Talks for rooms that bid work for a living.

Every estimator posting in America is sitting open for months, and every owner is doing the takeoffs himself at night. Sean Kriger knows why. He was the most affordable homebuilder in the country for three years, quit building over Houston's permitting machine, got burned by the first outsourced estimating shop he tried, and spent seven years building a 200 person team that does 75 to 100 house takeoffs and 40 to 50 multifamily takeoffs a month. This session is not about software and not about AI. It is about what a takeoff has to contain before you can bid off it the same day, why the notes matter more than the numbers, how to guess low and carve out on a bad set of plans, and what the collapse of the trades labor market means for a company doing 3 to 5 million a year. Attendees leave with the walkthrough checklist Bold uses on every job.

Sean Kriger is the founder of Bold Estimation, an Oklahoma City company that does estimating and back-office work for contractors, lumber yards, and subcontractors across the US. Before that he was the most affordable homebuilder in America for three years running. Bold's 200 person team turns around 75 to 100 single family takeoffs and 40 to 50 multifamily takeoffs a month, each with a walkthrough call. He is a father of four, including newborn twins.