Search Filters/Fields

There are many filters within Dodge Pipeline to help narrow search results.

Filters and Fields

Most search filters are available to display in the search results and export templates. When running a search, the selected filters become fields in the results.

The comprehensive list below details all available filters and fields within the search and search results functions. A legend is included to denote whether the description

Action Stage

Pre-Design (Updated every 8 months)
The PRE-DESIGN project stages indicate that the project has not yet advanced to design nor has a design team been selected. The project could be awaiting financing, land acquisition, review agency approvals, etc. Typically, the only contact listed on a project at this stage will be the Owner or the Owner’s Representative.

• Request for Proposals
  This action stage is used to indicate that the Owner is seeking proposals from a design firm (usually an architect or engineer).
• Request for Qualifications
  This action stage is used to indicate that the Owner is seeking qualifications from a design firm (usually an architect or engineer).
• Pre-Design
  This action stage is used for all other pre-design information other than Requests for Proposals/Qualifications from an architect or engineer.
  

Design (Updated every 6 months; 4 months for Construction Documents)

The DESIGN stages are used on reports that list an Architect or Primary Design factor. A design team has been selected at this point and design is underway. Design stage reports are usually issued prior to bidding, negotiating and/or start reports, although a project will be assigned a Design stage along with bidding, negotiating, start or construction if design is still in progress while the project is bidding or under construction.

• Planning Schematics
  Design is still in the early stages, and the project is not expected to bid or start construction for more than four months.
• Design Development
  Design is well underway, and the project is not expected to bid or start construction for more than four months.
• Construction Documents
  The project will be bid or advance to construction within four months. This usually corresponds with advancement of the project design to Construction Documents or Working Drawings.
• Pre-Qualification
  A General Contractor or Construction Manager is being asked to submit Qualifications and bidding/construction is expected within four months. If the Owner is seeking GC/CM qualifications and the project will not advance to bid/ construction in four months or less, the project will have a dual action stage of Bidding with the appropriate Planning Schematics or Design Development action stage, depending on the advancement of the plans. If no architect or engineer is involved in the project before the GC/CM pre-qualification occurs, the project will be issued with the dual action stage of Bidding/Pre-Design.
  

Bidding/Negotiating (Updated weekly)
The BIDDING/NEGOTIATING project stages indicate that the owner is accepting bids (prices) from General Contractors, Subcontractors, Suppliers and Manufacturers. Plans may or may not be complete while bidding is in process. When this is the case, you may see a dual project stage selection such as Bidding and Planning/Final Planning as some phases of the project may be bidding while other phases are still under design.

• Bidding
  Bids are sought on an individual trade, material or piece of equipment, on a series of bid packages, or on an Engineering project.
• GC Bidding
  Owner is publicly seeking GC bids, open to all interested and qualified firms.
• GC Bidding-Invitation
  Owner is privately seeking GC bids from a select list of invited firms.
• Sub Bidding
  A GC or CM is seeking bids on individual trades or trade packages. Sub Bidding will always be accompanied by another action signal indicating the status of the project.
• Negotiating
  Owner is negotiating contract with one or more GC’s. Dodge defines negotiating as the owner dealing with a limited number of contractors, usually two or three, on an informal bidding basis. It is important to remember that while a project is being negotiated, the prime contractors involved in the negotiations still go through a very similar process that they go through if they are bidding the project. The negotiating contractors must still get bids from subcontractors, suppliers, dealers and distributors. Negotiating a GC/CM contract may occur during or after the Design stage.
• Bid Results
  The Bid Result project stage is used when reporting the results of a bid opening, rejection of bids, bids received unopened, bids returned unopened, and bids “in” status. A Bid Result project stage used in conjunction with a Start project stage usually indicates that there will be no further updates reported on the project.
  

Construction (No updates other than dual action stage with sub-bidding)
The Construction project stages are used to indicate that work is either underway or is scheduled to begin within sixty (60) days. The name of the General Contractor, Builder, Contractor, or the fact that the Owner or some other factor listed on the report will subcontract the project will also be listed on Construction reports. Start of work is defined as the start of site work to accommodate the building foundation or later activity. Site work, not site clearance or demolition, is considered the start of the project if it is expected to begin within 60 days.

• Start
  The first report issued to indicate that work is underway or is scheduled to begin within sixty (60) days.

• Subcontract Award
  Indicates that subcontractors who have been awarded a contract are listed on the report. This stage is always used in conjunction with another action stage, indicating the status of the project.

• Permit
  Assigned to projects that are being reported in Start as a result of information gathered from a building permit.

• Construction
  All subsequent reports that indicate that work is underway or is scheduled to begin within sixty (60) days after the Start report.

Operation (no updates)
While four action stages are listed under the Operation project stage, only one is currently in use, Notice of Completion.

• Notice of Completion
  Is assigned to projects that have reached the point of active operation or leasing. Dodge does not routinely follow projects to this stage and you only see it listed if the project had not previously been reported in the Start/Construction stages.

Abandoned (No updates)
The ABANDONED project stage is assigned to a project that has been verified through the owner as no longer viable and is not going to move ahead. The project has effectively been killed.

Bid Date

The date project bids are due.

Building Frame

A building frame is a rigid structure that uses joists, studs, and other construction materials to make a supportive skeleton to build upon. There are many types of building frames including wood, reinforced concrete, and even light gauge steel.

The name of the company responsible for managing all other companies for a project. This includes general contractors and subcontractors..

Contact Role

Displays projects that include a contact awarded with the selected Construction Role (e.g., Mechanical Engineer, Architect, General Contractor).

