You are the best estimator you have and you are also the only one.
Every hour you spend taking off drawings is an hour you are not in front of a customer or on a job that is already running.
What actually happens
Estimating support sounds like a body to do takeoffs. What actually breaks is the handoff — the takeoff that does not match the scope, the bid that wins and then gets run against a number nobody documented.
What we do instead
The desk side takes the administration around the bid so the number you set is the number that gets tracked, change by change, once the job starts.
Nothing goes out without your say-so. Money and commitments stop at you by default. We prepare and chase; you make the call.
What you get
- A named project manager on your account, with a trained office crew behind them.
- Draws built and submitted inside two days, with waivers attached.
- Change orders priced and approved before work proceeds.
- California deadlines tracked, including preliminary notice and twenty-day notices.
- Your customer kept informed without you making the call.
Questions contractors ask
Do I need to hire someone for this, or do you do it?
Both are real options and we will say which one fits. If your volume genuinely supports a full-time person and you want the office internal, hiring is the right call. We exist for desks that are already underwater.
How is this different from hiring for the role?
A hire is one person's capacity and one person's knowledge. You get a named project manager with a trained crew behind them and software doing the reading, so the desk does not stop when somebody is on holiday.
Do you work with contractors in California?
Yes, and the state specifics are part of it — preliminary notice, twenty-day deadlines and Title 24 all sit inside the work.
Tell us what you run
Tell us what you are running and what it is costing you to keep up. We will tell you plainly whether we are a fit.
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