Cart Construction Cuts Bid Turnaround Time and Grows Revenue Potential
About Cart Construction
Cart Construction is a locally-owned business specializing in tile, VCT, vinyl, carpet, and wood installations.
Challenges Before Beam AI
Before adopting Beam AI, Cart Construction faced several challenges in their estimating process:
- The team spent 10 hours to a few days on manual takeoffs, limiting the number of bids they could submit.
- The manual takeoff process hindered the team's ability to respond quickly to bid invitations and revisions sent by general contractors.
- The team relied on traditional takeoff techniques and CAD to read and review drawings, which was repetitive and time-intensive.
- Limited time for high-impact activities like client communication, pricing, fine-tuning bids, and following up with general contractors.
“With Beam AI, we’ve been able to send out more bids in less time, and our win rate has improved. The faster and more accurate our estimates are, the more confident we feel submitting them.”
Viri Ramirez
Co-owner
Cart Construction
Breaking Down Key Wins
Since implementing Beam AI, Cart Construction has experienced significant improvements:
- Reduced takeoff time: With Beam AI, Cart Construction completes takeoffs in just 1–2 days, enabling more bids without sacrificing accuracy.
- Revenue growth underway: Faster, more accurate bids have helped Cart Construction close more jobs, driving a noticeable increase in revenue, without additional hires.
- Faster turnaround on revisions: Beam AI auto-detects specs and addenda changes, helping the team submit accurate revisions and cut bid turnaround time.
- Enhanced client communication: With time saved, estimators can focus more on bidding strategy, client interactions, and tailoring proposals to be more competitive.
Business Impact
- Revenue growth: The efficiency gained from Beam AI has increased revenue, as the team can close more deals within the same timeframe without additional hires.
- Improved win rate: With faster, more accurate estimates, the team is submitting bids more confidently and seeing those efforts reflected in increased win rate.
- Resource optimization: With automated takeoffs freeing up time, the team can allocate bandwidth to strategic activities, such as fine-tuning pricing and following up with general contractors.
“Beam AI has completely transformed how we do takeoffs. It’s faster, more accurate, and incredibly efficient. We’re winning more jobs, growing the business, and doing it all without expanding our team. It’s become an essential part of how we operate.”
Viri Ramirez
Co-owner
Cart Construction
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