The ‘Exclude SpecAlerts’ filter, when clicked, reveals a dropdown list of all available SpecAlerts. Clicking a SpecAlert excludes projects associated with that specific alert from the search results.
Note: SpecAlerts are a supplemental purchase.

Delivery System

Select the contractual method used to organize the project’s design and construction. This determines how the owner, designer, and general contractor are involved and how contracts are awarded.

When reviewing a project report, there is a button on the top right labelled ‘Hide”

Master Report

A Master Report is a comprehensive report generated for large construction projects that are broken down into several smaller, standalone projects. Its primary function is to consolidate the information from all sub-projects, ensuring stakeholders have a complete, overarching picture of the entire development.

Materials/Equipment

Segment Value for Materials and Equipment. Please refer to Segment Valuation at the top of the page for more information.

Non-Dodge Project

A feature enablement that requires an authorized request from the customer, as it is an add-on purchase.

Companies subscribing to the Private Projects feature within Pipeline gain the ability to enter and manage their own project report records.

Number of Buildings

The number of buildings to be built or worked on in a project.

Opportunity

An Opportunity in Dodge Pipeline represents an add-on purchase that allows the creation of opportunities within Pipeline for the purpose of tracking and managing projects of interest. The integration with SalesForce is also an add-on purchase. This functionality enables the transfer of opportunities from Pipeline to SalesForce for continued management there.

Ownership Type

The Ownership Type can be Private or Public. Public projects include Local Government, State, Federal or Military

Plans & Specifications New Today

SpecAlert (Plans & Specifications) that have new matches for the current day.

Plans | Specifications

Plans | Specifications (Spec Alerts) mark projects containing a documented match, enabling direct drill-down into the specification. The alerts employ a more complex structure than a standard search, which permits greater specificity in criteria and reduces the incidence of false positive matches.

Primary Project Type

A Primary Project Type is the main category or classification that best describes a project’s fundamental nature, purpose, or the area receiving most of the resources or funding. For example, a project involving the construction of a building with multiple floors of offices and ground-level retail spaces would select “Office” as the primary project type if the main goal and a majority of the space are dedicated to commercial office use. The retail space is then categorized as a secondary, related component.

Project Location

The location for a project can be established by selecting specific state(s) and counties after the initial state choice is made. Alternative options for setting the location include entering the name of the city or utilizing a zip code search function.

Project Type

This may be one of the most important filters as it really allows the user to zero in on the types of projects routinely bid on. More importantly, it helps to exclude projects that will never be pursued from the search results.

Remember, if project types are not specified, the system will default to displaying all project types.

Projects Near Me

The Projects Near Me feature bases its search on a radius of up to 100 miles from the user’s current location.
It should be noted that if the system is connected to a VPN or similar server, the location is based on the server’s location, not the physical device location.
Projects can also be located by entering a city name, which returns projects up to 100 miles from that city’s center.

Report Type

Project – Projects that are more involved than an ITEM project. This could include projects being built from scratch or major alternations or additions.
ITEM – Projects that are not full projects but are related to information on trades, equipment, and/or materials. These projects are usually specified to a certain replacement or alteration.

Permit – Projects that are in the Permit Action Stage. These projects are usually residential projects.

Blue Book OneTeam – Projects which could be either public or private that were submitted through The Blue Book website soliciting bids.

Project/ITEM Combo – Projects that contain both an ITEM project and a more involved project.

Search Project Keywords

Entering keywords in this designated area initiates a search for matches exclusively within the Project Report. Keywords do not search for or find matches within the Plans, Specs, or Addenda sections.

Shared Projects

The Shared Projects section displays projects that have been shared with other users, as well as projects that have been received through sharing.

Special Conditions

There are numerous types of special conditions in construction. DCC 2.0 contains a list of special conditions pertaining to items such as LEED-certified projects, Energy Star, Sandy Recovery, and Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise.

By selecting a special condition filter, search results will contain information regarding the special condition in the documentation.

Square Footage

The square footage is determined by measuring the length & width of the building walls and multiplying the numbers to get the square footage (sq. ft.) or (ft2). A minimum and/or maximum square foot amount can be selected as a filter.

Flooring companies and foundation contractors are two examples of companies that are interested in the square footage of a project. The more square footage, the larger the project for these companies.

Stories

Stories below ground (parking areas) or above ground (apartments, offices).

Target Start Date

The projected date of the project start.

Trades

Contractors and subcontractors may request or offer a specific skill. By adding a trade to a search, the results will be narrowed down considerably.

Updated Date

The last time a project was updated.

Value

The Value filter is a great tool to help pinpoint projects that are in the right financial range for the business.

For example, if a company is just starting out, a project above $25M might be out of reach at this time. This filter can set a maximum value to remove larger projects. The situation may also be the opposite: a project less than $500K might be too small. Using the Value filter, one can set a minimum value so that only projects over a certain dollar amount are returned. If a business falls somewhere in the middle, it can set both a minimum and a maximum value to find those middle-of-the-road projects.

Version 1

When a new project is entered into the database it is assigned a Dodge Report Number (DR#). Example: 202200123456. Each time it is issued it is assigned a version number. Example: Version 32. It will then be displayed with the DR# at the top of the Dodge Report. Example: 2022123456 v32. In this example, the report was updated and reissued 32 times since initially being entered in the database.

The filter for Version 1 Reports will limit the results to first issue reports that are brand new to the project database.

Work Type

All Dodge Reports are classified with one of four Work Types:

• New Project – New construction from the ground up
• Alterations – Renovations or modifications to an existing structure
• Interiors – All work to be done will be limited to the interior of an existing structure
• Additions – Modifications that will increase the square footage of an existing structure.

Using any of these filters will only return results if the project is classified with the designated structure