About This Project
Sundt Construction's estimating desk was rebuilt around the way its own estimators actually price. That included rules held only by the person who had done the work longest. The system starts from the contractor's own expertise.
Challenge & Approach
1. Client Challenge
Prices in People's Heads
Rules Not Yet Written Down
How the Estimators Price
Knowledge Behind the Estimate
2. Our Approach
Time With the Estimators
Rules Nobody Had Written
Built on Their Stack
Run Beside the Old Process
Operate With the Desk
Solution Delivered
Lyrion rebuilt the estimating desk around the contractor's own way of pricing. The work includes both the established process and the rules that had never been written down.
Time With the Estimators
The contractor's estimators are the source of the pricing method. Understanding their work comes before choosing what to build.
The Estimating Rules
Rules held by the most experienced estimator are part of the process, even when they do not appear in a written procedure.
Built on Their Stack
The design fits the platforms the contractor uses and the controls its people need around the work.
Rollout Priorities
The Work as It Runs
Start with the way the contractor's own estimators price the work.
The Knowledge Behind It
Include the rules that exist only in the head of the person who has done it longest.
Reviewed With the Estimators
Keep the system connected to the people and process it was built around.
Measurable Results That Demonstrate the Impact of Our Solution
Project Highlights
65%
Less Manual Work
40+
Pricing rules made explicit
100%
Estimates reviewed by a person
Technology Stack
Results
Business Impact
The estimating desk is rebuilt around the contractor's own method, including knowledge that had not previously been documented.
The company's estimators and the way they work remain central to the system.
Overview
Client
Sundt Construction
Industry
Construction
Services
Built and operated
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