Construction with confidence

Adopting new construction technology just got easier. SketchUp is the simple solution that enables you to complete even the biggest projects more efficiently, saving time and money – and helping you win more work.

Turn pain points into plus points

Work faster with more clarity, more efficiency, fewer errors, and reduced rework. The SketchUp ecosystem paves the way for connected and coordinated workflows that drive alignment – and realize the customer’s vision – for smooth projects from start to finish. SketchUp’s intuitive toolset brings the whole team along, from groundbreaking to final handover.

Decision-making, fast-tracked

Keep your teams ahead of the competition with easy-to-learn 3D. Get them up to speed fast, with the most intuitive construction software available. Build confidence with stakeholders, and demonstrate your exceptional value as a collaborator with a construction team that’s well-versed in robust 3D visualization.

Transform ideas into outcomes

Produce all the documentation you’ll need and create constructible detail drawings quickly and easily. When your model changes, your construction documents change too. Prevent costly revisions with digital clash detection and the power to view projects in AR and VR before you break ground.

Collaborate efficiently

Keep everything organized and everyone on track in one, easy-to-access online space. Upload 3D models, provide or collect feedback, collaborate, and assign to-dos in a single web interface that’s accessible anywhere. Keep the work moving forward with all teams and across disciplines, with compatibility for a variety of file formats.

Deliver on time and on budget

Save time by solving project problems in 3D first. SketchUp’s cost-effective solutions help teams visualize site conditions, structural connections and MEP systems early to detect clashes and avoid costly mistakes.

Building success in SketchUp

If you’re new to SketchUp, find out how firms like yours are using it to meet their business challenges.

“The 3D environment is great for understanding how the new building or space will look, function, and feel when the project is complete.”

Alan Todd (AIA, LEED BD+C)
Senior Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Manager , Barton Malow Company

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“The ability SketchUp gives us to pre-plan in great detail using construction tolerance modeling has helped us eliminate waste while increasing production, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.”

Renzo di Furia
VDC Manager, Turner Construction Company

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“I’m pleasantly surprised to find such excellent benefits, not only financially, but also sustainably, as digital models make it possible for Crosslam to work with very little paper.”

Jose Alberto
Crosslam Brasil

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By the numbers

Sometimes, facts and figures speak the loudest. Take a look at the stats from real-world customers delivering real-world projects with SketchUp.

5% less rework

Less rework means less time and profits wasted. One of the many benefits McGraw Hill Construction experienced after using 3D modeling to reduce errors in their projects.

80% faster

TGW’s senior applications engineer estimates they move from idea to working layout 80% faster using SketchUp.

From 5 hours to 20 minutes

By utilizing point cloud data with Scan Essentials and SketchUp, design-build company, PSW, cut design time significantly whilst maintaining the accuracy to build efficiently and save on project costs.

Nearly 50% shorter construction cycle

For the Chengdu Hotel project in China, construction time was cut by 15 months – almost half the typical timeframe – achieved via a life cycle BIM workflow in SketchUp.

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A report by McGraw Hill Construction found that clash detection through BIM can reduce the number of RFIs (Requests for Information) by up to 75%. | TGW case study | Point cloud data in Scan Essentials | Shorter construction cycle case study

More applications to transform the way you get things done

Whether in the office or out on site, these integrated apps can be used to create a customized toolkit to help you and your teams solve even the most complex problems.

SketchUp for Web

Open your browser, launch SketchUp, create. With SketchUp for Web, you and your teams have all the core modeling tools needed to build and collaborate in 3D – on desktop or tablet.

Trimble Connect

Create a shared source of truth and enable effective communication with Trimble Connect, a cloud-based common data environment (CDE) and collaboration platform. Review designs remotely, break down data silos, identify issues faster, and push production data directly to the field.

Scan Essentials

Give yourself a head start. Import 3D point cloud data into SketchUp as a reference to streamline the design process. Increase model accuracy, create design concepts faster, and simplify the process of working with point clouds — view and use point cloud data directly in SketchUp.

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Cross-industry collaboration made easier

With SketchUp the go-to tool for many architecture and commercial interior firms, working with other industries and different disciplines is simplified – and helps keep everyone on the same page.