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A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes customer support. Aimed at construction estimators, closing the loop while everyone is asleep.
In short: Construction Support Agent on Retrieval is a retrieval engine aimed at construction estimators, covering customer support. It scores 73/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (95) and held back by feasibility (40). Typical pricing is $4.8k–$102k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $38k–$91k.
Construction teams lose the same forty questions answered by a human every day. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes customer support. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $380M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 21% |
| Annual contract value | $4.8k – $102k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 68 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $38k – $91k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. 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 |
|---|---|
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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