Request and compare supplier and subcontractor pricing
An agent can send requests and line up the replies. The estimator judges scope gaps and reliability.
AI for Estimators
Estimator
Reviews plans and specifications, measures materials and labor needs, requests supplier pricing, prepares cost estimates, and updates quotes during project changes.
What should stay human.
Keep and amplify
Take off quantities from plans and specifications
Request and compare supplier and subcontractor pricing
Write the quote or tender document
Automate
Update price books with supplier price changes
Follow up quotes that haven't been accepted
Tasks, by type of work.
Each task has an experience tag (CX, SX or BX), a verdict, and example agents that often help with this kind of work. Agent suggestions come from our editorial scores, not vendor claims.
Inbox
Follow up quotes that haven't been accepted
Polite follow-up reminders can run on a schedule.
Phone & voice
Explain a quote to a customer who is comparing options
Answering doubts and building confidence is a conversation that wins work.
Spreadsheets & data
Update price books with supplier price changes
Updating rates from supplier price lists is data entry.
Review won and lost quotes for pricing trends
An agent can analyse win rates by job type. The estimator decides what to change.
Documents
Take off quantities from plans and specifications
Takeoff software and agents can measure from drawings. The estimator checks against site reality and what's missing from the plans.
Write the quote or tender document
An agent can assemble the quote from the estimate and templates. The estimator sets inclusions, exclusions and margin.
Price variations when scope changes
An agent can draft the variation from the change and rates. The estimator confirms it.
Research
Check product availability and lead times
An agent can check supplier sites and catalogues. The estimator decides on alternatives.
Customer chat
Walk a site or vehicle and scope the work with the customer
Seeing the job and understanding what the customer wants is hands-on judgement.
Time freed, and where it goes.
Work an agent can take on
What comes off the desk.
- Update price books with supplier price changes
- Follow up quotes that haven't been accepted
Where those hours should go
Back into people, and the business.
- CX — Write the quote or tender document
- CX — Walk a site or vehicle and scope the work with the customer
- CX — Explain a quote to a customer who is comparing options
- SX — Staff experience: more time for the work that needs a person
- BX — Take off quantities from plans and specifications
- BX — Request and compare supplier and subcontractor pricing
- BX — Price variations when scope changes
- BX — Review won and lost quotes for pricing trends
- BX — Check product availability and lead times
Seen at
Business types where this role often appears, with a note on how it shows up there.
Business type
AI agents for Construction Estimating Services
Prepares quantity takeoffs, pricing breakdowns, and bid documents from plans, specifications, and subcontractor quotes.
Business type
AI agents for Home Energy Retrofit Contractors
Prepares quotes from site visits, insulation measures, window specifications, and heating upgrade requirements for homeowners.
Business type
AI agents for Lighting Contractors
Reviews plans, visits sites, prices materials and labour, and prepares quotes for installation and upgrade projects.
Business type
AI agents for Tile Contractors
Visits job sites, measures areas, calculates materials and labour, and prepares quotes for residential and commercial projects.
Business type
AI agents for Waterproofing Contractors
Prepares site-based quotes, measures areas, reviews plans, and prices membranes, coatings, labor, and access requirements for each job.
Business type
AI agents for Solar Energy Contractors
Prepares system quotes, assesses roof layouts, reviews energy usage, and prices equipment, labour, and installation requirements.
Business type
AI agents for Insulation Contractors
Measures spaces, reviews plans, prepares quotes, and calculates labour and material needs for retrofit and new build jobs.
Business type
AI agents for Siding Contractors
Prepares measurements, material takeoffs, labor estimates, and written quotes for new siding, repairs, and replacement jobs.
Business type
AI agents for Wallpaper Installers
Visits sites, measures rooms, prepares quotes, and calculates labor, materials, and access requirements for each job.
Business type
AI agents for Laser Cutting Services
Reviews drawings, calculates material and machine time, prepares customer quotes, and updates pricing for repeat jobs.
Business type
AI agents for Security System Installers
Visits sites, assesses security requirements, prepares quotes, and recommends equipment and installation scope for homes or businesses.
Business type
AI agents for Fence Contractors
Visits sites, prepares quotes, calculates materials, and scopes labour, access, and timeline requirements for fencing jobs.
Business type
AI agents for Roofing Contractors
Visits sites, measures roof areas, prepares quotes and explains material options, timelines and likely repair scope.
Business type
AI agents for Heat Pump Installation Services
Assesses property requirements, sizes systems, prepares quotes, and prices equipment, accessories, labor, and installation complexity.
Business type
AI agents for Auto Body Shops
Inspects vehicle damage, prepares repair estimates, photographs jobs, and submits costings to customers and insurance assessors.
Business type
AI agents for Skylight Contractors
Visits sites, assesses roof conditions, prepares quotes, calculates materials and labor, and explains scope and pricing to customers.
Business type
AI agents for Masonry Contractors
Prepares quotes, measures plans, calculates material quantities, and prices labor, equipment, and subcontracted work for jobs.
Business type
AI agents for Office Refurbishment Services
Prepares refurbishment quotes, measures spaces, prices materials and subcontractors, and updates costings as project details change.
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