You just wrapped up a client visit and the jobsite walkthrough.

Now, instead of grabbing lunch or calling a client back, you're hunched over a laptop, toggling between handwritten notes, Word documents, Excel templates, and a reference estimate from six months ago. By the time your estimate is ready, your competitor may have already sent theirs and won the job.

In residential and SMB construction, speed isn’t just an advantage, it’s a necessity. But for most contractors, estimating is still manual, error-prone, and time-consuming.

The Real Cost of Manual Estimating

Let’s break it down:

Even if you’re great at estimating, your tools are slowing you down. The average contractor can only push out 1–2 solid bids per day. That limits your growth, not because of skill, but because of process.

Introducing AI Estimator

It turns your jobsite walkthrough video or spoken scope into a professionally branded estimate in under 10 minutes.

💡How It Works:

1. Record a Video or Speak Your Scope: Walk through the site and describe work areas as you go.

2. AI Extracts Scope, Items & Quantities: AI processes your voice + visuals to create the estimate.

3. Estimate Gets Auto-Generated: fine-tune by adding markups and tax details, to the materials and quantities extracted.

4. Add your own Terms & Conditions: Upload your editable Terms & Conditions

5. Review, Edit & Send: Edit line items, preview PDF with added T&C, and send to client instantly.

The AI will automatically group line items by room or phase based on your video narration (e.g., "Kitchen," "Master Bathroom"). To better serve the contractors, the AI Estimator now fully supports Spanish input along with English. Simply record your walkthrough video and narrate the scope in Spanish; AI understands both languages.

Real-Time Sync with Your Projects

Once accepted, EmendoAI’s estimate doesn’t just sit in your inbox; it can be fed directly into your Invoices → which feed into Revenue → which connects to Ledger & Profitability Dashboard

That’s zero double entry and full alignment from bid to build to bookkeeping.

Time Saved = Money Earned

Let’s say you send 30 estimates a month.

That’s 400+ hours/year saved. Enough to take on 2–3 more jobs per week, grow your crew, or just breathe easier.

Designed for You, Not for the Office

Most estimating tools assume you're at a desk. EmendoAI assumes you're on a ladder, in your truck, or walking a site. That’s why AI Estimate works straight from your phone, no spreadsheets, no PDFs to copy over.

You still stay in control: adjust markups, taxes, and prices; upload your own terms; add branding in one click; and export or share instantly. It’s automation without losing judgment.

EmendoAI gives you enterprise-grade automation without taking away your contractor-level judgment.

Use Case Snapshot

When Jorden D., a local remodeling contractor, first heard about EmendoAI, he was already drowning in paperwork. Every new kitchen or bathroom renovation meant hours at his desk after long site days, building estimates line by line in Excel. On a good week, he could push out one bid per day, but usually, it meant telling potential clients to “give me a couple days” while competitors were already in their inbox.

After switching to AI Estimate, his workflow changed overnight. Now, a simple walkthrough video of the jobsite is all it takes. Within minutes, EmendoAI has already turned his video into a professional, branded estimate ready to send.

The results were immediate:

Before EmendoAI: 3–4 hours per bid, max 1 bid per day
After EmendoAI: 5–6 bids per day with a 2x higher win rate
Impact: 40+ hours saved per month and a 20% jump in job conversions

In Jorden’s own words:

“It’s like having a full-time estimator in my pocket. I spend more time with clients and less time with spreadsheets, and it shows in the jobs I’m winning.”

Ready to Stop Guessing and Start Winning?

You don’t need a bigger team, you need smarter tools. Try AI Estimate and go from walkthrough to winning bid in under 10 minutes.

👉 Start Your 30-day Free Trial

Estimating Is Just the First Win

With EmendoAI, turning a quick walkthrough into a polished, branded estimate is only the beginning. Our AI-powered platform also helps contractors like you:

🧾 Track every receipt and expense with an AI Bookkeeper

📦 Manage materials and vendors across all projects

📅 Stay on schedule with AI-driven project timelines

📁 Organize photos, docs, and tasks without the clutter

You don’t need more apps. You need one that thinks like a foreman and works like a full-time admin.

👉 Curious how it all connects? Take a look at the full EmendoAI experience here