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Trade contractor · Arizona, USA

From 6 to 124 projects a month, in ten months.

In its first year with Tribuild, this commercial trade contractor went from a 6-project first month to 124 projects in month ten, an 849-project, 14,073,571 SF year built entirely on outsourced estimating capacity.

+1,967%Monthly project volume
+409%Monthly SQFT volume
Month 1 · 6 projectsMonth 10 · 124 projects

422,446 SF → 2,150,445 SF quantified in the peak month

The volume

14,073,571 SF

of commercial construction quantified in the first twelve months of the engagement.

849Projects in year one
1,172,798SF quantified / month on average

A standing estimating operation, built in under a year, without a single hire.

Scope of work

A full bid pipeline from a standing start.

Estimating and quantity takeoffs849 projects
Square footage quantified14,073,571 SF

124

bids supported in month ten, twenty times the engagement's first-month volume.

The economics

Estimating capacity without the overhead.

Matching the recent workload of roughly 100 projects a month in-house would require an estimated three to four full-time U.S. estimators at current market salaries with employer burden.

$332K-$442KEstimated annual in-house staffing cost avoided
3-4Full-time estimating hires avoided

$21.24M

in potential annual awarded revenue from the 118 additional bids per month the added estimating capacity unlocked.

Illustrative model based on a 10% win rate and a $150,000 average awarded contract. Staffing costs modeled on U.S. estimator salaries with employer burden.

Then vs. now

Zero to full speed, in under a year.

6 projects/mo124 projects/mo
422,446 SF/mo2,150,445 SF/mo
Standing startFull bid coverage

From first project to a 124-bid month in ten months: capacity that ramps at the speed of the workload, not the speed of hiring.

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