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An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes pricing. Aimed at construction ops teams, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Optimisation Pricing Engine for Construction is an optimisation engine aimed at construction ops managers, covering pricing. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (95) and held back by feasibility (28). Typical pricing is $5.1k–$108k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $30k–$70k.
Construction teams lose a price list last revised when costs were 30% lower. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
An optimisation engine that handles pricing end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $946M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 18% |
| Annual contract value | $5.1k – $108k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 71 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $30k – $70k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. 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 |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Integrations with the incumbent system of record are undocumented and gatekept.
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