PRECONSTRUCTION TO EXECUTION, FOR SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS

The bid becomes
the job.

PLAT is the only preconstruction-to-execution platform built specifically for specialty contractors. Go/no-go, estimating, bidding, risk review, award, and handoff live in one system, so the bid becomes the job and every job makes your next bid smarter.

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Built in the field with 200+ specialty contractors
↑ Invite → awardOne workflow
✓ Job marginLive vs. estimate
app.buildwithplat.com/projects/riverside-mech

Riverside Mechanical · Bid #2041

Draft
Rough-in labor, 2nd floor186 hr$18,972
Copper & PEX material1 lot$9,420
Fixtures & trim-out42 ea$11,640
Permits & inspection1 lot$2,180
Total bid, incl. 18% margin $50,452

Trusted by specialty contractors who live in the bid and the field

Vanguard MechanicalRidgeline ElectricApex ConcreteNorthwind HVACKeystone Framing
01
The problem

You win the bid, then
it disappears into a folder.

Preconstruction lives in spreadsheets and takeoffs. The day you win, all that scope, quantities, and risk gets re-keyed into a different system for the field, and what the job actually taught you never makes it back to the next bid.

XLS Bid stuck in a spreadsheet ✕
PDF Takeoff markups ✕
? Go/no-go gut call ✕
PM Job re-keyed from scratch ✕
@ Scope buried in email ✕
WB Lessons lost at closeout ✕
02
The shift

The bid should become
the job.

PLAT was built on a job site (not in a boardroom) by specialty contractors tired of estimating in one world and building in another. One platform carries the bid all the way through execution, then feeds what actually happened back into preconstruction.

03
The platform

One system, from first
invitation to final closeout.

Invitation and go/no-go, estimating and risk review, award and handoff, execution and the feedback loop. Every stage in one connected place.

01 / Preconstruction

Win the right work,
not just more work.

Score every invitation, make the go/no-go call with real data, and turn takeoffs into a priced, risk-reviewed bid built on your own assemblies and labor rates.

  • ✓ Go/no-go scoring on every invitation
  • ✓ Trade assemblies, price lists & labor rates
  • ✓ Risk review before you commit a number
  • ✓ Estimating and proposals that win the award
Estimates / New bid

Assembly builder

+18% margin
Service panel upgrade, 200A3 ea$6,300
Branch circuits + rough-in28 ea$8,540
Devices & trim96 ea$4,128
Bid total$18,968
02 / Handoff

Win, and the bid
becomes the job.

The moment you're awarded, the bid's scope, quantities, assumptions, and risks become the job's budget, schedule, and plan. Nothing re-keyed, nothing lost in a folder.

  • ✓ Bid scope becomes the job budget
  • ✓ Quantities & assumptions carry straight over
  • ✓ Flagged risks follow the work into the field
  • ✓ Zero re-entry, zero handoff gaps
Schedule / This week
Active jobs
7
Crews out
12
On budget
92%
RiversideRough-in
Oak & 5thInstall
DepotTrim-out
LoftsPunch
03 / Execution

Run the job with
everyone on one page.

Field and office work from the same plan: crews, costs, photos, and change orders tracked live against the estimate you actually won on.

  • ✓ Crew scheduling & daily field updates
  • ✓ Live job costing vs. the winning bid
  • ✓ Photos, docs & change orders tied to the job
  • ✓ GCs and owners always in the loop
Field updates / Riverside
DV
Dave V. · Foreman

2nd floor rough-in done. Inspector coming Thursday.

site photo
YOU
You

Nice. I'll move the trim crew up a day.

GC
Meridian GC

Owner approved the change order. 👍

04 / Intelligence

Every job makes
the next bid smarter.

Actual labor productivity, costs, risks, and profitability flow back into preconstruction, so your next estimate is built on what really happened, not a gut feeling.

  • ✓ Real labor productivity feeds your rates
  • ✓ Actual costs sharpen every future bid
  • ✓ Margin, cash & backlog on one dashboard
  • ✓ The estimate-to-actual loop, closed
Reports / Profitability

Margin by month

+11% YoY
JanFebMarAprMayJun
Gross margin This month
3×
faster from invitation to a submitted bid
11hrs
of preconstruction admin saved per estimator each week
6→1
disconnected tools replaced, bid to buildout
18%
average lift in protected job margin
“
We used to win a bid and rebuild the whole job from scratch. Now the bid becomes the job in one step, and last month's actual labor rates are already in this month's estimate.
RT Ray TorresOwner, Torres Mechanical  •  14-person crew

“Go/no-go used to be a gut call. Now I can see which invitations are worth chasing before I spend a night on the takeoff.”

JM Jordan M., Electrical

“The day we win, the estimate is already the job budget. My PMs stopped re-entering everything into a second system.”

KP Kim P., Concrete

“Our last three jobs’ real labor rates are baked into every new bid. We finally stopped guessing on price.”

DV Dana V., HVAC
The bid becomes the job.

See the bid become
the job.

Book a 20-minute demo and we'll set PLAT up around your trade, your price lists, and your risk rules, from go/no-go to closeout. No bloat. No 12-month onboarding.

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