Case Studies · 2025-2026

Real contractors. Real bids won.

Four specialty contractors who replaced spreadsheet takeoff cycles with PILRS AI — and the margin, throughput, and hit-rate numbers that followed.

ME
Commercial Electrical

Meridian Electric

68% faster bids
on K-12 projects
Dallas, TX·Founded 1987·120 employees
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PM
HVAC & Mechanical

Pacific Mechanical

40% more bids
submitted monthly
Portland, OR·Founded 2004·60 employees
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CC
Concrete Subcontractor

Cornerstone Concrete

Scaled 3 to 9
estimators without hiring
Charlotte, NC·Founded 2011·45 employees
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SS
Structural Steel

Summit Steel Fabricators

5 days to 1
takeoff-to-bid cycle
Denver, CO·Founded 1995·85 employees
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AH
Commercial HVAC

Apex HVAC Solutions

14 hr → 90 min
data-center takeoff time (-89%)
Phoenix, AZ·Founded 2004·85 employees
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KM
Masonry

Keystone Masonry Group

18% → 7%
waste factor on $8.2M UPMC CMU
Pittsburgh, PA·Founded 1976·140 employees
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HR
Commercial Roofing

Horizon Commercial Roofing

+40% bid volume
same team, 142 → 199 bids/yr
Minneapolis, MN·Founded 1991·110 employees
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SP
Plumbing & Mechanical

Stonebridge Plumbing & Mechanical

14% → 29%
K-12 bid win rate (2×)
Chicago, IL·Founded 1998·180 employees
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EF
Fire Protection

Evergreen Fire Protection

11 hr → 3.3 hr
NFPA-13 takeoff + hydraulics (-70%)
Portland, OR·Founded 2002·62 employees
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