Preconstruction
Turn the estimator from spreadsheet operator into decision-maker.
Walter assembles bid packages, runs the RFQ cycle, levels bids against the scope sheet, and exposes the scope gaps that fall between packages. The human awards — and bid privacy is absolute.
The problem
What this costs you today — and what Walter does instead.
The pain
Scope falls between bid packages — temp utilities, hoisting, layout, final clean — and nobody owns it.
With Walter
Walter proposes packages mapped to spec sections and sheets and flags the classic gaps before bid day.
The pain
Leveling bids by hand misses buried exclusions.
With Walter
Incoming bids are normalized against the package scope sheet with every exclusion mapped to a package or an unassigned-scope flag.
The pain
Bid-day coverage holes are discovered too late.
With Walter
Walter chases non-responders and escalates packages with fewer than two bids immediately, not in a digest.
The workflow
How Walter runs it.
- 01
Ingest
Index specs by CSI section and the drawing set; drawing takeoff is assist-only and flagged, never asserted.
- 02
Package
Propose bid packages mapped to spec sections and sheets and flag scope likely to fall between them.
- 03
RFQ cycle
Draft RFQs with scope sheets, track invitations and addenda acknowledgment, and chase non-responders.
- 04
Level
Normalize bids against the scope sheet — inclusions, exclusions, alternates, unit prices, qualifications.
- 05
Gap report
List scope no leveled bid covers, with estimated exposure from cost history.
- 06
Budget revisions
Maintain budget vs. leveled numbers and explain every delta with citations.
Human in the loop
What stays your call.
- Walter never awards, commits, or signals award intent — a Tier-3 ceiling; award is human-only.
- Bid privacy is absolute — one sub's number is never revealed to another sub or any external party.
- Quantities from drawings are labeled 'assist — verify', never presented as takeoff of record.
What you get
Outputs.
- Bid package matrix
- RFQ drafts
- Leveling sheets
- Scope-gap report
- Budget revision with citation trail
Hands off to
It doesn't work alone.
Walter's workflows share one construction brain, so a signal in one becomes action in the next — automatically.