Construction & Contracting
Your competitors are on paper. The gap is yours to take.
Construction is among the least-digitized industries in the economy. That is not an insult — it is the opportunity. Takeoffs that start structured. Bids assembled from your past wins. Change orders that keep pace with the field. Safety files that stay current.
We do not have a roster of contractor logos to show you. What we have is a model: start with one workflow, project the savings before we build anything, deliver in a fixed sprint, and stay accountable after launch.
Based in Canada? Government programs may be able to offset the cost — see Grant-Backed AI →
Where we focus
The paperwork standing between you and the next job
Each of these is a documented, solvable problem. The question is which one to address first.
Estimating and takeoffs bottleneck every bid
Your estimator is the constraint on how much work you can chase. We build takeoff support that extracts quantities and scope items from drawings and spec documents into structured sheets your estimator reviews — support for their judgment, never a replacement for it. More bids out the door per estimator-week.
Bid assembly is a deadline scramble
Every bid package re-creates work you have done before: scope letters, inclusions and exclusions, sub quotes, qualifications. We build assembly workflows that draft the package from your prior submissions and current pricing, track sub-quote responses, and keep the deadline visible — so you stop losing bids to the clock.
Change orders leak margin when paperwork lags
Field work that happens before the change order is signed is margin you may never recover. We build workflows that draft change orders from field notes and the contract terms, route them for approval, and track signature status — so the paperwork keeps pace with the work.
Safety and compliance paperwork piles up in the truck
Toolbox talks, inspection forms, incident reports, and training records pile up faster than anyone can file them. We build workflows that capture forms digitally on site, file them consistently, and flag what is missing or expiring — your safety lead approves; the system keeps the record current.
What we build first
Three workflows most contractors start with
Concrete builds, not a platform pitch. Each comes with a savings estimate scoped to your operation before the sprint begins.
Takeoff + estimate support
Drawings and spec PDFs processed into structured quantity and scope sheets, flagged where the documents conflict, queued for estimator review and pricing.
Expected return: Mapping typically targets hours per bid in document grind — commonly 30–50% of takeoff prep time on repeat work types. Your baseline is measured before we commit to a number.
Bid package assembly
Scope letters, inclusions/exclusions, and qualification sections drafted from your past winning submissions; sub-quote tracking and deadline alerts built in.
Expected return: If assembling a bid takes your office a day, the realistic target after mapping is hours. That estimate, at your bid volume, is documented before the sprint begins.
Change-order + compliance paperwork engine
Change orders drafted from field notes against contract terms; safety forms captured on site and filed automatically with expiry and gap flags.
Expected return: The return here is margin protection more than hours: changes documented before the work, and a compliance file that is current when someone asks for it.
Illustrative scenario
What this looks like for a mid-size GC
A representative scenario, not a specific client. It shows how the engagement model applies to a common pain point.
Illustrative · Representative, not a specific client
A general contractor bidding institutional and commercial work has one senior estimator and more invitations to bid than capacity to answer them. Each bid means a day of document review, a takeoff built cell by cell, and an assembly scramble the night before close. Good jobs go un-bid because the calendar is full.
We start with the bid pipeline. Map it from invitation to submission. Identify what the estimator does that requires judgment — and what is document grind around that judgment. Estimate the hours per bid and the bids per month the team turns away. If the math holds, we build: structured takeoff extraction the estimator reviews, a bid library built from past submissions, and assembly workflows with deadline and sub-quote tracking.
The engagement runs 6–8 weeks at a fixed price. After launch, the same estimator answers more invitations — and the office stops rebuilding the same scope letter from scratch every other week.
Job workflow
The workflow we automate for you
From invitation to closed-out paperwork — the four stages we map and automate.
How we work
The ReadyIQ model for construction
Four commitments that apply to every engagement. Operational, not aspirational.
One workflow first
We start with the process costing your company the most — usually bid assembly or change orders. Map it, estimate the savings, get your sign-off before we build anything.
ROI before you pay
Before the sprint begins, you see a documented estimate: office and estimator hours per month, plus the margin at stake in undocumented changes. If the numbers do not add up, we say so.
Fixed sprint, known cost
The engagement runs 4–8 weeks at a fixed price. No open-ended retainers. You know the cost before we start.
Post-build monitoring
After launch, we monitor for drift and exceptions. Automations break when source systems change. We stay on it so your team does not have to.
Deliverables
What every engagement includes
Fixed scope means a defined list. Here is what you receive.
- Process map with time-per-step and automation opportunity scoring
- Built and tested automations deployed to your environment
- Exception-handling logic and alerting for edge cases
- Document and field-data handling boundaries reviewed with your office lead
- Runbook: what each automation does, how to monitor it, what to do when it flags
- Training session for estimators, project managers, and office staff
- 30-day post-launch monitoring window
Canadian grant angle
Federal, provincial, and regional programs may offset part of the cost of an engagement like this for a Canadian contractor. Eligibility, amounts, and timing are determined by the program administrator — not by us, and we will never promise an approval. What we do: scope the work first, and if a program plausibly fits, structure the deliverables so the paperwork is clean.
See how Grant-Backed AI worksStart here
See what AI is worth to your operation
The free scorecard takes 5 minutes. It identifies which workflows in your company have the highest automation potential — and gives you a concrete starting point.
No commitment. The discovery call is 30 minutes. If the ROI math does not work, we will say so.