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Collections handled by a forecasting model, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at construction project managers, holding service constant on a smaller team.
In short: Construction Collections Chaser is a forecasting model aimed at construction project managers, covering collections. It scores 80/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (93) and held back by open field (43). Typical pricing is $2.6k–$52k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $18k–$59k.
Construction teams lose receivables aging past 90 days because nobody chased. In most construction businesses this job has never had software written for it. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
Point a forecasting model at collections, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $575M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 21% |
| Annual contract value | $2.6k – $52k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 35 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $18k – $59k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Construction is growing at roughly 20% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
→ Survey BuilderCheck availability, DNS, and email authentication in one pass so your first outreach lands in an inbox.
→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow