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Construction Management Software

Estimate, win jobs, upsell, manage projects and get paid faster.

5×
Estimating speed
Mesa Custom Homes
60%
Less time on admin
Mangino Home Improvements
3×
Bigger jobs closed
HB Builders
2×
Higher win rate
Terra Tech Surfaces
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NewVendor Management

Quote it. Order it. Pay it.

Send bid requests from your estimate, award the best bid, track the order and pay the bill, all from the job. Every dollar lands in the budget.

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Send bid requests from the estimate
234 10 Ave kitchen › Electrical
Due Nov 3
Kitchen pot lighting · 22 each · Budget $4,400.00
GSGB Electrical SuppliesSupplierNot sentSent
XEXYZ ElectricSubcontractorNot sentSent
BSBright Spark CoSubcontractorNot sentSent
3 vendors selectedSend bid requestSent to 3 vendors
Compare bids side by side
Electrical · Leveled totals
Budget $4,400
GS
GB Electrical Supplies
$4,612
$212 over
Award
XE
XYZ Electric
$4,256
$144 under
AwardAwarded
BS
Bright Spark Co
$4,480
$80 over
Award
Awarded bids become vendor orders
Vendor orders
234 10 Ave kitchen
XEXYZ Electric #0064Kitchen pot lightingDraftSentTo approveApproved$4,256
F1Flooring 101 #0063Engineered oakTo approve$2,254
ACABC Cabinets #0060Uppers and lowersPaid$21,500
Bills read and matched for you
New bill · XYZ Electric
Matched to #0064
VendorXYZ Electric
Job234 10 Ave kitchen
Order#0064
Amount$4,256.00
Paid from your linked bankPay $4,256.00Paid
Everything lands in the budget
234 10 Ave kitchen › Budget
$1,146 under
Electrical$4,256 of $4,400
Flooring$2,254 of $2,600
Cabinets$21,500 of $22,156
CommittedPaid

The modern way to run a construction business

Put estimating, takeoff, project management and sales on autopilot with Construction Intelligence.

Quick, presentable quotes that win more jobs.

Use pre-built assemblies as templates to organize your quotes into blocks of scope. Pre-set upgrades, options and selections to your quotes do the upselling. Revisions and changes trigger new approvals automatically, so you'll never be out-of-scope.

Estimates
⟡ConstructionIntelligenceVersion 1.6

Estimating, reimagined with Construction Intelligence.

CI takeoff measures your plans, builds the estimate, renders the finished job, and serves up the options and upgrades that win bigger contracts.

Bolster AI

Start with a simple prompt

Describe the job in plain words. Bolster AI scopes it out for you.

Bolster AI · Ready
Build a quote for a 20×16 composite deck with aluminum railing
Building scope: framing, footings, composite decking, railing, fasteners and labour.
Takeoff done: 204 sq ft, 72 LF of railing, 5 posts.
Estimate ready: $18,400, with a rendering and proposal to send.
Takeoff

AI-guided takeoff

CI measures your plans: square footage, linear feet and counts, ready to price.

AI takeoff
Deck plan measured by AI takeoff, with joists and posts marked
Measured: 204 sq ft · 5 posts
Estimating

An accurate estimate, instantly

Measurements become a priced estimate from live, local costs and your own assemblies.

Deck estimate Generated by Bolster AI
PT framing24 pcs$1,104
Composite decking340 LF$2,108
Aluminum railing72 LF$3,024
Labour44 hrs$4,180
Project total$18,400
Renderings

See it before it's built

A photoreal rendering and a technical drawing of the finished job, for every quote.

AI rendering of the finished composite deck
Technical drawing of the deck
Proposals

A client-ready proposal

Options and upgrades built in, so customers pick the bigger job themselves.

Client-ready proposal generated for the deck project
Ready to send
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Don't just take our word for it

Hear from other contractors who have experienced success using Bolster.

Custom home builder
Estimating
5x
faster
Jason R. - Mesa Custom Homes
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General Contractor
Won
2x
more jobs
Caylor M. - Mangino Home Improvements
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Handyman - Remodeler
Winning
3x
bigger jobs
Baylen M. - HB Builders
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Fencing
Fence sales
5x
in 2 months
Che W. - Patriot Fencing
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Decking & outdoor
Estimating
2x
faster
Taylor H. - Bigfoot Decks
Read story
Remodeler
Getting paid
2x
faster
Eric M. - Terra Tech Surfaces
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Accurate quotes in minutes.

Get hours back every day with our patented estimating tool. Assemblies configure your blocks of scope with your rules, for rapid re-use.
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From new lead to final payment, a complete end-to-end workflow.
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Win more of the proposals you send.

Educate customers on every part of the project, and let them do their own cost engineering from options and selections that you define.
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Upsells increase your profit on every job.

Give your customers pre-defined options, upgrades and selections, so they can continuously re-estimate and upsell all by themselves.
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Seamless project management.

Project management flows directly from the estimate in real time. When changes happen, the budget and schedule are also updated.
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Get paid faster and keep cash flowing.

Put your cash flow on auto-pilot. Invoices are generated automatically as your work is completed, according to your payment schedule.
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