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An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes scheduling. Aimed at construction estimators, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Scheduling for Construction Estimators is an optimisation engine aimed at construction estimators, covering scheduling. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (96) and held back by timing (30). Typical pricing is $1.0k–$20k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $40k–$90k.
Construction teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. A typical construction operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
Scheduling handled by an optimisation engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is seat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.5B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 21% |
| Annual contract value | $1.0k – $20k |
| Pricing model | Seat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 49 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $40k – $90k |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
Every customer wants their own edge cases encoded, so onboarding cost is the real constraint.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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