Estimating platform · heat trace first

The estimate is the baseline. Everything tracks against it.

ThroughBid designs the circuits, builds the BOM, and prices the labor — deterministically. Your team sets the margin, makes the calls, and submits the bid. No fluff, no fabricated productivity claims — the actual estimate work, structured so it carries into the job.

Deterministic
Same inputs, same bid — every time
One record
Estimate → baseline → closeout
$0
To run a real project through it
throughbid / example workspace
Gulf Coast Refinery — Unit 4 Heat Trace
JOB-2847 · 47 CIRCUITS · 2,840 LF · EXAMPLE JOB
Ready to bid
Bill of materials — top items
Self-regulating heat trace cable3,200 LF$15,520
Power connection kits12 ea$2,940
Splice kits22 ea$2,750
End seals47 ea$1,974
Mineral wool insulation2,840 LF$24,140
Aluminum jacketing2,840 LF$11,360
+ 18 more line items——
Material
$74,118
Labor
$85,025
Total bid
$159,143
Seeded example · send us a project to see yours
No deck. No demo call. No commitment.

Send us a project. Get a real estimate back in 24 hours.

Most software companies want to tell you about their platform. We want to send you a finished estimate. Share your project specs and we'll run them through ThroughBid — you'll get a watermarked PDF back in your inbox.

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    Send your project specs — drawings, line list, or scope summary
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    We run it through ThroughBid — circuit design, BOM, labor rollup
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    Watermarked estimate PDF in your inbox within 24 hours

Watermarked PDF returned within 24 hours. Your bid data is never shared and is walled off from every other account.
How it works
The engine does the heavy work. Your team makes the calls.

We're not selling autonomous magic. The honest split: a deterministic engine handles the time-consuming engineering and data work. Your estimators handle the judgment, the relationships, and the bid strategy — the same way you'd use any good tool.

The engine handles

The engineering grind

The repetitive, time-consuming work that bottlenecks every estimating desk.

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    Circuit design from line list and ambient conditions
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    Heat loss calculations across the pipe schedule
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    Manufacturer-agnostic cable and component selection
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    Bill of materials with quantities and pricing
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    Man-hour rollup from calibrated production rates
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    Cost-account rollup and bid format ready for review
Your team handles

The judgment work

The decisions that win and lose jobs — where your competitive edge actually lives.

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    Margin strategy and bid sharpness
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    Verifying quantities against site walkdowns
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    Customer relationships and bid presentations
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    Schedule, mobilization, and crew planning
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    Risk and contingency adjustments
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    Final approval and submission
The tool
Three screens. One complete estimate.
01

Input what you already have

Project header, line list, ambient design temperature, pipe schedule, alloy, insulation type. The same data your estimator pulls from the bid documents — typed once instead of cross-referenced across spreadsheets.

For larger jobs, paste from a takeoff CSV or import a supplied line list. ThroughBid validates and routes it.

throughbid / new-estimate
Project
Gulf Coast Refinery — Unit 4 Heat Trace
Min ambient
5 °F
Maintain temp
120 °F
Line list (47 circuits)
L-101 · 2"·CS·150#68 LF
L-102 · 4"·SS·300#42 LF
L-103 · 6"·CS·150#115 LF
L-104 · 3"·SS·300#78 LF
throughbid / engine
Estimate progress
✓
Heat loss calculations 47 circuits
✓
Cable selection (manufacturer-agnostic) 3,200 LF
✓
Component sizing & routing complete
Bill of materials assembly
Labor man-hour rollup queued
Cost account roll-up & bid total queued
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The work is deterministic and auditable

Engineering logic runs in code, not in a language model. Same inputs, same estimate, every time — every line item traceable back to the line list, the rate library, and the design basis.

A 47-circuit job prices in minutes, and your bid data stays walled off in your own workspace.

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Reviewable, exportable, biddable

Full bill of materials, labor breakdown by category, margin by trade, and the total bid. Your estimator reviews, adjusts, and submits. Export the proposal for the customer or the workbook for your own records.

Every number is traceable to its input — no black-box figures, no "trust the AI."

throughbid / estimate-2847
Labor breakdown
CategoryHoursCost
Layout & routing45$4,275
Cable installation280$26,600
Connection & splice165$15,675
Insulation & jacketing320$30,400
Test & commission85$8,075
Total labor895 hrs$85,025
Generate proposal
Export workbook
Health check
The capacity question

How many jobs did your team pass on last year because estimating couldn't keep up?

Your desk today
Bids submittedyour number
Invitations declinedyour number
Hours per estimateyour number
Capacity cap The desk
→
With the desk unblocked
Extra bidscapped by declines
Win rateyours, unchanged
Average job sizeyours, unchanged
Capacity cap The market

Inside the product this is an interactive card: put in your own bid volume, hours, and win rate and see what the freed hours are worth on your numbers. Every input is yours — the upside is capped by the work you already turn away, not by an assumed market. No performance statistics are claimed.

Pilots
Pilot-first. Priced to the desk it unblocks.

No per-estimate fees and no iteration tax — revising a bid five times costs nothing, because that's how estimating actually works. Pricing scales with the dollar volume your desk prices, and every engagement starts as a pilot on one real bid cycle.

Pilot · 90 days

One real bid cycle

We load one of your historical projects, calibrate the rate libraries with your estimator, and run live bids alongside your current process. Exit any time — and your data exports with you, in open formats, whenever you want it.

  • Your rates, your margins, your libraries — calibrated together
  • Estimating, health checks, proposals under your letterhead
  • Monthly workspace archive delivered to your inbox
  • Founder-direct support
Start with a project →
After the pilot

Flat subscription

Flat monthly pricing by organization and trade scope — not per seat, not per estimate. Add trades as your shop grows into them; the estimate baseline carries into execution tracking as those modules ship.

  • Unlimited estimates and revisions
  • Approval workflows and role-based access
  • Won-job benchmarks calibrated from your own history
  • Your data is yours — export anytime, guaranteed in writing
Talk numbers on a call →

Stop letting estimating be the bottleneck.

Send us a real project and get a real estimate back in 24 hours. The output is the demo: no slide deck, no high-pressure call, no "request a quote" runaround.

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