Edgevanta Weekly is your essential guide to dominating the construction bidding and building world with the latest tech, market trends, and wisdom. We made this for construction folks who are interested in continual improvement 💪. 

We often hear about new ideas, events, innovations, and articles that our friends in the industry can benefit from. This is a place for that to happen. We value your feedback, so please send us comments and tell us what you think.

Best,

Tristan

Blog Post

Here’s my first ever blog post about how contractors can win more bids at the right price. In case you were wondering, it reads like a first blog post 😉. 

Spotlight on Social Media

The DirtWorld Summit was an event to remember, and yes, Jocko 👊 was there! I highly recommend this event next year for contractors and industry partners interested in retaining, recruiting, and hiring people. We got to hear from our customer and friend Dan Garcia on how C.W. Matthews has gotten high schoolers in the workforce. The labor shortage in our industry is not going to fix itself and this event focused on solutions. Finally, for first time event holders, we think BuildWitt absolutely crushed it. 

Tech/Gadgets/Events

OnStation

An innovative Ohio-based software company is trying to eliminate the need for survey stakes on highway projects. They are fixing a neat problem I often faced - so where the heck am I on this job site? Have you ever run over a survey stake, looked around, and felt horrible about it? Me too!

This endorsement is based on genuine appreciation and is not paid promotion.

Edgevanta Updates

Exciting times! Last week, we extended our Edgevanta family to include a new client in the Midwest and a talented software engineer in Nashville, Michael Clark. Welcome to the team! 🚀

Provoking Perspectives 

I was engrossed by this article. I'm skeptical about management consultants, due to past experiences where experts addressed problems we internally understood but were hesitant to confront. John Horn, however, illustrates the effectiveness of starting small with a narrow focus on competitive intelligence and employing narrative techniques alongside tech to foresee competitive bidding behaviors. This speaks to what our company is building. Check it out!

How to Predict Your Competitor's Next Move

 Stoic Wisdom for the Week

“Comparison is the thief of joy” – Theodore Roosevelt. Reflect on this as we embark on another week of bidding and building.

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Tristan

About The Author:

Tristan Wilson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Edgevanta. We make software that helps contractors win more work at the right price.

He is a 4th Generation Contractor, construction enthusiast, bidding nerd, ultramarathoner, and paving nut. 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 with his Co-Founder Matt in Nashville, where the company is based. He can be reached at [email protected]