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Pricing handled by a forecasting model, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at construction ops teams, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Pricing Engine for Construction, Run by Forecasting is a forecasting model aimed at construction ops managers, covering pricing. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (95) and held back by feasibility (43). Typical pricing is $5.1k–$108k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $43k–$142k.
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 cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
A forecasting model that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes pricing. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $595M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 19% |
| Annual contract value | $5.1k – $108k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 79 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $43k – $142k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
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