Trade contractor · Tennessee, USA
From 12 to 99 projects a month.
Over a single engagement, this commercial trade contractor grew monthly project volume 725% and quantified square footage 296%, as outsourced estimating support expanded into full preconstruction coverage: quantity takeoffs, shop drawings, pricing, and proposals.
717,550 SF → 2,845,043 SF quantified per month
The volume
21,176,391 SF
of commercial construction quantified in the trailing twelve months, up from a 717,550 SF first month.
Bid volume scaled month after month without hiring a single in-house estimator.
Scope of work
More than estimating: full preconstruction support.
675 hrs
of shop drawing production delivered in a single month, the output of four full-time drafters, compressed into one billing cycle.
The economics
Estimating capacity without the overhead.
Matching this peak output in-house would require three to four full-time estimators, before adding drafting, pricing, and proposal staff.
$20.88M
in potential annual awarded revenue from the 87 additional bids per month the added estimating capacity unlocked.
Illustrative projection based on a 10% win rate and a $200,000 average awarded contract.
Then vs. now
Scale, without building the department first.
Estimating, shop drawings, pricing, and proposals: preconstruction capacity that expands with the workload instead of being hired ahead of demand.
Services used in this engagement
Growth shouldn't wait on estimating capacity.
Bid more, win more, and grow without preconstruction becoming the bottleneck.
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