Construction
Garza International.
A Houston-based construction firm losing bids because manual quoting took 6+ hours per response. We built a custom AI quoting engine that cut turnaround by 60%.
Engagement
3 weeks
60%
Faster turnaround
Owner
Full code
4 hrs
Saved per bid
8
Bids per week now
85%
Fewer errors
The Problem
Garza International's estimators spent hours manually pulling material costs, labor rates, and historical bid data for each new construction quote. The process was error-prone, slow, and couldn't scale as the business grew.
The Difference
BeforeManual Process
Time Per Quote
6+ hours
- Estimator manually pulls material costs from 3 supplier catalogs
- Historical bid data scattered across spreadsheets
- Proposal formatting takes 45 minutes per bid
- Maximum 8 bids per week before burnout
AfterAI-Powered
Time Per Quote
2.5 hours
- Real-time material pricing from supplier API integration
- Win/loss analysis auto-applied to every quote
- Formatted proposal generated in under 2 minutes
- Capacity increased to 16+ bids per week
What We Built
A custom AI quoting engine that:
- Pulls real-time material pricing from supplier APIs
- Analyzes historical bid win/loss data for optimal pricing
- Auto-generates formatted proposal documents
- Flags high-risk bids for estimator review
ROI Snapshot — The Billable Bleed
Before — Annual Bleed
8 bids/wk · 6 hrs/bid · $50/hr
$124,800
Lost to slow manual quoting
After — Year 1 Recovery
60% faster · same volume
+$74,880
Estimator time recovered
AI System Investment$5,000–8,000
Net Year 1 Gain: ~$66,880–69,880
"SanLuis AI didn't just build software — they solved the single biggest problem in our sales process. We're bidding faster and winning more."
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