superior framing.

Their strong relationship couldn’t immunize them from the trials of fast-paced projects, though. They faced:

  • Administrative quicksand: Mandere Construction Project Coordinator Maria Gonyou explains that downloading, organizing, and uploading drawings into local systems consumed anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours at any given time.

  • Disjointed communications: The partners pushed a constant stream of emails and phone calls between project managers and field foremen.

  • Information bottlenecks: Delayed drawing updates regularly halted momentum in the field.

  • Drawing uncertainty: Baker’s superintendents were constantly verifying that plans were current, creating a drain on their time when they could have been driving high-level decisions.

The Procore Connect solution: A single source of truth

Baker and Mandere jointly adopted Procore Connect, creating streamlined, real-time data-sharing capability between the GC and the SC. 

Now, drawings, RFIs, and submittals flow between accounts. Mandere and Baker's data connects automatically, meaning teams don’t have to send as many questions through a long, slow chain of command. Within company-controlled permissions, key personnel can find details mirrored across both systems in real time.

“There's an efficiency layer to this that greatly increases with our specialty contractors that readily use Procore. As Maria mentioned, there’s trust with her foreman and field guys coming to the site with the drawings. Our superintendents don’t have to go and make sure that this specialty contractor is using the right plans. Because they're in Procore and using Procore Connect, I know those plans are readily available for them.” 

– Breanna Bagwell Pesta, Assistant Project Manager, Baker Construction & Development 

The Baker-Mandere Procore link closes the information gaps caused by manual handoffs. For example, it works with Baker’s regular field photo uploads. This lets Mandere's scheduling team visually track physical progress and plan accurate mobilization.

The Results: Faster execution, less rework

Procore Connect scores qualitative and quantitative wins for both sides:

  • Drawings processed in seconds: Gonyou clicks “Publish," and up to two hours of drawing distribution time drops to 30 seconds.

  • 200% shared pipeline increase: Doors have opened to more joint projects, Bagwell Pesta says, creating a measurable spike in business for both companies.

  • Higher productivity: According to Mandere, Procore Connect adoption and utilization dramatically increased their operational productivity.

  • Rework avoided: Connecting data in real time helps keep field crews building from current drawings. Less rework helps protect profit margins.

  • Seamless, streamlined communications: Mandere can independently check the status of pending RFIs or submittals. That means less back-and-forth emails for updates.

  • Accountability: Who has the ball, and in which court? One quick check gets a complete update: time-stamped with the required paper trail.

“Breanna and our GCs know they can trust that when we go on site, we have all the information that they’ve already provided readily available to us… It's not a revision from four sets ago. It always has the time stamp, the current accurate drawings.” 

– Maria Gonyou, Project Coordinator, Mandere Construction 

Coming together at Groundbreak and beyond

Breanna and Maria attended Groundbreak as a team. Together, they learned from their peers how to leverage Procore, and they built the skills to unify project data with Procore’s centralized hub. 

Their enthusiasm inspired Baker and Mandere to become early adopters in Procore Explore, where companies test Procore’s beta products. Members get early access to leading-edge capabilities. Plus, their real-world feedback helps Procore improve, continuously developing and honing new products at the speed of construction.

Through technology, Baker and Mandere maintain their hard-earned trust in today’s high-stakes, high-pressure environment. When everyone has the same information at the same time and the tools to act on it together, projects exceed expectations, and the next job is won.

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