David Bolaños runs an HVAC company in San Jose. Jason Pietruszka builds luxury homes in LA.
Both were spending their nights on estimates instead of with their families or just getting some rest.
Both found the same fix.
The problem
David was spending three hours per bid.
“If I had like four estimates to do, it would take me the whole night,” he said. And that’s exactly what was happening.
He’d switch between notes, reference docs, and spreadsheets, trying to make sure every HVAC component was accounted for. That’s the kind of contractor he is. But the process wasn’t built for the volume.
Scope items slipped through. Evenings that should have been for his family went to the laptop instead.
Jason had it worse.
Eight-plus hours per bid. Reading plans, calculating quantities, writing detailed descriptions.
He was turning down jobs because he didn’t have the hours to bid them.
To save time, he’d lump detailed line items into high-level scopes. All plumbing in one line instead of breaking out rough, finish, and fixtures. It saved time upfront but meant missed markups on every project and money left on the table with every bid.
Why this matters if you’re on CompanyCam
You’re already documenting every job. Photos timestamped, geotagged, organized by project.
That documentation plugs directly into Beam’s financial workflows.
Before the project starts, photos and notes from your initial site walk in CompanyCam are already available inside Beam when you sit down to build the estimate. No downloading, no re-uploading. The AI pulls from what your crew already captured.
As the project moves forward, the ongoing documentation your team adds in CompanyCam feeds into Beam’s invoicing workflow. Progress photos become visual proof of completed milestones, attached to invoices without extra steps.
David put it simply: “Beam has helped me stay more organized. It’s helped me be more profitable. And it’s just helped me overall manage my business in a better direction.”
The results, at a glance:
Bolaños HVAC: Estimating time dropped from 3 hours to 15 minutes per bid (92% faster).
The AI now builds drafts that match his pricing and style.
JJP Construction: Estimating speed increased 5x. Profit margins improved 3 to 5%.
Capacity to pursue 2 to 4 additional opportunities per quarter.
