Increases bid capacity by ~50% with a 2-person estimating team

With a small team and a demanding bid environment, Jason and his boss faced constraints that were hard to solve with more “effort” alone:

• A lean estimating function: estimating and bid submissions were handled by 1–2 people
• Manual takeoff load: They used PlanSwift for takeoffs, but manual effort still limited throughput, especially when trying to keep bids moving consistently.
• Interior demolition risk: interior demos are often risky without on-site visibility, because materials and assemblies can vary widely (e.g., walls to brick vs. concrete, flooring differences).
• Bid invite overload: with the market “hungry for work,” Jason described getting far more bid-invite emails than normal, making job triage and selection a time sink.