In a rapidly evolving construction estimation landscape, executives demand precise, high-level summaries to steer their bidding strategies and vendor engagement. Active Estimating provides a streamlined view into operational trends and performance through a series of board-level metrics collected across active projects. These insights, driven by data-driven intelligence, highlight efficiency, opportunity zones, and decision-impacting analytics crucial for strategic planning.

Estimating Board Activity Snapshot

Across 10 actively monitored estimating boards, there are 1,017 active project counts. These are spread across 104 job counts and 184 unique vendors. This indicates healthy engagement from vendors and suggests that the bidding environment remains competitive across multiple trades.

• Boards Reporting: 10
• Projects Reported: 1,017
• Active Jobs: 104
• Unique Vendors Engaged: 184

Key Bid Trends

The platform observed a total of 692 vendor submissions across all estimating boards. This number reflects strong bid activity and provides a benchmark for estimating team responsiveness and vendor engagement.

• Total Vendor Bids: 692
• Average Vendor Coverage Rate: 4.94 vendors per job
• Jobs with At Least 3 Bids: 60%

Having 60% of jobs with at least three bids demonstrates solid bid coverage, enabling better cost comparisons and competitive analysis.

Bid Calendar Utilization

The data also revealed insights into project scheduling and tracking within the bid calendar framework:

• Jobs Actively Tracked on Calendar: 85
• Percentage of Jobs with Calendar Use: 82%

This indicates wide adoption of calendar tracking features, which improves deadline management and team coordination on deliverables.

Vendor Engagement Depth

Out of 184 unique vendors, 57 submitted more than one bid, showing recurring engagement and loyalty. Deeper vendor participation often correlates with improved pricing consistency and relationship leverage in negotiations.

• Vendors with Repeat Submissions: 57
• Top Vendor Bid Submission: 19 bids

Executive Implications

For executive teams, these metrics offer actionable insights:

• Projects with low bid counts can be flagged for outreach or pricing risk analysis.
• Strong vendor engagement across certain trades may highlight potential areas for preferred vendor agreements.
• Widespread calendar use confirms strong workflow adoption, offering reliability in milestone tracking.

These numbers serve as the foundation for more granular analysis into project success rates, bid-to-win ratios, and overall estimator performance. The value of integrating these insights into boardroom decision-making cannot be overstated.

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Contact Information

Active Estimating
508 2nd Street, Suite 208
Davis
California
95616

Rich Schoener
richard@activeestimating.com
(877) 982-2848
https://www.activeestimating.com/drywall-estimating-software

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