- Complexity: Standard
- Deployment: Platform-native
The problem
Foundation repair is high-ticket, documentation-heavy work with sales cycles of 2 to 6 weeks. Estimators measure on site, then spend hours back at the office pricing the job. In the documented case, manual measurement and estimation took 2 to 3 hours per quote, and slow quotes lose leads to faster competitors.
- Hours of site measurement and office pricing for every estimate
- Wasted inspection trips to properties that were never going to qualify
- Follow-up over a multi-week sales cycle depends on the salesperson remembering
- Leads go cold while the quote is still being built
The solution
An estimating workflow produces a complete, tiered quote from site photos, a job description or satellite measurements, formatted the way structural salespeople present options.
- Takes site photos of the foundation, walls and cracks, or a written job description
- Estimates property dimensions from satellite imagery with MapMeasure Pro before anyone drives out
- Builds good-better-best pricing tiers covering options such as push piers, wall anchors and interior drainage
- Formats the quote as a presentation ready for the sales conversation
- Logs the lead in the CRM and schedules follow-up across the sales cycle
Where people stay in control
- The estimator reviews every quote and sends the finished version to the homeowner
- Pricing tiers come from the company's own price book, not from the AI
- Satellite measurements screen properties before a visit; the on-site inspection still confirms the scope
Systems and data
The workflow uses site photos, job descriptions and aerial imagery as inputs, and writes leads, quotes and follow-up tasks to the company's CRM. Quotes can also connect to payment and scheduling tools the business already uses.
- CRM
- MapMeasure Pro
Results
- Estimates that took 2 to 3 hours are produced in minutes in the documented case
- Teams reported absorbing 30 to 40 percent more leads without adding estimators
Why platform-native
This is a contained workflow: one estimating process, a CRM and a measurement tool, with the estimator approving every quote. It runs well platform-native, directly on the model platform with Altivus providing monitoring and governance.
Frequently asked questions
Can AI produce an accurate estimate from photos?
It produces a complete draft quote from photos or satellite measurements in minutes. The estimator reviews and adjusts it, and the on-site inspection confirms the scope before work is sold.
What is a good-better-best quote?
A quote that presents three priced options for the same job, so the homeowner can choose a level of repair. The workflow formats every estimate this way.
Does this help with follow-up?
Yes. Leads and quotes go into the CRM with follow-up scheduled across the 2 to 6 week sales cycle, so fewer leads go cold.