Stop Hunting. Start Pricing.

41% of America's construction workforce will retire in the next 10 years. Civil estimators are already buried under plans, specs, and bid tabs - spending 75% of their time hunting through documents instead of focusing on figuring out the best way to build the job and pricing strategy.

That's the bottleneck. And it's only getting worse.

We built Edgevanta AI to eliminate it.

What It Does

Edgevanta AI isn't another dashboard or generic AI tool. It's purpose-built for civil estimating, trained on real plan sets, specs, and bid tabs from contractors building billions in infrastructure.

Think of it as a senior team member who works 24/7, catches details, and gives you back hours every day.

Here's how it helps:

• Plan Analysis: Upload a 300-page plan set, get key details in 2 minutes.

• Spec Review: Instant summaries of liquidated damages, special clauses, and requirements.

• Bid Items: Extract hundreds of bid items from proposals in seconds. No more line by line data entry.

• Bid Intelligence: Real competitor pricing data instead of guesswork.

Real Results

Here's what happened when a mid-size civil contractor used Edgevanta AI:

• 8:10 AM: Uploaded a 280-page plan set and 900-page specs.

• 8:22 AM: Received flagged LD change (from $5k/day to $10k/day) and a non-standard night-work clause on p. 177.

• 8:30 AM: Competitive bid tabs view showed two frequent bidders consistently 12-15% low on general excavation in their district.

• Result: The team reallocated review time to pricing strategy and risk, and the bid went in with an adjusted plan.

Why Now

With nearly half the workforce retiring, this isn't about convenience. It's about survival.

Digitization made estimating manageable. AI helps make the paperwork disappear.

See It in Action

📽 Watch the 1-minute demo:

🤝 Bring your plan set: Reply "AI" and I'll send a 20-minute slot. We'll run your documents live.

I grew up in this industry, and I know how tough estimating can be. That's why we built Edgevanta AI - to give estimators their time back so they can focus on what really matters: pricing smarter and winning more work.

The teams using it aren't going back.

Let's get started.

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About the Author

Tristan Wilson is the CEO and Founder of Edgevanta. We make AI agents for civil estimating. He is a 4th Generation Contractor, construction enthusiast, ultra runner, and bidding nerd. He worked his way up the ladder at Allan Myers in the Mid-Atlantic and his family’s former business Barriere Construction before starting Edgevanta in Nashville, where the company is based. Reach out to him at [email protected]